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Android cannot pass intent extras to AlarmManager

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.

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 );

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.

PendingIntent.getBroadcats don't find an Intent

I'm writing an application with multiple alarms and I want to have an option to cancel them. I'm using AlarmManager and PendingIntent. My problem is that when I want to cancel an alarm, getBroadcast don't find a PendingIntent matching the criteria.
private void turnOnMorningRemider()
{
long time = System.currentTimeMillis() + 60 * 45;
Intent tmpIntent = new Intent(this, AlarmPopUpDialog.class);
tmpIntent.putExtra(getString(R.string.alarm_time_of_day), AlarmPopUpDialog.REQUEST_CODE_MORNING);
TaskStackBuilder stackBuilder = TaskStackBuilder.create(this);
stackBuilder.addNextIntent(tmpIntent);
// Gets a PendingIntent containing the entire back stack
morningPendingIntent = stackBuilder.getPendingIntent(AlarmPopUpDialog.REQUEST_CODE_MORNING, PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
//set the alarm for particular time
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, time, morningPendingIntent);
Toast.makeText(this, "Alarm is on.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
To cancel alarm I use:
private void turnOffMorningReminder()
{
Intent tmpIntent = new Intent(this, AlarmPopUpDialog.class);
PendingIntent pi = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, AlarmPopUpDialog.REQUEST_CODE_MORNING,
tmpIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_NO_CREATE);
if (pi != null)
{
alarmManager.cancel(pi);
Toast.makeText(this, "Alarm is off.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
The pi variable is always null, so alarm starts ringing.
The next problem is, when I try to create PendingIntent with getBroadcast (instead of stack builder) my alarm never activates.
morningPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, AlarmPopUpDialog.REQUEST_CODE_MORNING, tmpIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
Is using the stack builder the reason why i can't find the intent?

I feel stupid. My problem was that my AlarmPopUpDialog extended Activity not BroadcastReceiver class. When I added a class that extened BroadcastReceiver in the middle everything started to work.
morningPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, AlarmBrodcastReceiver.REQUEST_CODE_MORNING, tmpIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
and
public class AlarmBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
Intent i = new Intent(context, AlarmPopUpDialog.class );
i.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
i.putExtras(intent);
context.startActivity(i);
}
}
I hope that this answer will help the next poor guy.

Pending intent is null after activity restart

I am making an application that uses AlarmManager.setInexactRepeating() method, that takes a PendingIntent as a paramater.
I start this by calling my setAlarm() method
public void setRepeatingAlarm() {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceiver.class);
String url = getAssembledUrl();
intent.putExtra("url", url);
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
alarmManager.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis(), interval, pendingIntent);
}
and stop it by stopAlarm()
private void stopRepeatingAlarm() {
alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
pendingIntent.cancel();
}
Works just fine. However when activity gets destroyed, and user decides to stop the alarm, obviously the pending intent is null, as it gets created in the setRepeatingAlarm() method that wasnt called during current activities life.
Whats the correct way to get around this?
I could be creating the pending intent in Activity.onCreate() and that would solve this problem, however I will not be able to start the alarm again as the pending intent got canceled and needs to be recreated again (i think, unless there is a way to check the intent was canceled that i dont know about)

Actually, as it turns out
PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
returns the same pending intent, if the intent is the same so, all i needed was
private void stopRepeatingAlarm() {
if(pendingIntent == null) {
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
}
alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
}