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Asked: 2026-06-04T20:20:21+00:00

My requirement is this: My app needs to register for certain broadcasts. If my

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My requirement is this: My app needs to register for certain broadcasts. If my Activity is “showing” when I receive the broadcast, then I update the UI; else, I show a Notification.

Commonsware has come up with an elegant solution for this; using ordered broadcasts. My problem is that I want to do all of this locally, i.e., within my process. Unfortunately, LocalBroadcastManager does not have a sendOrderedBroadcast() equivalent.

  • Is this just an oversight in the LocalBroadcastManager?
  • Or is it pointing to a best practice (something to the effect that sending ordered broadcast locally is a bad idea)? If so, why?
  • Or is this plain unnecessary and can be achieved by alternate means?
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  1. Editorial Team

    I ended up implementing my own LocalBroadcastManager with ordered broadcast capability. The project is shared at github.

    Although it serves my immediate purpose, it is still rough around the edges. It needs a few enhancements (for example, the setResult* and getResult* methods). Code contributions are welcome 🙂

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