Hey Mark. thanks for the quick response. I see that the AlarmManager is part of the app package. Is it possible to use it in a system service?
Thanks, Chen Ganir. On Mar 2, 3:34 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > Chen Ganir wrote: > > I was investigating the issue of setting up a delayed activity/event, > > that will occur and trigger even if the phone is in sleep mode (wake > > up, do what you need to do, go back to sleep). > > > I was thinking of the following methods: > > 1. sendMessageDelayed > > 2. Timer > > 3. AlarmManager > > > The basic requirement is to be able to set a triger in the future, and > > be sure that this trigger wakes up the system if it is sleeping, > > perform the task, and go back to sleep.A partial wakup is required (no > > screen flickering). > > > Currently i'm using the sendMessageDelayed, and i keep a wake lock > > held for the timeout period (bad practice). > > *Please* use AlarmManager for this! > > Here is a sample project showing the use of AlarmManager and a > WakefulIntentService (allows you to take as much time as you need to do > your work and keeps the device awake just long enough to do that work): > > http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/SystemServices... > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training...At Your Office:http://commonsware.com/training -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
