BroadcastReceiver in android not listening when the app is closed

Asked Jan 29 '16 at 05:23

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I created a BroadcastReceiver called MyReceiver to listen for volume change event. It works fine when the app is running. But, when i close the app, it stops listening to broadcasts.

Here's the registered broadcast receiver in the manifest file.

<receiver android:name=".MyReceiver"
          android:enabled="true"
          android:exported="true">
    <intent-filter>
          <action android:name="android.media.VOLUME_CHANGED_ACTION" />
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

edited Jan 29 '16 at 06:48

asked Jan 29 '16 at 05:23

ChandrasekarG

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create a service. It will help you to run the receiver while the app is closed. – GIRIDHARAN Jan 29 '16 at 05:29
Possible duplicate of [How can I launch an android app on upon pressing the volume up or volume down button?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21086480/how-can-i-launch-an-android-app-on-upon-pressing-the-volume-up-or-volume-down-bu) – Dhaval Parmar Jan 29 '16 at 05:30
I tried that one too. I had a service. In its onCreate() i registered for a broadcast. But the same problem persists. – ChandrasekarG Jan 29 '16 at 05:31
@dhawal My problem is different. – ChandrasekarG Jan 29 '16 at 05:33
update your service,receiver and activity code it may give some clue – GIRIDHARAN Jan 29 '16 at 05:53
can u copy the full manifest here? – RaViMete Jan 29 '16 at 08:22
Apparently, this issue is specific to devices. It works in Samsung and doesn't in Redmi. Any idea how to handle this? – ChandrasekarG Aug 03 '17 at 08:27

BroadcastReceiver in android not listening when the app is closed

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