I've seen on SO that @Commonsware states that all that is needed to receive SMS's is a Broadcast Receiver (i.e., without the use of a service). I'd like to employ that approach since it makes sense to me. Unfortunately it does not appear as if SMS's are being received/processed in my Broadcast Receiver. The apk is being installed successfully but no log entries are being generated when I send test SMS's. What am I doing wrong?
Here's the Manifest:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="net.oheller.pete2"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="10"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/icon_broadcastreceiver"
android:label="@string/sms_broadcastreceiver"
android:theme="@style/Theme.eagleeyeactionbar" >
<receiver android:name=".SMSReceiver_Test" >
<intent-filter android:priority="999">
<action android:name="android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<provider
android:name=".contentprovider.GPSTrackerContentProvider"
android:authorities="net.oheller.pete2.contentprovider"
android:grantUriPermissions="true"
android:multiprocess="true"
android:permission="true" >
</provider>
</application>
</manifest>
Here's the SMS Receiver code. It's purpose is to collect data via SMS's and write a record of each to the content provider (SQLite database).
public class SMSReceiver_Test extends BroadcastReceiver {
TelephonyManager telephonyManager;
String deviceCountryCode = "";
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
//Get the SMS message passed in from the intent
Bundle SMSmessageContent = intent.getExtras();
SmsMessage[] receivedSMS = null;
String returnStr = "";
Long current_time_stamp = Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis();
String curTimeString = getFormattedDate(current_time_stamp, "dd-MMM-yy h:mma");
telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
String incoming_SMSphone_number = "";
String SMSmsgText = "";
long timeStamp = current_time_stamp;
if (SMSmessageContent != null) { // [IF valid SMS]
//Retrieve the SMS message info
Object[] pdus = (Object[]) SMSmessageContent.get("pdus");
receivedSMS = new SmsMessage[pdus.length];
for (int i=0; i<receivedSMS.length; i++) { // [FOR get SMS content]
receivedSMS[i] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[])pdus[i]);
incoming_SMSphone_number = receivedSMS[i].getOriginatingAddress().toString().trim();
SMSmsgText = receivedSMS[i].getMessageBody().toString();
returnStr += curTimeString +"\n";
Log.d("EagleEye", String.format("SMSReciever: SMS=\"%s\"", SMSmsgText)) ; ///DEBUG
} // [ENDFOR get SMS content]
///////////////////////////
// prepare values for insertion into the SQLite DB
ContentValues GPSTrackValues = new ContentValues();
GPSTrackValues.put(GPSTrackerTable.COLUMN_PHONE_NUMBER, incoming_SMSphone_number);
GPSTrackValues.put(GPSTrackerTable.COLUMN_TIME_STAMP, timeStamp);
//// Prepare access to content provider
Uri GPSuri = GPSTrackerContentProvider.CONTENT_URI_GPS_Tracks; //specify the content provider location
ContentResolver GPSTrackCR = context.getContentResolver();
// Insert new entry into DB
Uri insertURI = GPSTrackCR.insert(GPSuri, GPSTrackValues);
Log.d("EagleEye", "DB insert results="+insertURI) ; ////////DEBUG
} // [ENDIF Valid SMS]
} // [END onReceive]
} // [END SMSReceiver]