A broadcast receiver allows an app to register to receive notifications for system-wide or app-specific events. When an event occurs, the Android system broadcasts an Intent that is received by all registered broadcast receivers for that event. This allows receivers to dynamically and asynchronously respond to events in real-time, such as displaying notifications for new messages or updates to WiFi/cellular connectivity status.

1. For instance, a Broadcast receiver triggers battery Low
notification that you see on your mobile screen.
Other instances caused by a Broadcast Receiver are new
friend notifications, new friend feeds, new message etc. on
your Facebook app.
In fact, you see broadcast receivers at work all the time.
Notifications like incoming messages, WiFi
Activated/Deactivated message etc. are all real-time
announcements of what is happening in the Android system
and the applications.
Facebook Messages / Incomming
Text Messages
Image Downloading Complete
Wife Connected / Disconnected

2. Analogy
•You have an important social gathering to
attend. Because of your shoddy memory, you
have requested your friend to notify you a
day before the event. Now, because you have
‘registered’ for the said friend’s help, you will
get a reminder from him as discussed

3. A broadcast receiver (short receiver ) is an Android component which allows you to register for system or application events. All registered
receivers for an event are notified by the Android runtime once this event happens.
For example, applications can register for the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED system event which is fired once the Android system has
completed the boot process.

4. What is Broadcast Reciever
•Base class for components that receive and
react to events

5. Process
BroadcastReceivers
register t receive events
in which they are
interested
When Events occur they
are represented as
Intents
Those Intents are then
broadcast to the system
Android routes the
Intents to
BroadcastReceivers that
have registered to
receive them
BroadcastReceivers
receive the Intent via a
call to onReceive()

6. Static Registration
Android Manifest
Put <receiver> and <intent-
filter>tags in
AndroidManifest.xml
Dynamic
Registration
Create receiver object
Set When broadcast event
will fire
Register new broadcast
receive
Reciever class which
extends BroadcastReceiver

7. Implementing the Broadcast Receiver
1. Create a subclass of Android’s BroadcastReceiver
2. Implement the onReceive() method:
• Following are the two arguments of the onReceive()
method:
• Context: This is used to access additional information, or
to start services or activities.
• Intent: The Intent object is used to register the receiver.

8. Enabled can enable or disable Receiver
If it is true, other application can
Send broadcasts
It is the action string, which receiver will be listening

9. <receiver android:name="IncomingCall">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE"
/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
Receiver
•IntentFilter

10. public class IncomingCall extends BroadcastReceiver {
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent
intent) {
// Phone call state change then this method
will automaticaly called
}
}