Hi, I'm trying to make a service sync data every *user defined
period*, having watched some of the I/O videos I've realised that the
best way to do this is via an alarm, as a result I have a couple of
questions.
I have the following method to create the alarm:
/**
* Set the alarm for the service to download the data periodically at
the passed interval
*/
private void setAlarm(long interval)
{
AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager)
this.getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, DownloadData.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(this,0,
intent, 0);
interval = interval * DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS; //convert
interval
from minutes to milliseconds
long firstWake = System.currentTimeMillis() + 500;
am.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, firstWake,
interval,
pendingIntent); //group updates with other system services
}
but I'm not sure if I should put this method in the service it'self of
in Activity?
Also while I was writing this in the service class I was trying to
reference a string value in the res file but it wouldn't let me, I can
reference it via an Activity (this.getString(R.string.sync_time_min))
but when I tried this in the service eclipse kept saying it couldn't
be resolved.
Any ideas? what do I need to add to be able to reference the res file
from my service or can this not be done?
Cheers
Steve
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