Is there any advantages / disadvantages to having the Service start
the AlarmManager, as opposed to the AlarmManager starting the Service?
I though Services were more robust.
On Mar 19, 10:50 am, Mark Murphy wrote:
> AuxOne wrote:
> > Like, what If the phone
> > boots up and that starts the Alarm
AuxOne wrote:
> Like, what If the phone
> boots up and that starts the Alarm, but then the app is closed and
> manually restarted. Won't the previous alarm still be in memory?
No, outstanding alarms are flushed on a reboot.
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Sorry if I seem confused...
> Call getContentResolver() in your Service.
I'm also doing things like .sendBroadcast() to refresh the photo
gallery, .openFileInput() from the Activity. So doesn't that mean
GetContentResolver() won't work for me?
> > Your example code has the Alarm scheduled from
AuxOne wrote:
>> On the whole, that's not a good idea. Popping up an Activity in the
>> middle of whatever the user is doing will not be popular. There are
>> certain circumstances where this is appropriate -- incoming VOIP calls,
>> etc. -- but should not be done in general. Users will attack you
> On the whole, that's not a good idea. Popping up an Activity in the
> middle of whatever the user is doing will not be popular. There are
> certain circumstances where this is appropriate -- incoming VOIP calls,
> etc. -- but should not be done in general. Users will attack you with
> sharp poin
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