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Intent filter for PACKAGE_ADDED for a specific package

In my Android app, I'm catching the PACKAGE_ADDED broadcast:
<receiver android:name=".OnAppInstall">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_INSTALL" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED" />
<data android:scheme="package" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
My app is only concerned with installation of a specific companion app. The data string in the intent goes: package:com.acme.myapp. The intent data Uri is an instance of OpaqueUri; getHost(), getPath(), and getQuery() all return nulls.
Can I somehow make an intent filter that only allows intents for one specific package ID?

Try the following.
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED" />
<data android:scheme="package"
android:sspPrefix="com.acme.myapp" />
</intent-filter>
This matches with the corresponding API call here.

Android studio: Element receiver duplicated

In my application, I would like to detect when my package is replaced and hence I have a receiver that is enabled in this way:
<receiver
android:name="com.x.y.ApplicationsReceiver"
android:enabled="#bool/is_at_most_api_11" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED" />
<data android:scheme="package" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<receiver
android:name="com.x.y.ApplicationsReceiver"
android:enabled="#bool/is_at_least_api_12" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
When importing my project from Eclipse to Android Studio, I got the following error:
Element receiver#com.x.y.ApplicationsReceiver at AndroidManifest.xml duplicated with element declared at AndroidManifest.xml.
Any idea how can I can solve this issue given hat I need to enable the receiver for different intent filters according to the Android API level?

Issue is occurring because adding same class two times in AndroidManifest for registering BroadcastReceiver for different Action.
Do it as by adding more then one Action in single BroadcastReceiver :
<receiver
android:name="com.x.y.ApplicationsReceiver"
android:enabled="#bool/is_at_most_api_11" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED" />
<data android:scheme="package" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
Now in onReceive method of ApplicationsReceiver class get Action from Intent and do what want to do according to API level:
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context,Intent intent) {
String action=intent.getAction();
if(action.equalsIgnoreCase("android.intent.action.MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED")){
// do your code here
}else{
// do your code here
}
}

Cannot receive Uninstall broadcast

I am trying to detect the uninstall action of my application. Till now, I have got a specific code that catch the uninstall action and inflate an Activity. Here is the code:
Manifest:
<activity
android:name=".UninstallActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.DELETE" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:scheme="package" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
I have created a simple Activity called UninstallActivity and It works fine. When the user try to uninstall the app this Activity has been inflated.
I am trying to listen on those intents with a Receiver instead of Activity but I have failed to get this action. My code is:
Manifest:
<receiver android:name=".PackageUninstallReceiver" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.DELETE" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:scheme="package" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
PackageUninstallReceiver:
public class PackageUninstallReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Log.d("uTag", "In the PackageUninstallReceiver onReceive()");
if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_DELETE) && intent.getDataString().contains(context.getPackageName())) {
Log.d("uTag", "Uninstallation is being happened....");
}
}
}
First, is it possible to listen to this Intent with the receiver?
If yes, what is wrong with my code?

The Intent used to start an Activity (in this case, an Intent to VIEW or DELETE a PACKAGE) is a completely different thing from a braodcast Intent. They share some of the same properties, but are still completely different things. a broadcast Intent will never start an Activity and an Intent used to start an Activity will never be seen by a BroadcastReceiver.
Therefore, the answer to your question
First, is it possible to listen to this Intent with the receiver?
is "no".

The actions you are listening are generic and could be applied in any context with a different schema. What you should be listening to is the package changing.
<receiver android:name="PackageChangeReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED"/>
<data android:scheme="package"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>

Intent PACKAGE_ADDED not registering

Hello i am trying to detect application installed so that i can do some analysis on the application and i am using this example i found on stackoverflow to listen for package installs from my current application but nothing is happening in my logcat.
void registerReceiver() {
IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED);
filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED);
filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED);
filter.addDataScheme("package");
}
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
String actionStr = intent.getAction();
if (Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED.equals(actionStr)) {
Uri data = intent.getData();
String pkgName = data.getEncodedSchemeSpecificPart();
//handle package adding...
Log.i("Logging Service", pkgName);
}
}
<receiver android:name="RealTimeActivity">
<intent-filter>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_CHANGED" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_INSTALL" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_PACKAGE_ADDED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_PACKAGE_CHANGED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_PACKAGE_REMOVED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_PACKAGE_INSTALL" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_PACKAGE_REPLACED" />

Due to a broadcast behavior change since Android 3.1, your app must be started before it can receive the app installation/removal intents. See kabuko's answer in this thread.
The following receiver works for me on a Android 4.0 device (I have an activity in the app, first start the activity i.e. the app is also started, then the receiver can receive the broadcast).
<receiver android:name=".MyReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_CHANGED" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED" />
<data android:scheme="package" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
(some apps run a dummy sticky service to keep the app process alive, so that they can receive certain broadcasts)

Android - Intent Filter?

I am trying to register my Activity so that it can be used by the Activity chooser/picker allowing a user to choose whether or not to select my application/Activity to complete what they are trying to do.
I want to provide the option for the user to be able to select my application when they want to send an SMS message and when they want to place an outgoing call, to try to achieve this I added the following pieces of code within my Activity tags in my manifest:
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SENDTO" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:mimeType="text/plain" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.NEW_OUTGOING_CALL" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
However the Activity chooser never appears and the native apps are used without providing a choice to the user. Can anyone see where I am going wrong?
EDIT:
I have figured out I need to add
<data android:scheme="sms" />
<data android:scheme="smsto" />
for the SMS message but what do I use for the outgoing call?
EDIT 2:
I have tried the following for the outgoing call:
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.DIAL" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="tel" />
</intent-filter>
But again with no luck, has this been blocked from 1.6 on?
Edit 3:
This is what happens when I click Text Mobile:
So i want the same thing when I click Call mobile

I think it should help you
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="android.intent.action.CALL_PRIVILEGED" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:scheme="tel" />
</intent-filter>
Tested on Android 2.1

This is because activities and services can not pickup outside intents on their own. You need to use a BroadcastReceiver. To implement this, do the following:
Extend Android's BroadcastReceiver class like so:
public class MyReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Context context = getApplicationContext();
Intent sendIntent = new Intent();
if ( intent.getAction().equals(Intent.NEW_OUTGOING_CALL) ) {
sendIntent.setClass(context, MyActivity.class);
context.startActivity(sendIntent);
}
else if ( intent.getAction().equals(Intent.SOME_OTHER_INTENT) {
sendIntent.setClass(context, MyService.class);
context.startService(sendIntent);
}
// More else ifs for more intents you want to catch.
}
}
Then you need to declare the receiver in your manifest like this:
<receiver android:name="MyReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.NEW_OUTGOING_CALL" />
// more intents you want to catch here
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
Only intents declared in the manifest will be caught by your Receiver, so if you want to catch several intents thrown by the system or other programs and want to do the exact same thing when their intents are caught then specify those intents here in the manifest and skip the if/else blocks in the onReceive method.

this worked for me
<activity
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:name=".TestIntentActivity" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.CALL" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.CALL_PRIVILEGED" />
<data android:scheme="tel" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>

You need to add a priority to the intent filter so that Android takes it into account. For example:
<activity android:name="YourActivity">
<intent-filter android:priority="100">
<action android:name="android.intent.action.CALL_PRIVILEGED" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:mimeType="text/plain" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>