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Android AlarmManager only sending last scheduled notification

I am creating a research app that should prompt the user 4 times a day to enter their mood - by sending a notification, which when clicked launches the correct Activity. I am able to schedule these notifications using AlarmManager, however only the last scheduled notification ever shows. So although I schedule them for 9AM, 2PM, 5PM, and 8PM, it only ever sends a notification at 8PM.
How can I get all of the scheduled notifications to show?
Here is my code for setting (one of) the alarms (from a notification manager class). Note that al alarms are set using the same instance of AlarmManager:
cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 9);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
am.setExactAndAllowWhileIdle(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), createPendingIntent(9, this));
Here is the createPendingIntent method (in the same notification manager class):
public static PendingIntent createPendingIntent(int hour, Context c){
Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(c, AlarmBroadcastReceiver.class);
notificationIntent.putExtra("time", hour);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(c, 0 , notificationIntent , PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
return pendingIntent;
}
Here is the BroadcastReceiver for the alarm:
public class AlarmBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
NotificationSender.createNotification(context);
}
}
And finally the createNotification method:
public static void createNotification(Context c){
Log.e("notif?", "creating");
Intent intent = new Intent(c, UpdateMoodActivity.class);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
int notificationId = new Random().nextInt();
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(c, 0, intent, 0);
NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(c, "com.lizfltn.phdapp.notifChannelID")
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher_foreground)
.setContentTitle("SoftMood")
.setContentText("Please record your mood")
.setPriority(NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_HIGH)
.setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
.setAutoCancel(true);
NotificationManagerCompat notificationManager = NotificationManagerCompat.from(c);
notificationManager.notify(notificationId, builder.build());
}
Yes I know this isn't the best-practice way of doing things, or even the neatest, but unfortunately I need to get code working ahead of writing good code :P
I've tried various configurations of setting the alarm, e.g. using elapsed realtime instead of RTC, only setting the alarm, setting the exact alarm, etc, but there might be something fundamental I'm not understanding about how those work.
Any help appreciated!

Can you try with same id in pending intent and notify.?
Notification id in createNotification() method is random id.
int notificationId = new Random().nextInt();
and id used in createPendingIntent method is 0.
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(c, 0 , notificationIntent , PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
Can you try with using same value for second parameter of getBroadcast?

Changing a variable from Notification Method

I added a notification feature to my app, when the user clicks on the notification it sends him to a certain activity in my app, but I also want it to change an integer variable number, I tried defining the variable static and do:
ActivityName.Variable = ActivityName.Variable + 1 or ActivityName.Variable++;
And it actually worked! but only when I change the date on my phone manually, so when the user sees the notification after waiting 1 day (the notification is daily) and clicks on it...he get to the activity but with no increase in the variable.
here's the notification codes:
public void setNotificationOn() { //This method sets the notification...so after 24h it will be triggered
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 24);
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), NotificationReceiverActivity.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getApplicationContext(),
100, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, pendingIntent);
}
package com.example.wordspuzzlejsontest;
public class NotificationReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
LevelActivity.stars++; //This is the variable which I'm trying to increase
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
Intent repeating_intent = new Intent(context, LevelsListActivity.class);
repeating_intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity
(context, 100, repeating_intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context)
.setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
.setSmallIcon(android.R.drawable.star_big_off)
.setContentTitle("Collect your daily star")
.setContentText("Click to collect your daily star")
.setAutoCancel(true)
.setColor(Color.BLUE);
notificationManager.notify(100, builder.build());
}
}

Multiple Notifications not showing in android

In my android app I'm willing to show multiple notifications on a particular day,for this I'm using Alarm Manager and Broadcast Receiver problem is when I used alarm it worked fine but when I add notification builder to show the notification its not working
Here is my mainActivity
public static final String ACTION_ONE = "Hello, Test Message 1";
public static final String ACTION_TWO = "Hello, Test Message 2";
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
AlarmManager alarmManager1 = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
Intent myIntent1 = new Intent(this, AlarmBroadCustReciver.class);
myIntent1.setAction(ACTION_ONE);
PendingIntent pendingIntent1 = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 1253, myIntent1,
PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
// Set the time for first alarm here
cal.set(2015, 10, 20, 15, 55);
alarmManager1.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent1);
Intent myIntent2 = new Intent(this, AlarmBroadCustReciver.class);
myIntent2.setAction(ACTION_TWO);
PendingIntent pendingIntent2 = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 1263, myIntent2,
PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
// Set the time for second alarm here
cal.set(2015, 10, 20, 15, 56);
alarmManager1.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent2);
// In this way set time for all the rest of the alarms
Here is BroadCastReceiver
public class AlarmBroadCustReciver extends BroadcastReceiver {
public static final String ACTION_ONE = "Hello, welcome to the Server1";
public static final String ACTION_TWO = "Hello, welcome to the Server2";
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context);
builder.setLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(), R.mipmap.ic_launcher));
builder.setContentTitle(context.getString(R.string.app_name));
if (intent.getAction().equalsIgnoreCase(ACTION_ONE)) {
builder.setContentText("Alarm one");
} else {
builder.setContentText("Alarm two");
}
Notification notification = builder.build();
int notificationID = 0;
notificationManager.notify(notificationID, notification);

You need to pass different notification id for each Notification . If you pass same id (i.e., 0 in your case), the existed notification will be updated with the new data.
change the notification id: eg have a variable and increment it. notificationid++

I had a similar issue, I was creating multiple notifications with different IDs, however, when I clicked on one, only the first one opened the specific scree, all the sequential notifications were ignore (clicking on them didn't do anything, they were just dismissed). Then I tried to do this:
intent.setAction(context.getPackageName() + "." + notificationId);
Which means that each unique notification also carries its own unique Intent and in this case the Intents weren't ignored and each of them opened the needed screen. I must note that my Intents were the same (e.g. NoteDetails.class), so I guess I had to separate them somehow...i'm glad it worked anyways.

Box's answer was a nudge in the right direction for me.
I just had to change the requestCode in the PendingIntent I was passing to the AlarmManager, so it wasn't the same value.
Old code:
PendingIntent pI = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
New code:
PendingIntent pI = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, notificationId, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

Alarm manager not triggering

I'm new to this, so I'm a bit lost.
I have built a notification and passed it to the alarm manager as a pendingIntent, however instead of waiting the interval to trigger the alarm and showing the notification, the notification is instantly shown.
What have I done wrong, that isn't allowing the alarm to be set properly?
public class NotificationController{
Context context;
public void createNotification(Context context){
this.context = context;
Notification notification = getNotification();
//creates notification
Intent intent = new Intent(context, NotificationReceiver.class);
intent.putExtra(NotificationReceiver.NOTIFICATION_ID, 1);
intent.putExtra(NotificationReceiver.NOTIFICATION, notification);
PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);
//schedules notification to be fired.
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, 10000 , pIntent);
}
private Notification getNotification(){
Intent intent = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intent, 0);
Notification.Builder builder = new Notification.Builder(context)
.setContentTitle("Reminder")
.setContentText("Car service due in 2 weeks")
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher)
.setContentIntent(pIntent);
return builder.build();
}
}
my receiver
public class NotificationReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
public static String NOTIFICATION_ID = "notification-id";
public static String NOTIFICATION = "notification";
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
Notification notification = intent.getParcelableExtra(NOTIFICATION);
int id = intent.getIntExtra(NOTIFICATION_ID, 0);
notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
notificationManager.notify(id, notification);
}
}
I have also registered with <receiver android:name=".NotificationReceiver" > in the AndroidManifest.

In this line
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, 10000 , pIntent);
You specify that the alarm has to fire at 10 seconds after the device has been booted (which is in the past, so the alarm fires immediately). If you would want it 10 seconds after you set the alarm, you use the number of milliseconds since the device has been booted PLUS 10 seconds:
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis() + 10000 , pIntent);

Try this:
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis()+10000 , pIntent);

For me old methods are killing after few hours . Please see my code that i am using for different OS versions. May be helpful.
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
AlarmManager.AlarmClockInfo alarmClockInfo = new AlarmManager.AlarmClockInfo(alarmTime, pendingIntent);
alarmManager.setAlarmClock(alarmClockInfo, pendingIntent);
}
else if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
alarmManager.setExact(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, alarmTime, pendingIntent);
}
else {
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, alarmTime, pendingIntent);
}
Thanks
Arshad

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM" />
and
Intent notifyIntent = new Intent(this, MyReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, NotificationKeys.NOTIFICATION_ID, notifyIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Calendar alarmStartTime = Calendar.getInstance();
alarmStartTime.set(Calendar.SECOND, 5);
alarmManager.setExact(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, alarmStartTime.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent);
If you want to set is at a excat time, you should use setExact. Unfortunalety there is no setExactRepating so you have to create this yourself. Schedule a new alarm after one executes or something like that
for more refer https://stackoverflow.com/a/30812993/8370216

How to run a background service to give alerts in android?

I am working on an android application but the problem is that I have to alert user through a message on notification bar which will occur after ten(10) days ,like in candy crush game it gives alert of full lives after some hours. I am a beginner in android so I am confused about the implementation of this scenario. Please guide me of its implementation with code.

You can do so with the AlarmManager and the BroadcastReceiver
AlarmManager
Intent myIntent = new Intent(this, TimeAlarm.class);
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(AndroidAlarmService.this, 0, myIntent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 10);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent);
BroadcastReceiver
public class TimeAlarm extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent paramIntent) {
// Request the notification manager
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
// Create a new intent which will be fired if you click on the notification
Intent intent = new Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW");
// Attach the intent to a pending intent
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
// Create the notification
Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.icon, "Something new!"), System.currentTimeMillis());
notification.setLatestEventInfo(context, "Something new!", "Description",pendingIntent);
// Fire the notification
notificationManager.notify(1, notification);
}
}