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I'm trying to write code that will run a task on specific hours every day.
I have an hours array that contains integers and I loop through it to set a repeating alarm from that hour and with an interval of a day.
If I just create the service and run the task every 10 seconds or something it does run the AlarmReciever but this code doesn't work after the addition of the Calendar API, what am I doing wrong?
AlarmManager alarmManager;
Calendar current = new GregorianCalendar();
Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
int[] hours = new int[] {14, 18, 21, 22};
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
current.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent1 = new Intent(this, AlarmReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent1, 0);
for (int hour : hours) {
calendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, current.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR));
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hour);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
calendar.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
calendar.set(Calendar.DATE, current.get(Calendar.DATE));
calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, current.get(Calendar.MONTH));
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, pendingIntent);
}
return START_STICKY;
}
EDIT: I tried printing out calendar.getTimeInMillis() for every loop and here is the output
I/System.out: 2391249600000
I/System.out: 2643724800000
I/System.out: 2769962400000
I/System.out: 2833038000000
Lets say I take the two first numbers: 2643724800000 - 2391249600000 = 252475200000. 252475200000 / 1000 = 252475200. 252475200 / 60 = 4207920.
I'm pretty sure 4207920 minutes is more than one hour. Why is like this?
Okay, I found out how to fix my problem.
First of all thanks to #MikeL for suggesting to remove calendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, current.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR)); because that did fix some stuff, but even after that it didn't work.
To fix the problem I changed PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent1, 0); to PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, hour, intent1, 0);
Basically changing the 0 to hour so that every pending intent is different.
I have searched a lot of places but couldnt find a clean sequential explanation of how to start a service (or if thats not possible then an activity) at a specific time daily using the AlarmManager??
I want to register several such alarms and triggering them should result in a service to be started. I'll be having a small piece of code in the service which can then execute and i can finish the service for good....
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
Calendar cur_cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cur_cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
Date date = new Date(cur_cal.get(Calendar.YEAR), cur_cal.get(Calendar.MONTH), cur_cal.get(Calendar.DATE), 16, 45);
cal.setTime(date);
Intent intent = new Intent(ProfileList.this, ActivateOnTime.class);
intent.putExtra("profile_id", 2);
PendingIntent pintent = PendingIntent.getService(ProfileList.this, 0, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarm = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarm.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), pintent);
System.out.println("The alarm set!!");
i tried this code to activate the alarm at 4.45... but its not firing the service... do i have to keep the process running??
M i doing anything wrong???
One more thing, my service gets perfectly executed in case i use the following code:
long firstTime = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();
alarm.setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, firstTime, 30*1000,pintent);
HI friends,
After a lot of researching and with reference from "Pentium10"'s question on the same topic i managed to get it working. Though i still cant understand why the "date" concept and the Calendar(non GregorianCalendar) object which i have mentioned in the question are not working correctly.
Calendar cur_cal = new GregorianCalendar();
cur_cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());//set the current time and date for this calendar
Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, cur_cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR));
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 18);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 32);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, cur_cal.get(Calendar.SECOND));
cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, cur_cal.get(Calendar.MILLISECOND));
cal.set(Calendar.DATE, cur_cal.get(Calendar.DATE));
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, cur_cal.get(Calendar.MONTH));
Intent intent = new Intent(ProfileList.this, IntentBroadcastedReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pintent = PendingIntent.getService(ProfileList.this, 0, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarm = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarm.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), 30*1000, pintent);
//Create alarm manager
AlarmManager alarmMgr0 = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
//Create pending intent & register it to your alarm notifier class
Intent intent0 = new Intent(this, AlarmReciever.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent0 = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent0, 0);
//set timer you want alarm to work (here I have set it to 7.20pm)
Intent intent0 = new Intent(this, OldEntryRemover.class);
Calendar timeOff9 = Calendar.getInstance();
timeOff9.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 19);
timeOff9.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 20);
timeOff9.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
//set that timer as a RTC Wakeup to alarm manager object
alarmMgr0.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, timeOff0.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent0);
Then in your AlarmReciever class which is a broadcastReciever, under onRecieve method put your logic. This will take care of what ever the logic you want to handle when the time comes to 7.20 pm.
If you need to set multiple alarms, create another Calendar instance & set time values appropriately. You also need to create another instance for pendingIntent otherwise timers will overlap. Then set it to same alarmManager with new timer & pendingIntent.
You can read document from https://developer.android.com/training/scheduling/alarms.html
private AlarmManager alarmMgr;
private PendingIntent alarmIntent;
alarmMgr = (AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(context, AlarmReceiver.class);
alarmIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);
// Set the alarm to start at 8:30 a.m.
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 8);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 30);
// setRepeating() lets you specify a precise custom interval--in this case,
// 20 minutes.
alarmMgr.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(),
1000 * 60 * 20, alarmIntent);
The following code should work fine and it starts the service # 7:40 PM every day. Also, if device shuts down then all your alarms get cancelled.
Make sure to set up all the alarms after BOOT is completed.
Intent slIntent = new Intent(this, x.class);
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 19);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 40);
calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
PendingIntent slPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(this, 1, slIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
AlarmManager alarmManager=(AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(),
AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, slPendingIntent);
I tried a lot To Start Service on Time So I Have one solution like
Calculate the difference between current time and selected time
from date picker "Return Long timeMileSec = Milliseconds" Difference
after this create a handler inside it and Sleep if "Milliseconds" seconds
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
CreateService();
getActivity().startService(intentServiceObj);
}
}, timeMileSec);
// Below is the service Methods.
private void CreateService() {
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, year);
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hourScreen);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minuteScreen);
// cal.setTimeInMillis(timeselectedmillisecond);
Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(),
ServiceDailyLocationUpdate.class);
pintent = PendingIntent.getService(getActivity(), 0, intent, 0);
alarm = (AlarmManager) getActivity().getSystemService(
Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarm.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.HOUR, 86000 * 1000,
pintent);
}
// Return Differnce between two date
private long calculateDateDiffSecond(String firstDate, String secondDate) {
long numberOfDays = 0;
String dateStart = firstDate;
String dateStop = secondDate;
Date d1 = null;
Date d2 = null;
try {
d1 = sdfTime.parse(dateStart);
d2 = sdfTime.parse(dateStop);
// in milliseconds
long diff = d2.getTime() - d1.getTime();
long diffSeconds = diff / 1000 % 60;
long diffMinutes = diff / (60 * 1000) % 60;
long diffHours = diff / (60 * 60 * 1000) % 24;
long diffDays = diff / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
System.out.print(diffDays + " days, ");
System.out.print("Hours::" + diffHours + " hours, ");
System.out.print("HoursMinute::" + diffMinutes + " minutes, ");
System.out.print(diffSeconds + " seconds.");
numberOfDays = diffDays;
numberOfDays = diff;
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return numberOfDays;
}
codes above didn't work and below code worked for me.
month decreases 1.
and hours 0-11.
int day = ff.getGregorianDay() ;
int month = ff.getGregorianMonth() ;
int year = ff.getGregorianYear();
int hour = TimePicker1.getCurrentHour();
int minute = TimePicker1.getCurrentMinute();
Calendar cal_alarm = Calendar.getInstance();
cal_alarm.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis() );
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.MONTH, month-1);
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, day);
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.AM_PM, Calendar.AM );
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.HOUR, hour);
if( hour >= 12){
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.AM_PM, Calendar.PM );
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.HOUR, hour-12);
}
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minute );
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0 );
Intent myIntent = new Intent(YadavariNewActivity.this, Alarm_Sag.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(YadavariNewActivity.this, 0, myIntent,0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.set( AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal_alarm.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent);
I am trying to do something really simple! I have a sessionTimeout variable which have the value 3600000 milliseconds which means 60 minutes/1 hour. I need to set the alarm after 60 minutes. I am using the following code but calendar.getTimeInMillis gives me a very high value. If I just pass 3600000 in the alarmManager it still does not work and trigger the alarm receiver instantly.
private void setupSessionTimeoutAlarm()
{
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.add(calendar.MILLISECOND,(int) sessionTimeout);
long timeInMilliSeconds = calendar.getTimeInMillis() + sessionTimeout;
// schedule the alarm
Intent myIntent = new Intent(Gateway.this, AlarmReceiver.class);
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(Gateway.this, 0, myIntent,0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,timeInMilliSeconds,pendingIntent);
}
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
Date date = new Date();
date.setTime(System.currentTimeMillis() + (60 * 60 * 1000));
calendar.setTime(date);
Log.i(TAG, "start: " + calendar.getTime().getMinutes());
Log.i(TAG, "start: " + calendar.getTime().getHours());
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(context, A3LocationUpdateReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, Configuration.LocationUpdateEveryHoursRequest, intent, 0);
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), AlarmManager.INTERVAL_HOUR,
pendingIntent);
I managed to get the code running but it doesn't work properly. I have put an AlarmManager to at an exact hour, display a text, but the thing is that it appears just in the moment I press the input Button, no matter what hour I introduce.
The code:
final TimePicker desde = (TimePicker) findViewById(R.id.timePicker1);
int desdeHora = desde.getCurrentHour();
int desdeMinuto = desde.getCurrentMinute();
Calendar desde1 = Calendar.getInstance();
desde1.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, 3); //MIRAR ESTE 1 SIGNIFICA DOMINGO, 2 LUNES, 3 MARTES
desde1.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY,desdeHora);
desde1.set(Calendar.MINUTE,desdeMinuto);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, Alarma.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.setRepeating(alarmManager.RTC, (desde1.getTimeInMillis() - System.currentTimeMillis()) , 604800000, pendingIntent);
Sorry if you don't understand something because I'm programming in spanish, ask if you don't understand something.
Try
alarmManager.setRepeating(alarmManager.RTC, (desde1.getTimeInMillis()) , 604800000, pendingIntent);
instead of
alarmManager.setRepeating(alarmManager.RTC, (desde1.getTimeInMillis() - System.currentTimeMillis()) , 604800000, pendingIntent);
By the way, what is 604800000 for?
I have searched a lot of places but couldnt find a clean sequential explanation of how to start a service (or if thats not possible then an activity) at a specific time daily using the AlarmManager??
I want to register several such alarms and triggering them should result in a service to be started. I'll be having a small piece of code in the service which can then execute and i can finish the service for good....
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
Calendar cur_cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cur_cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
Date date = new Date(cur_cal.get(Calendar.YEAR), cur_cal.get(Calendar.MONTH), cur_cal.get(Calendar.DATE), 16, 45);
cal.setTime(date);
Intent intent = new Intent(ProfileList.this, ActivateOnTime.class);
intent.putExtra("profile_id", 2);
PendingIntent pintent = PendingIntent.getService(ProfileList.this, 0, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarm = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarm.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), pintent);
System.out.println("The alarm set!!");
i tried this code to activate the alarm at 4.45... but its not firing the service... do i have to keep the process running??
M i doing anything wrong???
One more thing, my service gets perfectly executed in case i use the following code:
long firstTime = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();
alarm.setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, firstTime, 30*1000,pintent);
HI friends,
After a lot of researching and with reference from "Pentium10"'s question on the same topic i managed to get it working. Though i still cant understand why the "date" concept and the Calendar(non GregorianCalendar) object which i have mentioned in the question are not working correctly.
Calendar cur_cal = new GregorianCalendar();
cur_cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());//set the current time and date for this calendar
Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, cur_cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR));
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 18);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 32);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, cur_cal.get(Calendar.SECOND));
cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, cur_cal.get(Calendar.MILLISECOND));
cal.set(Calendar.DATE, cur_cal.get(Calendar.DATE));
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, cur_cal.get(Calendar.MONTH));
Intent intent = new Intent(ProfileList.this, IntentBroadcastedReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pintent = PendingIntent.getService(ProfileList.this, 0, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarm = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarm.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), 30*1000, pintent);
//Create alarm manager
AlarmManager alarmMgr0 = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
//Create pending intent & register it to your alarm notifier class
Intent intent0 = new Intent(this, AlarmReciever.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent0 = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent0, 0);
//set timer you want alarm to work (here I have set it to 7.20pm)
Intent intent0 = new Intent(this, OldEntryRemover.class);
Calendar timeOff9 = Calendar.getInstance();
timeOff9.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 19);
timeOff9.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 20);
timeOff9.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
//set that timer as a RTC Wakeup to alarm manager object
alarmMgr0.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, timeOff0.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent0);
Then in your AlarmReciever class which is a broadcastReciever, under onRecieve method put your logic. This will take care of what ever the logic you want to handle when the time comes to 7.20 pm.
If you need to set multiple alarms, create another Calendar instance & set time values appropriately. You also need to create another instance for pendingIntent otherwise timers will overlap. Then set it to same alarmManager with new timer & pendingIntent.
You can read document from https://developer.android.com/training/scheduling/alarms.html
private AlarmManager alarmMgr;
private PendingIntent alarmIntent;
alarmMgr = (AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(context, AlarmReceiver.class);
alarmIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);
// Set the alarm to start at 8:30 a.m.
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 8);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 30);
// setRepeating() lets you specify a precise custom interval--in this case,
// 20 minutes.
alarmMgr.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(),
1000 * 60 * 20, alarmIntent);
The following code should work fine and it starts the service # 7:40 PM every day. Also, if device shuts down then all your alarms get cancelled.
Make sure to set up all the alarms after BOOT is completed.
Intent slIntent = new Intent(this, x.class);
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 19);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 40);
calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
PendingIntent slPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(this, 1, slIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);
AlarmManager alarmManager=(AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(),
AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, slPendingIntent);
I tried a lot To Start Service on Time So I Have one solution like
Calculate the difference between current time and selected time
from date picker "Return Long timeMileSec = Milliseconds" Difference
after this create a handler inside it and Sleep if "Milliseconds" seconds
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
CreateService();
getActivity().startService(intentServiceObj);
}
}, timeMileSec);
// Below is the service Methods.
private void CreateService() {
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, year);
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hourScreen);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minuteScreen);
// cal.setTimeInMillis(timeselectedmillisecond);
Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(),
ServiceDailyLocationUpdate.class);
pintent = PendingIntent.getService(getActivity(), 0, intent, 0);
alarm = (AlarmManager) getActivity().getSystemService(
Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarm.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.HOUR, 86000 * 1000,
pintent);
}
// Return Differnce between two date
private long calculateDateDiffSecond(String firstDate, String secondDate) {
long numberOfDays = 0;
String dateStart = firstDate;
String dateStop = secondDate;
Date d1 = null;
Date d2 = null;
try {
d1 = sdfTime.parse(dateStart);
d2 = sdfTime.parse(dateStop);
// in milliseconds
long diff = d2.getTime() - d1.getTime();
long diffSeconds = diff / 1000 % 60;
long diffMinutes = diff / (60 * 1000) % 60;
long diffHours = diff / (60 * 60 * 1000) % 24;
long diffDays = diff / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
System.out.print(diffDays + " days, ");
System.out.print("Hours::" + diffHours + " hours, ");
System.out.print("HoursMinute::" + diffMinutes + " minutes, ");
System.out.print(diffSeconds + " seconds.");
numberOfDays = diffDays;
numberOfDays = diff;
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return numberOfDays;
}
codes above didn't work and below code worked for me.
month decreases 1.
and hours 0-11.
int day = ff.getGregorianDay() ;
int month = ff.getGregorianMonth() ;
int year = ff.getGregorianYear();
int hour = TimePicker1.getCurrentHour();
int minute = TimePicker1.getCurrentMinute();
Calendar cal_alarm = Calendar.getInstance();
cal_alarm.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis() );
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.MONTH, month-1);
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, day);
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.AM_PM, Calendar.AM );
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.HOUR, hour);
if( hour >= 12){
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.AM_PM, Calendar.PM );
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.HOUR, hour-12);
}
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minute );
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0 );
Intent myIntent = new Intent(YadavariNewActivity.this, Alarm_Sag.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(YadavariNewActivity.this, 0, myIntent,0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.set( AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal_alarm.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent);