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Ido Fang Bentov
Ido Fang Bentov

Reputation: 178

What's the proper way to schedule tasks and reminders in Oreo?

Background

Ever since Android O came out I had trouble with what classes and methods I should use when I want to schedule background sync tasks and notifications, more specifically, I want to do these two separate things:

Because Android O has placed some restrictions on AlarmManager, I cannot set a background service that runs at a specific time of the day, unless I use getForegroundService(), which, as the docs say, should only be used for services that are noticeable to the user.

What I tried / considered

I have been using JobService that runs periodically every so and so hours, but I would prefer for it to run at a more specific time of the day.

I have looked into CalendarProvider, and also considered a push notification service, but it seems to me like an overkill for simple tasks like these.

Question

My final question is what methods I could, or I should use to implement the above features?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 577

Answers (1)

Nathani Software
Nathani Software

Reputation: 111

Use WorkManager this is the best way to Run Task in Background in Android Oreo and Pie versions and it also works in older versions of Android.

See the Documentation

  1. https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager
  2. https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager/basics
  3. https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager/advanced

GitHub Example

  1. https://github.com/krunalpatel3/WorkManager-Example-Andorid

Reference

Upvotes: 1

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