android - Sending intent to BroadcastReceiver from adb

Question

I've got BroadcastReceiver class:

public class IntentReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    final String tag = "Intent Intercepter";

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        try {
            String data = intent.getStringExtra("sms_body");
            Log.i(tag, data);
            Toast.makeText(context, data.subSequence(0, data.length()), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Toast.makeText(context, "Intercepted", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }
}

And also in manifest:

<receiver android:name="com.whereismywifeserver.IntentReceiver" android:enabled="true">
    <intent-filter android:priority="999">
        <action android:name="com.whereismywifeserver.intent.TEST"/>
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

But when I try to send intent from adb, I receive error:

$ adb shell am start 
-a com.whereismywifeserver.intent.TEST
--es sms_body "test from adb" 
-c android.intent.category.HOME 
-n com.whereismywifeserver/.IntentReceiver
Starting: Intent { act=com.whereismywifeserver.intent.TEST t=[android.intent.category.HOME] cmp=com.whereismywifeserver/.IntentReceiver (has extras) }
Error type 3
Error: Activity class {com.whereismywifeserver/com.whereismywifeserver.IntentReceiver} does not exist.

When I create intent in code, everything works fine. So how can I send intent from adb?

Answer 1

You need not specify receiver. You can use adb instead.

adb shell am broadcast -a com.whereismywifeserver.intent.TEST 
--es sms_body "test from adb"

For more arguments such as integer extras, see the documentation.