Question

Typically you start a service like this

Intent i = new Intent(context,MessageService.class);
context.startService(i);

but what I want to do is send an intent that was received in a BroadcastReceiver to a service. If I start a service the way shown above that wont get the intent from the BroadcastReceiver correct?

Basically I just want my BroadcastReceiver to start my service and then let the service itself handle what kind of intent was received

is this possible?

Answer 1

Send Intent from BroadcastReceiver to Service as:

Intent intent = new Intent(context,MessageService.class);
String value = "String you want to pass";
String name = "data";
intent.putExtra(name, value);
context.startService(intent);

Reciver Intent in onStartCommand method of service:

@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
    Toast.makeText(this, "service starting", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    if (intent.getStringExtra("data") != null) {
     {
       String str=intent.getStringExtra("data");//get data here sended from BroadcastReceiver 
     }

    return super.onStartCommand(intent,flags,startId);
}

for how we communicate between Service and BroadcastReceiver see this post