Unregister Broadcast Receiver

Question

I making a app in which a broadcast receiver run regularly even when application is close. My app is working very well but when i want to unregister my Broadcast Receiver it gave me error that "receiver is not registered". I write its entry on the manifest file as this

<receiver  android:name=".PhoneCallReceiver">
            <intent-filter  android:priority="10" >
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.PHONE_STATE" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

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I so sorry sir for all this. Actually i am new in stack overflow and i don't known many rules of this website but i am extremely so sorry if i hurt you and your feeling. Please forgive me and my mistake — Pankaj Chauhan, Jan 16 '15 at 04:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 15 '15 at 12:59

You cannot use unregisterReceiver() to unregister something that you registered in the manifest. Use PackageManager and setComponentEnabledSetting() to indicate whether this <receiver> is enabled or not -- if it is not enabled, it will not longer respond to broadcasts.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

See this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6529365:

ComponentName component = new ComponentName(context, MyReceiver.class);
Check if the Component is enabled or disabled

int status = context.getPackageManager().getComponentEnabledSetting(component);
if(status PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED) {
Log.d("receiver is enabled");
} else if(status PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED) {
Log.d("receiver is disabled");
}
Enable/Disable the component(Broadcast Receiver in your case)

//Disable
context.getPackageManager().setComponentEnabledSetting(component, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED , PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);
//Enable
context.getPackageManager().setComponentEnabledSetting(component, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED , PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);

Thank you very much sir. You save my lot of line of code. – Pankaj Chauhan Jan 16 '15 at 05:02 — Pankaj Chauhan, Jan 16 '15 at 05:02

Unregister Broadcast Receiver

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