Android BroadcastReceiver inside service: issues

Question

I am currently trying to create an Activity in Android with the capabilities of communicating with a started BroadcastReceiver inside of a service but I can't manage to do it well. I don't really know what the problem could be since (I think) I have followed all necessary steps.

In addition, I have other Activities which can communicate with this BroadcastReceiver without any problems. The code that I am using for the one I am having problems with is the following:

Registration of the name of the action in file ActivityList.java (Another activity):

public static final String ACTION1 = "com.test.ActionOne";
public static final String ACTION2 = "com.test.ActionTwo";

Registration of the actions with IntentFilter in the file GestTree.java which extends a Service :

Inside onCreate() :

IntentFilter filter;
filter = new IntentFilter();
filter.addAction(ActivityList.ACTION1);
filter.addAction(ActivityList.ACTION2);
rec = new Receptor(); // This is a class which extends BroadcastReceiver
registerReceiver(receptor, filter);

Inside the function onReceive() of the private class Receptor of GestTree.java which extends BroadcastReceiver :

public final void onReceive(final Context context, final Intent intent) {
    String action = intent.getAction();
    if (action.equals(ActivityList.ACTION1)) {
    Log.d(tag, "Test Passed!");
    }
}

The definition of the service and the Activity State3Activity (the one I want to communicate with the service) in AndroidManifest.xml :

<activity
    android:name="State3Activity"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >    
</activity>

<service
     android:name="GestTree"
     android:enabled="true"
     android:label="@string/app_name" >
</service>

Code inside State3Activity.java :

public class State3Activity extends Activity {
Button mButton;
EditText editText_Name;
EditText editText_Desc;
private final String tag = this.getClass().getSimpleName();

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.state3_layout);
    mButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button_myButton);
    editText_Nombre  = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText_Name);
    editText_Descripcion = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText_Desc);

    mButton.setOnClickListener(
            new View.OnClickListener()
            {
                public void onClick(View view)
                {
                    Intent intent;
                    intent = new Intent();
                    intent.setAction(ActivityList.ACTION1);

                    // I have tried with all this combination of lines 
                    // but none of them works
                    //intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_INCLUDE_STOPPED_PACKAGES);
                    //intent.setClass(State3Activity.this, GestTree.class);
                    //intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
                    sendBroadcast(intent);

                }
            });
}

There is where the problem comes. The intent never enters on the onReceive() function of the class when I press the button. What am I leaving?

Answer 1

Are you sure your service started? If you have not start the service, the method of onCreate() will not be executed, and the receiver will not be registed.