Strange behavior with IntentFilter resolution on a device

I am experimenting with requestLocationUpdates(String provider, long minTime, float minDistance, PendingIntent intent) and a BroadcastReceiver. The code is as follows:

// PendingLocationDemo.java
public class PendingLocationDemo extends Activity {

    public TextView output;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        output = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.output);
        SomeReceiver receiver = new SomeReceiver(this);
        IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
        filter.addAction("some_action");
        // filter.addAction("some_other_action");
        // filter.addAction("still_something_different");
        filter.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
        getApplicationContext().registerReceiver(receiver, filter);
        Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.setAction("some_action");
        PendingIntent pending = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
                getApplicationContext(), 0, intent,
                PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
        // Get the location manager
        LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) 
                getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
        locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 3000, 0, pending);
    }

    protected void someCallback(Intent intent) {
        printObject(intent);
    }
}

// SomeReceiver.java
public class SomeReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    PendingLocationDemo caller;

  开发者_如何学Go  public SomeReceiver(PendingLocationDemo caller) {
        this.caller = caller;
    }

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        caller.someCallback(intent);
    }
}

When I run this on a device, the output depends on the value I use for the action in the IntentFilter.

• for "some_action", the output is: Intent { act=some_action cat=[android.intent.category.DEFAULT] (has extras) }
• for "some_other_action", the output is: Intent { act=some_other_action (has extras) }
• for "still_something_different", I do not receive the updates.

Is there a reasonable explanation for such inconsistent behavior?

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This strange behaviour is due to the registration of broadcast receiver. Instead of registering the broadcast receiver you can write your code within the Location Listener which is also a broadcast receiver and listens for location updates in background.

final LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) context
        .getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
LocationListener locationListener = new LocationListener() {

    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        // Code for action you wish to perform on Location Changed.
    }

    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {}

    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {}

    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {}
};
// ...
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0,
            3000, locationListener);

Hope it helps.