Android cannot pass intent extras to AlarmManager - android

I thought this would solve my problem, but it doesn't.
I have this code to send my alarm:
public void triggerAlarm() {
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getContext().getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getContext().getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(getContext(), AlarmReceiver.class);
intent.putExtra("Id", nextDue.id.get() + "");
String passed = intent.getStringExtra("Id");
Log.d("DEBRRUG", "The extra im passing: " + passed);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getContext(), i++, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, soonest.dueTime.get(), pendingIntent);
}
My DEBRRUG statement indicates that the extra being passed is 8.
This is my alarm receiver:
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
String passed = intent.getStringExtra("Id");
Log.d("DEBRRUG", "The extra im receiving: " + passed);
}
Here, my DEBRRUG statemnt indicates that the extra im receiving is NULL.
Note: Something that could, possibly, be interesting is that my triggerAlarm method is being called from within my ContentProvider. Don't know if that helps you understand my problem better or not.

Use
intent.getExtras().getString("id")

I found it. Wow! I was sending another alarm in another area of my code, where I wasn't putting the extra on.
Doing ctrl f -> ".set(Alar" let me track down the little bastard.

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Alarm notification keeps firing even if it is canceled from another activity

I set an alarm from activity A then in activity B I can delete and update the alarm set in activity A. Updating of alarm is working but delete doesn't, I've already tried some answer from here but nothing seems to work.
I set my alarms like this.
public void Alarms() {
for(eventlist_model model:arrayList)
{
int id=model.getEvent_id();
String type=model.getEvent_type();
String date=model.getEvent_date();
String time=model.getEvent_time();
String note=model.getEvent_note();
SimpleDateFormat format= new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
try{
String sched=date+" "+time;
Date newSched=format.parse(sched);
Calendar calendar1 = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar1.setTime(newSched);
if (calendar1.before(calendar))
calendar1.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, events_receiver.class).setAction("Dog_alarm");
intent.putExtra("type", type);
intent.putExtra("note", note);
intent.putExtra("id", id);
PendingIntent dog1 = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, id, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
final AlarmManager alarm1 = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19) {
alarm1.setExact(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar1.getTimeInMillis(), dog1);
} else {
alarm1.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar1.getTimeInMillis(), dog1);
}
}catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
then in activity B I use this to cancel the alarm
public void cancelTask()
{ int id=Integer.valueOf(eventid);
Intent intent = new Intent(update_task.this, events_receiver.class);
AlarmManager alarm = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
PendingIntent task = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, id, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
alarm.cancel(task);
}
But it doesn't work and Im stuck here. Can anyone help me in this?
According to documentation of cancel method of AlarmManager:
void cancel (PendingIntent operation)
Remove any alarms with a matching Intent. Any alarm, of any type,
whose Intent matches this one (as defined by filterEquals(Intent)),
will be canceled.
It means if intentA detected to be equal withintentB, using filterEqauls Method, i.e. intentA.filterEquals(intentB)==true, then intentB in alarmanger can be used to cancel intentA which already set inside alarmManager.
filterEquals documentation notices:
boolean filterEquals (Intent other)
Determine if two intents are the same for the purposes of intent
resolution (filtering). That is, if their action, data, type, class,
and categories are the same. This does not compare any extra data
included in the intents.
It means it filterEquals does not care to extras inside intents to compare them but other paramters like Action should be exactly the same.
In your case, you've missed to call setAction in cancellation intent.
So you should change your cancelTask method like this:
public void cancelTask()
{ int id=Integer.valueOf(eventid);
Intent intent = new Intent(update_task.this, events_receiver.class);
intent.setAction("Dog_alarm");//<--- this is missed
AlarmManager alarm = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
PendingIntent task = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, id, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
alarm.cancel(task);
}

Android 7 intent extras missing

Does anyone know if there are any changes to how Android 7.0 (Nougat) handles intent extras compared to Android 6.0 (Lollipop)?
Long story short: my app works as intended on all versions from 4.1(16) to 6.0(23) but crashes on android 7.0(24)!
The app creates a pending intent with an intent to a custom broadcast receiver which has extras. However, on android 7 none of the extras are present in the intent received by the broadcast receiver.
MainActivity.java
Intent intent = new Intent(context, PollServerReceiver.class);
// TODO: Remove after DEBUGGING is completed!
intent.putExtra("TESTING1", "testing1");
intent.putExtra("TESTING2", "testing2");
intent.putExtra("TESTING3", "testing3");
// PendingIntent to be triggered when the alarm goes off.
final PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context,
PollServerReceiver.REQUEST_CODE, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
// Setup alarm to schedule our service runs.
AlarmManager alarm = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarm.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, firstRun, freqMilis, pIntent);
PollServerReceiver.java
Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
Log.d(TAG, "onReceive: TESTING1 = " + extras.getString("TESTING1")); // null here
// None of the three "TESTING*" keys are there!
for (String key : extras.keySet()) {
Object value = extras.get(key);
Log.d(TAG, String.format("onReceive extra keys: %s %s (%s)", key, value.toString(), value.getClass().getName()));
}
Stack trace obviously gives the NullPointerException as the cause of crash.
It would not be so weird if it would crash among all versions, but in this case its the latest android only. Has anyone got any ideas please?
Note: I have tried creating pending intents with different flags including (0, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT) still got the exact same result.
Putting a custom Parcelable in a PendingIntent has never been especially reliable, and it flat-out will not work in an AlarmManager PendingIntent on Android 7.0. Other processes may need to fill in values into the Intent, and that involves manipulating the extras, and that can't be done in any process but your own, since no other process has your custom Parcelable class.
This SO answer has a workaround, in the form of converting the Parcelable yourself to/from a byte[].
I had a similar problem but I think I found an easy solution. Put your data inside a Bundle and send that Bundle with your intent. In my case I wanted to send a serializable object with my intent.
Setup the alarm:
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(context, AlarmReciever.class);
Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
//creating an example object
ExampleClass exampleObject = new ExampleClass();
//put the object inside the Bundle
bundle.putSerializable("example", exampleObject);
//put the Bundle inside the intent
intent.putExtra("bundle",bundle);
PendingIntent alarmIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 1, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
//setup the alarm
alarmManager.setExact(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), alarmIntent);
Receive the alarm:
public class AlarmReciever extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
// get the Bundle
Bundle bundle = intent.getBundleExtra("bundle");
// get the object
ExampleClass exampleObject = (ExampleClass)bundle.getSerializable("example");
}
}
It worked fine for me. Hope it helps :)

Creating Multiple Alarm?

Trying to create multiple Alarms using unique PendingIntent . However I am having trouble with this,
From MainActivity I press a button to set an Alarm, and the code for that is:
public void alarmSet(View view)
{
int idTime = (int) System.currentTimeMillis();
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, AddAlarm.class);
intent.putExtra("pendInt",idTime);
startActivity(new Intent(MainActivity.this, AddAlarm.class));
}
Taking System time as unique id I am passing the value to the other activity from which I call the Broadcast to initiate alarm. Code for this Activity is:
Intent receive = getIntent();
pen = receive.getIntExtra("pendInt",0);
And here is the method in which I set the alarm.
private void setAlarm(Calendar targetCal)
{
Intent alarmintent = new Intent(AddAlarm.this, AlarmReceiver.class);
PendingIntent sender = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(AddAlarm.this, pen, alarmintent, PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, targetCal.getTimeInMillis(), sender);
}
This works for single alarms , however it doesn't generate multiple alarms. What might be the possible reason? Any help will be appreciated. Do I need to post the Broadcast class as well ?
you are making Intent and putting extra but passing another Intent to startActivity()
just replace this
startActivity(new Intent(MainActivity.this, AddAlarm.class));
to this
startActivity(intent );

Alarm Manager not cancelling pending intent in application class

I have a pending intent that does not cancel. I start the service when I login to my app and when they logout I stop it. The code below is located in my application class. Is that the proper place for it to go? I have tried to put it in the MainActivity I have but with the same results in the Application.
private PendingIntent mJobPendingIntent;
private final int RQSNUM_SIP = 1337;
public void startJob(){
LogText.appendLog(TAG + " startJob");
Intent intent = new Intent(this, JobReceiver.class);
mJobPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, RQSNUM_SIP, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
((AlarmManager) this.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE)).setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP
, SystemClock.elapsedRealtime()+7000
, 7000
, mJobPendingIntent);
}
public void stopSipJob(){
((AlarmManager) this.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE)).cancel(mJobPendingIntent);
LogText.appendLog(TAG + " stopJob");
}
I know that stop job gets called but after I log out and call stop job, I look at my settings on the phone and see that the process is still running.
How can I stop this alarm?
Thanks for the help
I think you should create again the PendingIntent on stopSipJob()
public void stopSipJob(){
Intent intent = new Intent(this, JobReceiver.class);
mJobPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, RQSNUM_SIP, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
((AlarmManager) this.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE)).cancel(mJobPendingIntent);
LogText.appendLog(TAG + " stopJob");
}
Remove PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT from the call to PendingIntent.getBroadcast(). This is causing your problem.

intent.putExtra doesn´t deliver newest values of a string to intent

I use AlarmManager and try to give some values in putExtra to my BroadcastReceiver. The values I send go to the BroadcastReceiver, it works fine to transmit values.
But I send my variable "counter" and I always get the old values that existed on the first start of my setRepeating(). And I know that the counter values are ways more high that I see there. So when the values change nothing happens. How can I have an event every half hour with right values?!
I've searched now for 3 hours but can't find a solution to make an interaction of my AlarmManager and some values out of a Sensor...
public void startAlarm(View view) {
try {
AlarmManager alarms = (AlarmManager) this
.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),
MyAlarmReceiver.class);
intent.putExtra("startStepCounter", startStepCounter);
intent.putExtra("lastStepCounter", lastStepCounter);
final PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this,
1234567, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
alarms.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,
System.currentTimeMillis(), timeToAlarmMilli, pIntent);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
public class MyAlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Log.i("Alarm Receiver", "Entered");
//
Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
int local_start = bundle.getInt("startStepCounter");
int local_last = bundle.getInt("lastStepCounter");
Toast.makeText(context,
"ALARM " + local_start + " " + local_last,
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
look at this part of your code
final PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this,
1234567, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
you need to provide uniuque id for secound part each time you use pending intent, so instead of 1234567, use a unique id.

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