title: Start Activity inside onReceive BroadcastReceiver
body: <p>I want to start an activity in my <code>onReceive()</code> method.</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.splashscreenactivity;
  
  import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
  import android.content.Context;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.telephony.SmsMessage;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  
  public class SMSReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
  
      public static String trigger_message = "";
  
      @Override
      public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
          // ---get the SMS message passed in---
          Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
          SmsMessage[] msgs = null;
          String str = "";
          if (bundle != null) {
              // ---retrieve the SMS message received---
              Object[] pdus = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus");
              msgs = new SmsMessage[pdus.length];
              for (int i = 0; i &lt; msgs.length; i++) {
                  msgs[i] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[]) pdus[i]);
                  str += "SMS from " + msgs[i].getOriginatingAddress();
                  str += " :";
                  trigger_message = msgs[i].getMessageBody().toString();
                  str += trigger_message;
                  str += "\n";
              }
              // ---display the new SMS message---
              Toast.makeText(context, str, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
              if (trigger_message.equals("dx")) {
                  Toast.makeText(context, "I am triggered", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                          .show();
                  // /////////////////////////
                  // i want to start here
                  // ////////////////////////
                  // MainScreenActivity.trigger="Now";
                  // Intent i = new Intent(context,GPS.class);
                  // i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
                  // context.startActivity(i);
              } else {
                  Toast.makeText(context, "I am not triggered,  Bbyz!!!",
                          Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
              }
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>here is GPS.class</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.splashscreenactivity;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
  import android.content.Context;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.location.Location;
  import android.location.LocationListener;
  import android.location.LocationManager;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.telephony.SmsManager;
  import android.telephony.SmsMessage;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  
  public class GPS extends Activity implements LocationListener {
  
      TextView latitude, logitude;
  
      /** Called when the activity is first created. */
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.gps);
          LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
          lm.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 1000L, 500.0f,
                  this);
          Toast.makeText(this, "i m started", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
          // latitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.txtLat);
          // logitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.txtLongi);
          // latitude.setText("Loading...");
          // logitude.setText("Loading...");
      }
  
      String LATTITUDE;
      String LOGITUDE;
  
      @Override
      public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
          double lat = location.getLatitude();
          double lag = location.getLongitude();
          LATTITUDE = Double.toString(lat);
          LOGITUDE = Double.toString(lag);
          // latitude.setText(LATTITUDE);
          // logitude.setText(LOGITUDE);
          // SmsManager sm = SmsManager.getDefault();
          // // here is where the destination of the text should go
          // String number = "5556";
          // sm.sendTextMessage(number, null,
          // "latitude="+latitude.getText()+"\nlongitude="+logitude.getText(),
          // null, null);
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onProviderDisabled(String arg0) {
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onProviderEnabled(String arg0) {
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onStatusChanged(String arg0, int arg1, Bundle arg2) {
      }
      // /** Register for the updates when Activity is in foreground */
      // @Override
      // protected void onResume()
      // {
      // super.onResume();
      // lm.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 1000L, 500.0f,
      // this);
      // }
      //
      // /** Stop the updates when Activity is paused */
      // @Override
      // protected void onPause() {
      // super.onPause();
      // lm.removeUpdates(this);
      // }
  }
  </code></pre>