Google Glass GDK , unable to register BroadcastReceiver , onReceive() not called

Question

Im trying to write a simple test app that listens in the background(using BroadcastReceiver) for Google Glass camera events such as taken picture, and than take that picture & do something with it. onReceive() is not being called.

My Google Glass is running XE19.1 OS & my GDK api is Google Glass Development Preview 4.4.2.

My class that extends BroadcastReceiver:

package com.example.recentpicscollage;

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;


public class TestReciever extends BroadcastReceiver {


    //Attempt # 1 listen to picture taken events 
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

         Log.d("DEBUG", "RecentPicsCollage BroadcastReceiver");
         //use the Cursor interface to query data from the Intent ( Intents asynchronous intera & inter app communication)
         Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(intent.getData(),null,null, null, null);
         //The moveToFirst() method is used to position the cursor pointer at the beginning of the data set
         cursor.moveToFirst();
         //get data under the column _data
         String image_path = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("_data"));
         //as toast 
         Toast.makeText(context, "image data : " + image_path, 1000).show();
         //as log 
         Log.d("DEBUG", "image data: "+image_path);
         for (int i=0; i<cursor.getColumnNames().length; i++)
                 {
             Log.d("DEBUG", "column name: "+cursor.getColumnNames()[i]);
                 }
         //just print out all data to see what data  is available 
         while (cursor.isAfterLast()!=true)
         {
             //move to next row
            cursor.moveToNext();
            //get data 
            String data = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("_data"));
             Log.d("DEBUG", "image data: "+data);

         }

    }

    /*
    //Attempt # 2 , Test to see if i can capture any other action such as TAP 

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {


            System.out.println("onReceive TAP");
            Log.d("DEBUG", "onReceive TAP");


    }
    */

}//end class

AndroidManifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.recentpicscollage"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="19" />

    <!-- permission to read SD card -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />

    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.recentpicscollage.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <!-- broadcast receiver that listens actions/event associated with NEW PICTURE -->
        <receiver
            android:name=".TestReciever"
            android:enabled="true"
             android:priority="999" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.android.camera.NEW_PICTURE" />
                <action android:name="android.hardware.action.NEW_PICTURE" />
                <action android:name="android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE" />
                <action android:name="com.google.android.glass.media.CameraManager.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <data android:mimeType="image/*" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

<!--  broadcast receiver that listens actions/event associated with a TAP-->
<!--  
   <receiver android:name=".TestReciever" android:exported="false">
    <intent-filter android:priority="999" >
       <action android:name="com.google.glass.action.TAP" />

       <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>
     -->

    </application>

</manifest>

In my first attempt a I tried to capture image capture event & I tried all combinations of filter such as:

  <action android:name="com.android.camera.NEW_PICTURE" />
                    <action android:name="android.hardware.action.NEW_PICTURE" />
                    <action android:name="android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE" />
                    <action android:name="com.google.android.glass.media.CameraManager.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE" />
                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />

But nothing is being logged or printed to the console.

In my 2nd attempt I tried registering for another event in this case TAP event , but I cant get onReceive() to be called for that either, the code is simple I'm either missing something very small or their is a bug in XE19.1 release for Glass.

Any intellegent help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

I don´t know if this is part of your problem... I´m still learning to use the Glasses, but in your manifest you are missing

uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.glass.permission.DEVELOPMENT"

Also, are you registering the reciever in the Main class? For example, I'm using in an app the bluetooth and the Broadcastreviever I register it at onCreate() like

Filter = new IntentFilter(BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND);    // Register the BroadcastReceiver
registerReceiver(mReceiver, Filter);                        // Don't forget to unregister during onDestroy

Where mReceiver is in my case is

private final BroadcastReceiver mReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {   // Create a BroadcastReceiver for ACTION_FOUND
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    // Methods...
    }
}

Hope this helps!