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Ravi Bhatt
Ravi Bhatt

Reputation: 1948

run activity at particular date and time in Android

how can i schedule particular activity to run at particular DATE and TIME fields of database?

for example send email on someone's birthday automatically..

hope for some code snippet.

-- Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3537

Answers (1)

Jamal Osman
Jamal Osman

Reputation: 44

You are looking for a Service. It is an activity that runs in the background and doesn't require user interaction.

You can have the Service check the db everyday and compare it to the current date then send an email if it is the correct date.

This explains Services more: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html

and here is an example of how to code a service with a timer:

http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/google-android/articles/34861.aspx

Goodluck

Upvotes: 2

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