Upgrade receiver trigger multiple times

Issue

I am currently facing a problem in my application where application upgrade receiver is called multiple times. Below is the manifest code:

<receiver android:name=".receiver.UpgradeReceiver">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED" />
                <data android:scheme="package" android:path="com.example" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

UpgradeReceiver.java

public Context context;
private static final String TAG = "UpgradeReceiver";

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    this.context = context;
    if (null == intent) {
        return;
    }

    String action = intent.getAction();
    Log.i(TAG, "Upgrade_Intent_Package[" + intent.getPackage() + "]");
    Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
    StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
    if (bundle != null) {
        Set<String> keys = bundle.keySet();
        Iterator<String> it = keys.iterator();
        while (it.hasNext()) {
            String key = it.next();
            str.append(key);
            str.append(":");
            str.append(bundle.get(key));
        }
    }
    Log.i(TAG, str.toString());
    if (Constants.UPGRADE_COMPLETED.equalsIgnoreCase(action)) {

    }
}

}

I am trying to filter the upgrade broadcast intents with the application package so that only when my application is upgraded the receiver gets executed.

I tried setting the application package name under the path tag in the manifest but it was of no help. In addition, I also tried to extract the package name from the intent using intent.getPackage() but it returns null. However, Android states that:

Broadcast Action: A new version of an application package has been installed, replacing an existing version that was previously installed. The data contains the name of the package.

I am unable to figure out why my application package name is null. Any help will be highly appreciated.

Solution

intent.getPackage() returns the package/application this intent was specifically adressed to but it was sent to any interested receiver therefore there isn't such package.

Use intent.getData() which returns the updated package as an Uri

Answered By - Michael Butscher