Broadcast receiver not firing

James Palfrey :

I'm programming an application that will fire a specific method once it hits a certain date / time. However, my broadcast reciever is not firing...i can see that the alarm is set.

my method within an activity:

 private void setAlarm(Date date){

        Intent activate = new Intent(this, Alarm.class);
        AlarmManager alarms ;
        Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
        cal.setTimeInMillis(date.getTime());
        PendingIntent alarmIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, activate, 0);
        alarms = (AlarmManager) this.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
        Log.d("ALARM","Setting alarm");
        alarms.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), alarmIntent);
        Log.d("ALARM","Setting time "+cal.getTimeInMillis());
    }

My BroadcastReciever:

public class Alarm extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Log.d("ALARM", "RING RING");

    }
}

My manifest within the <application> tag:

<receiver android:name=".Alarm" android:process=":remote" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.package.feature.subpackage.arrangealarm.ALARM_ACTION"/>
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

Does anyone have any idea why this is not firing?

Bö macht Blau :

There seems to be nothing wrong with your code (I copied the snippet and had Android Studio generate a BroadcastReceiver for which I set android:process=":remote" just like you do).

When I run the app, the BroadcastReceiver fires but I can only see the respective Logcat entry when I select "No Filters" in the Logcat settings (on the right side), not when I choose "Show only selected application".

This happens because you use android:process=":remote". The BroadcastReceiver will run in another process than the "main" application process, so the "RING RING" will appear under another process id.