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Jared
Jared

Reputation: 85

Android - Create Repeating Notification At Set Time

I have looked through a ton of documentation and stackoverflow questions on how to set a repeating notification set to a certain time but can not get any of them to work. Here is what I have right now.

The method I set up the AlarmManager in:

//set alarm method
private void setAlarm() {
    if(enableCheckBox.isChecked()) {
        //save time / title / message
        mTinyDB.putInt(Constants.SAVED_HOUR, timePicker.getCurrentHour());
        mTinyDB.putInt(Constants.SAVED_MINUTE, timePicker.getCurrentMinute());
        mTinyDB.putString(Constants.SAVED_TITLE, titleEditText.getText().toString().trim());
        mTinyDB.putString(Constants.SAVED_MESSAGE, messageEditText.getText().toString().trim());
        mTinyDB.putBoolean(Constants.SAVED_NOTIFICATION_ENABLED, enableCheckBox.isChecked());

        //create repeating notification
        Intent intent = new Intent(NotificationActivity.this, Notify.class);
        AlarmManager manager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Activity.ALARM_SERVICE);
        PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(this,
                0, intent, 0);
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, mTinyDB.getInt(Constants.SAVED_HOUR, 0));
        cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE,  mTinyDB.getInt(Constants.SAVED_MINUTE, 0));
        cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
        manager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, pendingIntent);
    }
}

The Notify class which extends BoradcastReceiver:

public class Notify extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    TinyDB mTinyDB = new TinyDB(context);
    Notification builder = new Notification.Builder(context)
            .setContentTitle(mTinyDB.getString(Constants.SAVED_TITLE))
            .setContentText(mTinyDB.getString(Constants.SAVED_MESSAGE))
            .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_check)
            .setContentIntent(pIntent)
            .build();
    NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
    notificationManager.notify(1, builder);
}

}

Am I doing this completely wrong? I can't get anything to come up (at least at the set time). Help or guidance is appreciated :)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1203

Answers (3)

tachyonflux
tachyonflux

Reputation: 20211

You're using PendingIntent.getService, but your intent is not for a service. For a BroadcastReceiver, you should be using PendingIntent.getBroadcast.

PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent, 0);

Upvotes: 2

tachyonflux
tachyonflux

Reputation: 20211

In order for the system to be able to launch a component, it should be registered in your manifest:

AndroidManifest.xml

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.mypackage.myapplication" >
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <receiver
            android:name=".Notify" />
    </application>
</manifest>

Upvotes: 0

BSMP
BSMP

Reputation: 4807

The problem you're running into is that you can't set an exact, repeatable alarm in Android. If you want your repeating alarm to occur at an exact time, you must set a one time exact alarm and recreate it after the alarm goes off in your code.

Citation: Documentation for setRepeating

Upvotes: 0

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