I have gone trough several resources which deal with this problem, but none with a satisfactory explanation or solution. Some of the content I have gone through are:
Broadcast receiver called 2 times when turning off GPS?
My BroadcastReceiver is called two times when turning on/off wifi or gps?
android.location.PROVIDERS_CHANGED BroadcastReceiver fires off many times
How to catch GPS off broadcast once?
I therefore, am re-posting this question.
The problem statement is simple, I have a broadcast receiver that gets triggered whenever there is a change in the GPS/Location status of the device. The problem is that the onReceive() method gets called more than once (4 times to be precise).
I have registered my receiver in my manifest file (and nowhere else):
<receiver android:name=".broadcasts.DeviceGpsStatusReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.location.PROVIDERS_CHANGED" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
I have also ensured that this receiver isn't registered anywhere else within my application.
The broadcast receiver is designed as follows:
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if (intent.getAction().matches("android.location.PROVIDERS_CHANGED")) {
// my content
}
}
Even with this change, I see the onReceive() overridden method being triggered multiple times. Why is this the case? Is there a way to resolve this?
