What is the difference between Local, Normal, Ordered and Sticky broadcasts?

Normal Broadcast

• use sendBroadcast()
• asynchronous broadcast
• any receiver receives broadcast not any particular order

Ordered Broadcast

• use sendOrderedBroadcast()
• synchronous broadcast
• receiver receives broadcast in priority base
• we can also simply abort broadcast in this type

Local Broadcast

• use only when broadcast is used only inside same process

Sticky Broadcast

• normal broadcast intent is not available any more after this was send and processed by the system.
• use sendStickyBroadcast(Intent)
• the corresponding intent is sticky, meaning the intent you are sending stays around after the broadcast is complete.
• because of this others can quickly retrieve that data through the return value of registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver, IntentFilter)
• apart from this same as sendBroadcast(Intent)