Question

trying to trigger an Activity from a handler.
my other option is triggering from a broadcastReceiver.
this is what ive tried and it doesnt work.

public void handleMessage(Context context, Intent intent) 
{
    Log.v(tag,"handling message.........");

    String messageString = intent.getExtras().getString("message");

    C2DMMessage newC2DMMessage = new C2DMMessage(messageString);


    Intent mIntent = new Intent(context,popad.class);
    context.startActivity(mIntent);

    String message_body = String.valueOf(newC2DMMessage.getParamValue("message_body"));
    Toast.makeText(context, "message was recieved!!!!: '" + message_body + "'", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

}

open to suggestions for a better way to start an activity.

Answer 1

Any errors you get in Logcat would be most helpful in your questions
Try changing :

Intent mIntent = new Intent(context,popad.class);
context.startActivity(mIntent);

To :

Intent mIntent = new Intent(context,popad.class);
mIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
context.startActivity(mIntent);