MainActivity调用registerReceiver函数来注册广播接收器:
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
......
@Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
IntentFilter counterActionFilter = new IntentFilter(CounterService.BROADCAST_COUNTER_ACTION);
registerReceiver(counterActionReceiver, counterActionFilter);
}
......
}
MainActivity在onResume函数里,通过其父类ContextWrapper的registerReceiver函数注册了一个BroadcastReceiver实例counterActionReceiver,并且通过IntentFilter实例counterActionFilter告诉ActivityManagerService,它要订阅的广播是CounterService.BROADCAST_COUNTER_ACTION类型的,这样,ActivityManagerService在收到CounterService.BROADCAST_COUNTER_ACTION类型的广播时,就会分发给counterActionReceiver实例的onReceive函数。
参考:
http://blog.csdn.net/luoshengyang/article/details/6737352