Can you register your app to receive the on boot broadcast and then
start the alarm manager there?
kris
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Anuj Goyal <anuj.go...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I know the answer, but will this alarm continue to repeat if the
> phone is rebooted?
> If not, should I use a Service instead? I want to use the alarm to send out
> a Notification every few hours.
>
>
> // AlarmActivity.java
> public class AlarmActivity<AlarmController> extends Activity {
>
> Toast mToast;
>
> @Override
> protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
> super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
>
> setContentView(R.layout.main);
>
> // Watch for button clicks.
> // Button button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.one_shot);
> // button.setOnClickListener(mOneShotListener);
> Button button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.start_repeating);
> button.setOnClickListener(mStartRepeatingListener);
> button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.stop_repeating);
> button.setOnClickListener(mStopRepeatingListener);
> }
> private OnClickListener mStartRepeatingListener = new OnClickListener()
> {
> public void onClick(View v) {
> // When the alarm goes off, we want to broadcast an Intent to
> our
> // BroadcastReceiver. Here we make an Intent with an explicit
> class
> // name to have our own receiver (which has been published in
> // AndroidManifest.xml) instantiated and called, and then create
> an
> // IntentSender to have the intent executed as a broadcast.
> // Note that unlike above, this IntentSender is configured to
> // allow itself to be sent multiple times.
> Intent intent = new Intent(AlarmActivity.this,
> RepeatingAlarm.class);
> PendingIntent sender =
> PendingIntent.getBroadcast(AlarmActivity.this,
> 0, intent, 0);
>
> // We want the alarm to go off 30 seconds from now.
> long firstTime = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();
> firstTime += 5*1000;
>
> // Schedule the alarm!
> AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
> am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP,
> firstTime, 3*60*60*1000, sender);
>
> // Tell the user about what we did.
> if (mToast != null) {
> mToast.cancel();
> }
> mToast = Toast.makeText(AlarmActivity.this,
> "Started: Repeating Alarm (every 5s)",
> Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
> mToast.show();
> }
> };
>
> private OnClickListener mStopRepeatingListener = new OnClickListener() {
> public void onClick(View v) {
> // Create the same intent, and thus a matching IntentSender, for
> // the one that was scheduled.
> Intent intent = new Intent(AlarmActivity.this,
> RepeatingAlarm.class);
> PendingIntent sender =
> PendingIntent.getBroadcast(AlarmActivity.this,
> 0, intent, 0);
>
> // And cancel the alarm.
> AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
> am.cancel(sender);
>
> // Tell the user about what we did.
> if (mToast != null) {
> mToast.cancel();
> }
> mToast = Toast.makeText(AlarmActivity.this,
> "Stopped: Repeating Alarm",
> Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
> mToast.show();
> }
> };
> }
>
>
> // RepeatingAlarm.java
>
> public class RepeatingAlarm extends BroadcastReceiver
> {
> @Override
> public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
> {
> //HACK:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/368094/system-currenttimemillis-vs-new-date-vs-calendar-getinstance-gettime
> Toast.makeText(context, "Repeating Alarm now!",
> Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
>
> // Send a notification.
> }
> }
>
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