BroadcastReceiver for incoming SMS on Samsung-Android based smartphone - android

I checked every stackoverflow post before posting this problem because they didn't help.
I'm using this documentation https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Telephony?hl=it to understand how to build an application that listen for incoming SMS, but it seems it doesn't work in my case, so as all stackoverflow posts.
Following is what I just developed:
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="abc">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SMS" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<receiver
android:name=".IncomingSMS">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>
MainActivity.java
package abc;
import android.Manifest;
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.SmsManager;
import android.view.View;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,new String[]{Manifest.permission.SEND_SMS},1);
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_SMS},2);
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,new String[]{Manifest.permission.RECEIVE_SMS},3);
}
}
IncomingSMS.java
package abc;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
public class IncomingSMS extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
System.out.println("It works!");
}
}
Unfortunately, when I receive a new SMS, it doesn't write "It works!"
In that website there is this section:
Note: These APIs are not available on all Android-powered devices.
I'm resigning and I'm really thinking that the Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 at my disposal does not allow me to do what I want.
Is there something in the code that I forgot or really I can't develop this application on this phone?

Finally after two days of work I was able to understand the problem. If you deactivate and re-enable SMS permissions, the problem is resolved. This clearly a bug on Android Oreo.
Even better:
I modified the code as following:
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.SEND_SMS, Manifest.permission.RECEIVE_SMS, Manifest.permission.READ_SMS},1);

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