android pdus,android - NullPointer from (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus") - Stack Overflow

Am using the below code

Object[] pdusObj = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus");

SmsMessage[] messages = new SmsMessage[pdusObj.length];

But,somehow I get a null pointer in the second line basicaly due to the fact that pdusObj is null.I searched for resolving this but didnt get any positive results.Any link or explanation to resolve this will be very helpfull.

This is how am registering the service

Intent i = new Intent(context, SMSReceiver.class);

PendingIntent sender = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, i, 0);

// We want the alarm to go off 3 seconds from now.

long firstTime = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();

firstTime += 2000;// start 3 seconds after first register.

// Schedule the alarm!

AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);

am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, firstTime,300000, sender);// 5 min interval