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Adithya
Adithya

Reputation: 2975

Starting service using Alarm Manager

I am trying to start a service using Alarm Manager. I have tried everything but it just doesn't get started. I am calling the below mentioned code from a button listener of an activity.

    private void setAlarmManager(String interval) throws NumberFormatException, IOException
    {
        AlarmManager service = (AlarmManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
        Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MyService.class);

        PendingIntent pending = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getApplicationContext(),
                                                           0,
                                                           i,
                                                           PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

        cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, Integer.valueOf(interval));
        service.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(),
                                    (Integer.valueOf(interval) * 60000), pending);
    }

and my manifest looks like :

<service android:enabled="true" android:name="com.pack.android.service.MyService"
            />

I am trying to start a service as per the user specified time in minutes. But my service never gets called.

If i call the service using the following code, it works. My project target version is 16.

getApplicationContext().startService(i);

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1044

Answers (1)

ρяσѕρєя K
ρяσѕρєя K

Reputation: 132982

change PendingIntent.getBroadcast to PendingIntent.getService for starting an serivce using PendingIntent as :

PendingIntent pending = PendingIntent.getService(getApplicationContext(),
                                     0,
                                     i,
                                   PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);

Upvotes: 4

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