handsent app suppresses SMS_RECEIVED broadcast

Question

i have an app in the market that handles android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED broadcasts. now i realized, that the broadcast is not sent anymore (or at least i don't get it anymore) as soon as handcent sms is installed on the particular device.

how is it possible that an app can suppress a broadcast from being sent?
is there a way to still get the broadcast?

thanks simon

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '12 at 00:43

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how is it possible that an app can suppress a broadcast from being sent?

SMSes are sent as an ordered broadcast. High priority receivers can abort the broadcast, preventing lower priority receivers from getting their chance at it.

is there a way to still get the broadcast?

Have your receiver have a higher-priority <intent-filter> than Handcent, which may or may not be possible.

Or, uninstall Handcent.

answered Mar 10 '12 at 00:43

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haha, i can not tell all my users to uninstall handcent :-) however, setting the filter priority to integer max, indeed solved the problem. thanks – SimonSays Mar 10 '12 at 07:01
Where did you set the priority to Integer.MAX_VALUE? – Matt Wear Jun 01 '12 at 18:57

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