I have a problem with a BroadcastReceiver. If I declare the action in the manifest in this way:
<receiver android:name="com.app.activity.observer.DataEntryObserver" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name= "@string/action_db_updated" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
where in the strings.xml I have:
<string name="action_db_updated">com.app.DB_UPDATED</string>
everything works well. But if I change it to:
<receiver android:name="com.app.activity.observer.DataEntryObserver" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name= "com.app.DB_UPDATED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
I have this exception as the receiver is called:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate receiver com.app.activity.observer.DataEntryObserver: java.lang.InstantiationException: can't instantiate class com.app.activity.observer.DataEntryObserver; no empty constructor
I would keep the working version but the Play store doesn't allow me to publish the app because it expects a string value and not a variable @string/..
my receiver is an outerclass and is defined as:
public class DataEntryObserver extends BroadcastReceiver{
private AppUsageLoader dLoader;
public DataEntryObserver(AppUsageLoader dLoader) {
this.dLoader = dLoader;
IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(
ReaLifeApplication.ACTION_DB_UPDATED);
dLoader.getContext().registerReceiver(this, filter);
}
@Override
public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) {
// Tell the loader about the change.
dLoader.onContentChanged();
}
}