Broadcast receiver crashes when i try to open MainActivity.kt

#1

the code in onReceive function

override fun onReceive(context: Context, intent: Intent) {
Log.i(“Receiver”, “This is broadcast receiver”)
Toast.makeText(context, “Language changed”, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
context.startActivity(Intent(context, MainActivity::class.java))
}

log message -
Caused by: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: Calling startActivity() from outside of an Activity context requires the FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK flag. Is this really what you want?

at com.myapp.broadcastreceiverinkotlin.LocaleChangedReceiver.onReceive(LocaleChangedReceiver.kt:14)

app crashes when it tries to reopen MainActivity.kt

#2

Just as the error suggests.
you need to add a flag to the intent.

you can use

context.startActivity(Intent(context, MainActivity::class.java).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK))

to start the activity

#3

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