Canceling AlarmManager event with cancel - android

The PendingIntent cancel() API doc says:
Cancel a currently active PendingIntent. Only the original application owning a PendingIntent can cancel it.
I not sure about the meaning of this. If I set the AlarmManager event from activity x like this:
PendingIntent pendingIntent;
Intent myIntent = new Intent(x.this, AlarmReciever.class);
myIntent.putExtra("task_uuid", task_uuid);
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(x.this, 0, myIntent,0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC, dateTime.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent);
My question is: can I cancel the pending intent from activity y using:
PendingIntent pendingIntent;
Intent myIntent = new Intent(y.this, AlarmReciever.class);
myIntent.putExtra("task_uuid", task_uuid);
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(y.this, 0, myIntent,0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);

When you set alarm you need to pass one key value in PendingIntent it will differentiate no of alarms, should be like this
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(x.this, key_value, myIntent,0);
SharedPreferences settings = context.getSharedPreferences("alarm", 0);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = settings.edit();
editor.putBoolean(key, false);
editor.commit();
to cancel same alarm you need to save that key_values some where, you can use Shared preferences. get the same key and then cancel alarm like this
SharedPreferences settings = context.getSharedPreferences("alarm", 0);
Map<String,?> allNotifyIdsMap = settings.getAll();
if(allNotifyIdsMap!=null&&allNotifyIdsMap.isEmpty()==false)
{
for(String notifyId: allNotifyIdsMap.keySet())
{
boolean isCleared = settings.getBoolean(notifyId, false);
if(isCleared==false)
{
pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(y.this, key_value, myIntent,0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
}
}
}

Brief Overview
AlarmManager basically schedules a time based operation by invoking the PendingIntent at the scheduled time. So inorder to cancel the Scheduled Alarm you need access to that PendingIntent.
Always note the two parameters while creating a Pending Intent- Request Code and Flag
PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context,REQUEST_CODE,intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
Request Code - Acts as the unique identifier
Flag - Defines the behavior of PendingIntent
This brief overview is not enough to understand AlarmManager. Read more about working of AlarmManager and PendingIntent here
Solution
You can cancel the scheduled Alarm from anywhere inside your Application even if dont have access to the same PendingIntent object used while scheduling the Alarm. You can create a new pending intent with the same request code and FLAG_NO_CREATE and it will return the same PendingIntent object.
/*
With FLAG_NO_CREATE it will return null if the PendingIntent doesnt already
exist. If it already exists it returns
reference to the existing PendingIntent
*/
PendingIntent pendingIntent=PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this,REQUEST_CODE,intent,PendingIntent.FLAG_NO_CREATE);
if (pendingIntent!=null)
alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);

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Create note Activity from where Alarm trigger! and Alarm delete code in other Activity,it delete only last trigger Alarm means if 3 Alarm are created and I want to delete Alarm 1 it deletes but when the time of Alarm 1 reaches it trigger while it already deleted and it wont trigger other Alarm 2 and 3, on static broadcast id it trigger only last alarm for example alarm 3 trigger delete code in other activity if it delete on using same pending intent in other activity how can i use the pending intent which use trigger alarm in my delete alarm activity
AlarmManager alarmMgr = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), AlarmReceiver.class);
String alertTitle = mTitleText.getText().toString();
intent.putExtra(getString(R.string.alert_title), alertTitle);
// broadcastCode++;
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getApplicationContext(), broadcastCode, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
alarmMgr.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calender.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent);
cv.put(mDbHelper.TIME, timeString);
cv.put(mDbHelper.DATE, dateString);
public void delete(int id)
{
db.delete( DbHelper.TABLE_NAME, DbHelper.C_ID + "="+id, null);
db.close();
Intent intent = new Intent(getBaseContext(), AlarmReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getBaseContext(), CreateNote.broadcastCode, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
}
The PendingIntent needs to be created exactly as it was when you started the AlarmManager.
Use PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT instead of 0 when creating the PendingIntent to cancel the alarm. FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT is equal to the constant 134217728, not 0.
Use this code:
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, _id, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) this.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
Hope this helps.

Canceling alarms from AlarmManager

I am working on application which is get the alarm time from database every 2 AM and then at the specified time the activity shows up, my app works fine, but when I manually change the data/time of the device, previous alarms are triggered and I should prevent to this to happens.
Here is my PendingIntent:
Intent i = new Intent(mContext, AlarmReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pi = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(G.context, _id, i,
PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
Which each _id is unique and when I make a receiver for date changed event before my alarm cancel method fired previous alarms go off!
Can some body help to solve this problem?
Try this code:
Intent intent = new Intent(this, Mote.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getApplicationContext(), 1253, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE); alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
For cancel the alarm:
Intent intent = new Intent(this, Mote.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getApplicationContext(), 1253, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
Edit
Well you can look for the answer and modify as per your requirements:
How to stop Android AlarmManager when there is a manual system time change?
AlarmManager: how to schedule a daily alarm and deal with time changes
Intent intent1 = new Intent(G.context, DailyAlarmReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(G.context,
G.dateTimesetAlarm.getDayOfYear(), intent1, 0);
mAlarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
pendingIntent.cancel();

How to cancel multiple alarms with duplicate PendingIntent at once?

I am setting multiple alarms which will have the exact same PendingIntent object, but their time of going off is different. If I cancel one alarm by providing the same Intent object to PendingIntent, and pass this to AlarmManager.cancel(), will it cancel all the alarms (i.e. with different starting times) or will it exhibit some other behavior?
Here is the code:
while(size != 0)
{
timeToSet = getNewTime(); //gets calendar object
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyAlarmReceiver.class);
intent.putExtra("uniqueid", uuid);
intent.putExtra("vibrate", myalarm.getVibrate());
intent.putExtra("important", myalarm.getImportant());
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this.getApplicationContext(),
0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT | Intent.FILL_IN_DATA);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, timeToSet.getTimeInMillis(), 604800000, pendingIntent);
size--;
}
So the Intent object is same for all the alarms, but the time is different.
Now when I cancel these alarms:
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyAlarmReceiver.class);
intent.putExtra("uniqueid", uuid);
intent.putExtra("vibrate", myalarm.getVibrate());
intent.putExtra("important", myalarm.getImportant());
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this.getApplicationContext(), 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT | Intent.FILL_IN_DATA);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
Will all the alarms get cancelled? That is what I want it to do. I could use a different requestCode in every PendingIntent, but it will be better if all of them get cancelled as I dont want to maintain and store these extra requestCodes.
Thanks!
If you have a predefined amount of alarms you can set a unique requestCode (second parameter of getBroadcast) for each alarm. But I'm not sure if that works for you. If you don't specify a requestCode all alarms will be seen as equal by filterEqualsand therefore all alarms will be canceled.

How do i know if my alarm manager timer is on?

I'm using this code (from my activity) to start a periodic timer in the application:
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyBroadcastReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this.getApplicationContext(), 234324243, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis(),(i * 1000), pendingIntent);
Toast.makeText(this, "Alarm set in " + i + " seconds",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
I want to know how can i know (from a different activity) is the timer is running?
One possibility I can think of is to check if the pending Intent is defined.
You can call
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this.getApplicationContext(), 234324243, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_NO_CREATE);
this will give you the pending Intent, or null if the Intent was not specified. This will not guarantee that the alarm was set but it is an easy way to check if the set alarm code was called before.
Another possibility is to save all set alarms in a SharedPreferences file. In this way you can look for all alarms set by your app in the shared prefs file.
As far as I can see there is no way to get a list of set alarms for your application from the AlarmManager
in stop function
Intent intent = new Intent(this, LocaitonSampleBroadcaseReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast( this.getApplicationContext(), 234324243, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE); alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
just add this:
pendingIntent.cancel();
so you can use the string wrote comment Janusz
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this.getApplicationContext(), 234324243, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_NO_CREATE);

How to cancel this repeating alarm?

I'm writing something like a reminder for users. Users will set reminders for their events, when the time comes, a repeating alarm will be set to trigger a status bar notification. But the alarm seems non-stop after I selected the notification or cleared the notification. I am not sure where to cancel this repeating alarm. Below are some of the codes:
Set up the repeating alarm in my main activity
alarmTime = Calendar.getInstance();
Intent intent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceive.class);
PendingIntent sender = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmTime.add(Calendar.MINUTE,offset_time);
//Schedule the alarm
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, alarmTime.getTimeInMillis(), 30 * 1000, sender);
In my OnReceive method, I just display the notification in status bar and set the flag as FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL
manager = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
// Set the icon, scrolling text and timestamp
Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.medical, text, System.currentTimeMillis());
PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, i, 0);
notification.flags = Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
manager.notify(R.string.service_text, notification);
How can I stop the alarm when the user selects the notification or clears it?
Call cancel() on AlarmManager with an equivalent PendingIntent to the one you used with setRepeating():
Intent intent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceive.class);
PendingIntent sender = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.cancel(sender);
I tried various methods and couldnt get it to work, so I decided to do a dirty trick. When I want to cancel my repeating alarm, I use the same method that created my alarm (and hence replacing the old one) and then cancel it right away. With this method if the boolean variable is set to true it creates an alarm ow it replaces and then cancels the replacement which has the same id:
static void CancelRepeatingAlarm(Context context, boolean creating){
//if it already exists, then replace it with this one
Intent alertIntent = new Intent(context, AlertReceiver.class);
PendingIntent timerAlarmIntent = PendingIntent
.getBroadcast(context, 100, alertIntent,PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
if (creating){
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), INTERVAL, timerAlarmIntent);
}else{
alarmManager.cancel(timerAlarmIntent);
}
In your MainActivity, set the alarm time. If you're going to use multiple alarms, use SharedPreferences to store their respective IDs. Here is the code:
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(MainActivity.this, _id,intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Activity.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, targetCal.getTimeInMillis(),
pendingIntent);
public static Context getContext() {
return mContext;
}
mContext=mainactivity.this;
In your second Activity use same ID from SharedPreferences. In my code, I get the ID from the ArrayList, Alarm_id. Last, you can use the MainActivity context here with MainActivity.getContext(). Here is the code:
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intentAlarm = new Intent(AlarmListviewActivity.this,
MainActivity.class);
PendingIntent morningIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(MainActivity.getContext(), Alarm_id.get(positon),
intentAlarm, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
alarmManager.cancel(morningIntent);
morningIntent.cancel();

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