Sending extras to BroadcastReceiver

Question

I have an Activity that runs the following code (time and interval are defined):

Intent buzzIntent = new Intent(getBaseContext(), BuzzReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getBaseContext(), 0, buzzIntent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
buzzIntent.putExtra("interval", interval);
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, time, interval * 60 * 1000, pendingIntent);

and a BroadcastReceiver that has the following onReceive:

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    try {
        int interval = intent.getIntExtra("interval", -1);
        <... more code ...>
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

but the intent.getIntExtra() returns -1 (which isn't the value of interval in the Activity, I checked), so for some reason the BroadcastReceiver isn't getting the extras that I store into the intent in the Activity.

I've tried a ton of different things but nothing seems to work. Am I missing something here?

I am doing something similar HERE!!! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14571564/android-pendingintent-extras-not-received-by-broadcastreceiver/14612215#14612215 — Etienne Lawlor, Jan 31 '13 at 07:49

score 22 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 15 '11 at 15:19

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Set flag FILL_IN_DATA while creating pending intent as below:

PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getBaseContext(), 0, buzzIntent, Intent.FILL_IN_DATA);

You should receive extras in broadcast receiver after this change.

edited Oct 15 '11 at 15:19

Flexo

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answered Oct 15 '11 at 15:18

vivek.m

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 10 '11 at 01:07

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Have you tried calling buzzIntent.putExtra() before you pass buzzIntent to PendingIntent.getBroadcast()?

answered Aug 10 '11 at 01:07

Jon Shemitz

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ingsaurabh · Answer 3 · 2011-03-07T05:52:40.820

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Try following code

Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
int interval= bundle.getInt("interval", -1);

instead of

int interval = intent.getIntExtra("interval", -1);

edited Mar 07 '11 at 05:52

answered Mar 07 '11 at 05:34

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Tried that, except using intent.getExtras(), but interval was still -1. getIntent() didn't exist. – kevmo314 Mar 07 '11 at 05:37
Updated the code are you sure that you are not sending a null value from intent – ingsaurabh Mar 07 '11 at 05:54
Yes, I'm sure. I can run intent.getExtras() then getInt() or even getIntExtra() from the Activity and I get the correct value. – kevmo314 Mar 07 '11 at 05:56

Sending extras to BroadcastReceiver

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