startActivity is not defined [android]

Question

This is my code:

public class PowerConnectionReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

        Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();

        int status = intent.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_STATUS, -1);
        boolean isCharging = status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_CHARGING || status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_FULL;

        int chargePlug = intent.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_PLUGGED, -1);

        intent = new Intent (context, MainActivity.class);
        intent.putExtra("Charging", isCharging);
        startActivity(intent);
    }
}

I think it should work properly but I get an error at startActivity(). It looks like it was undefinded. Does anybody know what's wrong with this?

possible duplicate of [Start Activity inside onReceive BroadcastReceiver](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6468463/start-activity-inside-onreceive-broadcastreceiver) — VenomVendor, May 14 '14 at 15:55

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '14 at 15:53

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BroadcastReceiver does not extend Context and so it does not have the method startActivity. You should use the context that is passed to onReceive for that:

context.startActivity(intent);

answered May 14 '14 at 15:53

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