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Dany Y
Dany Y

Reputation: 7031

how to schedule a background service between certain hours android

I have a service that tracks the location of the user periodically. I want this service to run only during working hours, so I want it to start at 9h and to stop at 18h.

I'm starting the service with an AlarmManager with this code

        Intent syncIntent = new Intent(AlarmService.this, TrackingService.class);
        PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(AlarmService.this, 0, syncIntent, 0);

        AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);

        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
        calendar.add(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 9);
        alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC, System.currentTimeMillis(), 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24, pendingIntent);

What should i do to schedule an alarm to stop the service at 18h ?

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 902

Answers (2)

Nikolai Samteladze
Nikolai Samteladze

Reputation: 7797

In the code you posted you can set a single alarm using set() instead of setRepeating(). Then in your broadcast receiver you can check current time when alarm is received. If it is withing business hours (9 to 6) then you set another single alarm in your receiver. If it is not between 9 am and 6 pm then you schedule an alarm to 9 am tomorrow.

Upvotes: 0

Egor
Egor

Reputation: 40203

Register a BroadcastReceiver and create a PendingIntent for it using getReceiver(). In its onReceive() method call stopService() on the running Service instance. Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

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