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AlarmManager set weekly alarm on a specified weekday time repeats on app open

I want to repeat a notification in android at a scheduled time in a specific day of the week (8:30am Saturday). I have set up the code and the alarm works (with the notification). The alarm need not wake up the device and fires the notification on next wake up.
Problem: The alarm is fired once every time the app is newly opened.
Tried different combinations but cant get it to work. Your help is much appreciated. Thank you.
MainActivity.java (OnCreate)
AndroidHelper ahelper= new AndroidHelper();
public static long rand_news_notify_freq= AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY * 7;
Calendar ca = Calendar.getInstance();
ca.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY,8);
ca.set(Calendar.MINUTE,30);
ca.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, Calendar.SATURDAY);
ca.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
ca.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
AlarmManager alarmMgr = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
ahelper.setAlarms(alarmMgr, getApplicationContext(), RandomNewsNotification.class, ca, rand_news_notify_freq);
AndroidHelper.class
public class AndroidHelper{
public AndroidHelper()
{
}
public void setAlarms(AlarmManager alarmMgr, Context tctx, Class alarmClass, Calendar calendar, long freq)
{
Intent alarmIntent = new Intent(tctx, alarmClass);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(tctx, 0, alarmIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
//alarmMgr.setRepeating(alarmMgr.RTC, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), freq, pendingIntent); // This is not working
alarmMgr.setInexactRepeating(alarmMgr.RTC, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), freq, pendingIntent); // This is not working too (same problem)
}
}
What needs to be changed?

I don't know you want to set exact repeating or inexact repeating. for exact repeating, you yourself should handle repeating with exact methods and don't use repeating methods of alaramManager like setInexactRepeating.
also consider if device is on Doze mode, alaram won't fire. so you should use setExactAndAllowWhileIdle method to guarantee that the alarms will execute.
you can see more detail on Android Developer document:
https://developer.android.com/training/scheduling/alarms

AlarmManager won't trigger in specific time

I've got a problem with the AlarmManager. I'm able to set up the Alarm with this code
private void setAlarm(long when) {
Intent intent = new Intent(NoteActivity.this, AlarmReceiver.class);
intent.putExtra("ID", note.getId());
AlarmManager manager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
manager.set(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, when, PendingIntent.getBroadcast(NoteActivity.this, 1, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT));
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Reminder set up", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
This code works well if I set long when = 5 * 1000; \\For example 5secs later, but if I use this code
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTime(date);
long selectedDate = date.getTime();
long timeSince1970 = System.currentTimeMillis();
long timeForAlarm = selectedDate - timeSince1970;
Intent intent = new Intent(NoteActivity.this, AlarmReceiver.class);
intent.putExtra("ID", note.getId());
AlarmManager manager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
manager.set(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, timeForAlarm, PendingIntent.getBroadcast(NoteActivity.this, 1, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT));
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Reminder set for "+calendar.getTime().toString(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
my alarm triggerd 2secs later. What I'm doing wrong? :/
I've tried AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP and AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP but nothing changed.
Please do not check my question as duplicated. I didn't find something to try that solved my problem.

Assuming that you are working in Android Studio (if not - you must switch), click F1 while your text pointer is on set method and read description of AlarmManager::set.
Note: Beginning in API 19, the trigger time passed to this method is
treated as inexact: the alarm will not be delivered before this time,
but may be deferred and delivered some time later. The OS will use
this policy in order to "batch" alarms together across the entire
system, minimizing the number of times the device needs to "wake up"
and minimizing battery use. In general, alarms scheduled in the near
future will not be deferred as long as alarms scheduled far in the
future.

Instead of set use setExact
manager.setExact(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, timeForAlarm, PendingIntent.getBroadcast(NoteActivity.this, 1, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT));

How can i set the alarm on the particular date in android?

Explanation:
I have calendar in which i set the events on the particular day of the given month.The event is stored into the database. on the event day is occurs it is trigger an alarm to notice the user.
suppose, my event is save on the 29/05/2016 then my alarm is triggered on the particular date.
Notice:i have multiple event created on the particular month.e.g. on the 29th may or 30th may also.
MyQuestion is how can i fire the multiple alarm on the particular multiple days.
Please, understand the flow what i exactly want?

If you want to play alarm for particular date and time , following code may help you
Calendar cal=Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH,5);
cal.set(Calendar.YEAR,2012);
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,11);
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY,16);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE,10);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND,0);
Intent _myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ReceiverClass.class);
PendingIntent _myPendingIntent =
PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getApplicationContext(), 123, _myIntent,
PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT| Intent.FILL_IN_DATA);
AlarmManager myAlarmManager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
//myAlarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis() + (10 * 1000), _myPendingIntent);
myAlarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), _myPendingIntent);

calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR,date.getYear());
calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH,date.getMonth()+1);
calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,date.getDate());
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY,time.getHours());
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE,time.getMinutes());
calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND,time.getSeconds());
Intent myIntent = new Intent(context, AlarmReciever.class);
myIntent.putExtra("ReminderDetails",reminderDetails);
myIntent.putExtra("requestCode", requestCode);
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, (int) (requestCode), myIntent,0);
alarmManager.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, date.getTime(),
interval, pendingIntent);
The following code here is good live for setting a calender time at the specified time and date.
And the most important thing here stands is that what do you pass in 2nd argument in alarmManager.setInexactRepeating(_) method,which is
date.getTime(), which is the only thing will work instead of using
calendar.getTimeinMillis() method, because that will return some unexpected time to be launched for intents.

Run Alarm In Selected Days

I want to start alarm when i have selecting the days,hours,and minutes.
This is my code so far :
public void startAt() {
Intent alarmIntent = new Intent(backgroundApplication.this, AlarmReceiver.class);
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(backgroundApplication.this, 0, alarmIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
AlarmManager manager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK,calendar.WEDNESDAY);
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY,7);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE,35);
manager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(),
1000 * 5, pendingIntent);
}
For the example i set the DAY_OF_WEEK is today(friday) it works great. But when i changed it into Wednesday, or other day before friday it still running.
Is there any other way to start in selected days ?

According to the documentation http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/AlarmManager.html#setRepeating%28int,%20long,%20long,%20android.app.PendingIntent%29, the 2nd parameter is the trigger time in milliseconds and if you set it to a time in the past, the alarm will trigger immediately. If you want the alarm to only start from next Wednesday, then you have to advance your Calendar time to the next Wednesday with calendar.add(Calendar.WEEK_OF_MONTH, 1). By the way, in your code, you don't need to have calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis()).Calendar.getInstance() will return the current time by default. You should also use static field Calendar.WEDNESDAY.

In which condition set-repeat Alarm get canceled in android?

i Create application in android that schedule a alarm for every 20 minute. but they get canceled or not working after scheduled 5 or 8 times. is there any condition after that system cancel the scheduled alarm.
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, 20);
// Create a new PendingIntent and add it to the AlarmManager
Intent my123intent = new Intent(context, PolicyFormatDownloader.class);
my123intent.putExtra(commonGlobalVariables.IS_CALL_FROM_ALARM, true);
my123intent.putExtra(commonGlobalVariables.IS_CALL_MANUALLY, false);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(context, 12345,my123intent,PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
am.cancel(pendingIntent);
am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis()+ (60 * 1000 * 20), 60 * 1000 * 20, pendingIntent);
please tell me the conditions in which alarm get cancel or clear by system.
thanks for ans in advance.

The alarm can be cleared in follwing two conditions:
On device reboot
All alarms set using an Alarm-Manager, are removed on device reboot
If you create a Pending Intent with same ID
On creation of similar PI with same ID-Value (as 12345 in this case), will overrride the previous PI.