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Broadcast parameter sent via not taking effect

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, python
Domain
mobile-dev

Research direction

Start with the adb broadcast command and the Python PyJNIus snippet in the issue, comparing how each sends the time extra. Trace the receiving side of the Android broadcast to determine where the parameter is lost, then verify that the receiver obtains time=6666 through the Python path as well as adb.

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Success in PC

adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.shbl.shut_down --ei  time 6666

Faild in Phone

from jnius import autoclass

mActivity = autoclass('org.kivy.android.PythonActivity').mActivity
Intent = autoclass('android.content.Intent')
intent = Intent("android.intent.action.shbl.shut_down")
intent.putExtra("time", 6666)
mActivity.sendBroadcast(intent)

Can receive broadcast, but did not receive parameter “time“

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