Android Marshmallow broadcastreceiver receiving multiple broadcasts for each send

Question

My application has a subclass broadcast receiver:

   public class LocationBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    LocationBroadcastReceiver.class.getSimpleName();
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            if (intent.getAction().equals(Constants.BROADCAST_LOCATION_ACTION)) {
                Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
                 Log.d(LOG_TAG, "BCAST LAT = " + extras.getDouble("LAT") + " LON = " + extras.getDouble("LON"));
            }
}

Generate a log message in the service that sends the broadcast and the log message above. Getting multiple broadcasts for a single broadcast message sent.

I am dynamically registering the receiver using the following:

mLocateBcast = new LocationBroadcastReceiver();
        IntentFilter locationFilter = new IntentFilter();
        locationFilter.addAction(Constants.BROADCAST_LOCATION_ACTION);

LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(mContext).registerReceiver(mLocateBcast,locationFilter);

I do not have a receiver defined in my manifest. In previous Android versions I received a single broadcast for a similar setup. What am I missing?

Answer 1

With Marshmallow, the onLocationChanged callback is called when the LocationRequest setInterval value expires regardless of whether there has been an actual location change.

Was not expecting this behavior.