Summary

We have covered the following in this chapter:

  • Sending and responding to broadcast events through broadcast receivers
  • Creating and sending notifications from a broadcast receiver by utilizing the notification manager
  • The role of wake locks while responding to a broadcast receiver
  • The need for and use of long-running services when responding to a broadcast receiver

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