Broadcast receiver working even after app is killed by user

Question

I have a BroadcastReceiver that checks for network connection declared statically as:

<receiver
            android:name=".core.util.NetworkChangeReceiver"
            android:label="NetworkChangeReceiver">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE" />
                <action android:name="android.net.wifi.WIFI_STATE_CHANGED" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

Network change receiver does something like:

public class NetworkChangeReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

@Override
public void onReceive(final Context context, final Intent intent) {

    String status = NetworkUtil.getConnectivityStatusString(context);

    if(status == "Not connected to Internet") {
        Intent i = new Intent(context, Dialog.class);
        i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        context.startActivity(i);
    }
}

}

The problem is that when I manually kill my app and turn off network (airplane mode), the Dialogue activity launches. How is this possible? Is my broadcast receiver still alive in the background?

Question:

is there a way for me to unregister my broadcast receiver once the application is killed? maybe in the application singleton class of Android?

If it is not possible in Application class, do I have to manually unregister it everywhere in onStop() ? and register it in onStart() in every activity?

Answer 1

您希望在每个活动上注册和取消注册BroadcastReceiver 。我认为应用程序类是最好的解决方案Application类中有一个名为registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks （）的函数，您可以实时查看您的活动生命周期回调。

Answer 2

How is this possible?

You registered for the broadcast in the manifest. If a matching broadcast is sent out, your app will respond. If needed, Android will fork a process for you, if your app is not running at the time.

(at least until Android O is released, but that is a story for another time)

is there a way for me to unregister my broadcast receiver once the application is killed?

You need to decide the period of time you want to receive this broadcast:

• If it is while some particular activity is in the foreground, use registerReceiver() instead of the manifest, registering for the broadcast in the activity's onStart() method and unregistering in onStop()

• If it is while some particular service is running, use registerReceiver() in the service's onCreate() and unregisterReceiver() in onDestroy()