Communicate two activities through custom Broadcast receiver

You can communicate two activities so that Activity A can be notified of an event happening in Activity B.

Activity A

final String eventName = "your.package.goes.here.EVENT";

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    registerEventReceiver();
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
}

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
    unregisterEventReceiver(eventReceiver);
    super.onDestroy();
}

private void registerEventReceiver() {
    IntentFilter eventFilter = new IntentFilter();
    eventFilter.addAction(eventName);
    registerReceiver(eventReceiver, eventFilter);
}

private BroadcastReceiver eventReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
         //This code will be executed when the broadcast in activity B is launched
    }
};

Activity B

final String eventName = "your.package.goes.here.EVENT";

private void launchEvent() {
    Intent eventIntent = new Intent(eventName);
    this.sendBroadcast(eventIntent);
}

Of course you can add more information to the broadcast adding extras to the Intent that is passed between the activities. Not added to keep the example as simple as possible.

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