BroadcastReceiver not being called when pressing Notification Button

Question

Inside the onCreate method of my Service I create a notification by doing the following:

String channelId = "001";
String channelName = "myChannel";

NotificationChannel channel = new NotificationChannel(channelId, channelName, NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_NONE);
channel.setLightColor(Color.BLUE);
channel.setLockscreenVisibility(Notification.VISIBILITY_PRIVATE);

NotificationManager manager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

if (manager != null) {
    manager.createNotificationChannel(channel);
    Notification notification;

    Intent myIntent = new Intent("alarmReceiver");

    PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, myIntent, 0);

    Notification.Action action = new Notification.Action.Builder(
            Icon.createWithResource(this, R.drawable.ic_stop_black_24dp),
            "action string",
            pendingIntent).build();


    //Modify notification badge
    notification = new Notification.Builder(getApplicationContext(), channelId).setOngoing(true)
            .setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher)
            .setCategory(Notification.CATEGORY_SERVICE)
            .addAction(action)
            .build();

    startForeground(101, notification);
}

The alarmReceiver in the Intent above is registered in my manifest as shown below (I did the following after seeing this question):

<receiver android:name=".AlarmReceiver">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="alarmReceiver" />
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

and here is my AlarmReceiver class:

public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Log.e("onReceive - ","was called");
    }
}

The notification is shown, as well as the button, but when I press the button nothing happens.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any help would greatly be appreciated.

@Piyush I changed it to full package name, it still doesn't get called — ClassA, Aug 12 '19 at 12:12
instead of `action` put `pendingIntent` at `addAction()` might help you — Kalpesh Kulye, Aug 12 '19 at 12:28
Possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46016426/receiving-broadcast-from-notification-on-android-oreo — Ashok Kumar, Aug 12 '19 at 13:03
@AshokKumar the issue in that question is that OP used `intent.setAction("com.example.app.intent.action.BUTTON_CLICK");` instead of `Intent intent = new Intent(this, NotificationActionReceiver.class);`. It might be a similar issue but not the same question. — ClassA, Aug 12 '19 at 13:10
In your case also try removing intent filter from broadcast receiver in manifest file. — Ashok Kumar, Aug 12 '19 at 13:17
@AshokKumar I tried removing the intent, but still `onReceive` is still not being called — ClassA, Aug 12 '19 at 14:00

JakeB · Answer 1 · 2019-08-12T12:15:05.213

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Set PendingIntent to foreground service, And potentially add a flag:

FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT

PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getForegroundService(this, 0, myIntent, FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

Your broadcast is Implicit, so if you want to use getBroadcast() it may be best to Explicitly declare the receiver by providing the intent with the componentName of the receiver.

eg:

intent.setComponent(new ComponentName("packagename","fully qualified class name"));

Have you declared the service in your manifest?

edited Aug 12 '19 at 12:15

answered Aug 12 '19 at 12:04

JakeB

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Try rebooting device after switching to getForegroundService – JakeB Aug 12 '19 at 12:16
I rebooted the device, I tried changing `Intent myIntent = new Intent("alarmReceiver");` too `Intent myIntent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceiver.class);` and yes it is declared in my manifest otherwise the notification would not even show. – ClassA Aug 12 '19 at 12:20
If you can post the whole classes involved might be easier to debug – JakeB Aug 13 '19 at 08:07
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I found the issue, I will provide an answer later today. Thank you for taking the time to provide an answer. – ClassA Aug 13 '19 at 08:09

BroadcastReceiver not being called when pressing Notification Button

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