Question

Say MyService and MyClient are both running, although MyClient is currently in the background. If MyService sends an Intent to MyClient via:

Intent i = new Intent(MYService.this, MyClient.class);
i.setAction("com.test.MyService.ACTION_SERVICE");
i.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(i);

How do I get this Intent in MyClient? Running this code triggers onResume() in MyClient, but because it’s already running, calling getIntent() returns the Intent that initially created MyClient, which is always android.intent.action.MAIN

Answer 1

override onNewIntent() and make sure you flag the intent so that it doesn’t start a new instance of your activity