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Panneerdas P
Panneerdas P

Reputation: 41

will androidx JetPack work manager get the work done even if the set constraints are never met within recurring time?

For eg: I am enqueuing PeriodicWorkRequest of time interval 24 hours with constraints of Network need and Charging. If the constraints are never met within the 24 hours, will the work manager ever doWork as they mentioned in Android dev guide site "fire-and-forget" and "WorkManager is intended for tasks that require a guarantee that the system will run them"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 526

Answers (1)

michalbrz
michalbrz

Reputation: 3504

TL;DR WorkManager gets work done only if all constraints are met.

One of the most usual use-case for constraints would be to communicate with server only when internet connection is available. So it doesn't make sense to run the task at all if connection is not available.

Info from docs (emphasis mine):

WorkManager is a library used to enqueue work that is guaranteed to execute after its constraints are met

source: https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/work/WorkManager

If you wish, you can specify constraints on when the task should run. For example, you might want to specify that the task should only run when the device is idle, and connected to power.

source: https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/workmanager

But just to be 100% sure I tested it on sample code and it confirmed everything above.

Upvotes: 1

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