Can a BroadcastReceiver pass control to a Activity?

Can a BroadcastReceiver pass control to a Activity?

Maybe I am thinking about this in the wrong way but I have a BroadcasterReceiver waiting for a SMS message to come in. once it comes in I would like it to pass control to a Activi开发者_开发知识库ty so the Activity can set a alarm and beep. but the following code will not build inside the BroadcastReceiver

Intent intent = new Intent(PhoneFinder.class, AlarmService.class);
    startActivity(intent);

An explicit Intent like the one you've written takes a Context and the class you want to launch as parameters, not two class names. The onReceive() method, where you are probably attempting this, passes you a context parameter that you can use to do this.

public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    //Launch Activity
    Intent startIntent = new Intent(context, PhoneFinder.class);
    startActivity(startIntent);
}

This will launch PhoneFinder when a broadcast is picked up by the receiver.

Hope that Helps!