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    copied!<p>I'm creating an sms app that handles receiving sms operation for 2 user defined lists. For each list I created an activity, and xml file such as favourite_list.xml and contact_list.xml. Inside these xml files there are 2 toggle buttons. What I'm trying to do is, whenever an sms receives, learn the status (on/off) of every toggle button.</p> <p>Here is my SmsReceiver class</p> <pre><code>import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.BroadcastReceiver; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.util.Log; import android.view.LayoutInflater; import android.view.View; import android.widget.ToggleButton; import android.telephony.SmsMessage; public class SmsReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver { @Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras(); SmsMessage[] msgs = null; if (bundle != null) { //---retrieve the SMS message received--- Object[] pdus = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus"); msgs = new SmsMessage[pdus.length]; String str=""; for (int i=0; i&lt;msgs.length; i++){ msgs[i] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[])pdus[i]); str += "SMS from " + msgs[i].getOriginatingAddress(); } } } } </code></pre> <p>I know I should use findViewById() to reach the status of the buttons, but I can't directly use it because SmsReceiver isn't extended from Activity. So far, what I tried to use findViewById</p> <p>1- Cast context to Activity</p> <pre><code>try{ tb = (ToggleButton) ((Activity)context).findViewById(R.id.toggleButton3); if(tb.isChecked()) Log.d("sms","SOUND-ON"); else if(!tb.isChecked()) Log.d("sms","SOUND-OFF"); }catch(Exception e){ Log.d("sms","Error " + e); } </code></pre> <p>It gives java.lang.ClassCastException: android.app.ReceiverRestrictedContext</p> <p>2- Use LayoutInflater</p> <pre><code>try{ LayoutInflater mInf = LayoutInflater.from(context); View myView = mInf.inflate(R.layout.activity_favorite_list, null); tb = (ToggleButton) myView.findViewById(R.id.toggleButton3); if(tb.isChecked()) Log.d("sms","SOUND-ON"); else if(!tb.isChecked()) Log.d("sms","SOUND-OFF"); }catch(Exception e){ Log.d("sms","Error" + e); } </code></pre> <p>This is not working too, because it gives only the status of Toggle Button when app is started. Please help, thanks.</p>
 

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