I'm trying to make a simple alarm clock and everything is working as it should, but I'm finding that the firing of the alarm is delayed.
I think the problem may be that the system is recording the exact millisecond I am setting the alarm, and then firing the alarm at that exact millisecond. So for example, if I make an alarm for 8:00am but I set the alarm at 10:00:30.225pm, then the alarm will fire at 8:00:30.225am.
How would I go about making sure the alarm fires exactly on the minute? I tried using setExact(...) but that just caused my app to crash.
Thanks in advance!
public void setAlarm(View view) {
TimePicker timePick = (TimePicker) findViewById(R.id.time_pick);
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
//Set alarm based on values in time picker
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, timePick.getCurrentHour());
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, timePick.getCurrentMinute());
setAlarmDisplay(calendar); //shows time in EEE, MMM d yyyy hh:mm aa format
Intent intent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceiver.class);
alarmIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent, 0);
alarmManager = (AlarmManager) (this.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE));
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), alarmIntent);
Toast.makeText(view.getContext(), "Alarm set!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
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I think the problem is the line
calendar.setTimeInMillis.
You then set the hour and minute but everything else (seconds and ms) stay exactly as it was when you ran that code.
If you want the alarm to go off at exactly 10:30, set the hours, set the minutes and then reset the seconds and milliseconds to be 0;
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If I call the setinexactrepeating() alarm method in the onCreate , how does it affect the alarm which is being repeated at the specified interval
Here is the code of setting alarm, I am calling this method in the onCreate()
public void setAlarm()
{
Intent myintent=new Intent(this,AlarmReciever.class);
Random random = new Random();
int ran = random.nextInt(total_words.size());
String tempString=onlySearch(total_words.get(ran), 1);
myintent.putExtra("word", total_words.get(ran));
myintent.putExtra("meaning", tempString);
myintent.putExtra("language", 1);
alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
PendingIntent pendingIntent=PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this,101,myintent,PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
//NotificationTime is the sharedPreference file, in which i am storing hours and minute got from timepicker
alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
Calendar calendar=Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, NotificationTime.getInt("hour", 12));
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, NotificationTime.getInt("min", 0));
calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
if(calendar.before(Calendar.getInstance()))
calendar.add(Calendar.DATE,1);
alarmManager.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(),
AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY
, pendingIntent);
System.out.println("ALARM SET STATUS");
}
Alarm is first scheduling at the exact time perfectly but it does not gets repeated.
Actually I wanted to show notification daily at the specified time and I am passing a String with the intent. By default I had set to 12:00 PM but user can change its time. The first notification after setting time (or the first alarm) is working but its repetition is not working.
Please have a look, and if someone knows a better solution to show notification daily at the same specified time it would be appreciated if you tell me.
Thanks in advance
user setRepeating for Repeating Alarm
AlarmManager manager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
/* Repeating on every interval */
manager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, pendingIntent);
I am working on Android AlarmManager and i found one issue in my code. The Alarm manager gets called in different time as well , i don't find what's the reason , i gave alarm at 7:10 AM but it gets called whenever i open the app in different time like 3:10 PM , 4:30 PM etc.
MyCode :
public void setAlarm(){
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH));
calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) + 1);
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 7);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 10);
calendar.set(Calendar.AM_PM,Calendar.AM);
Intent intent = new Intent(appContext, MyAlarmManager.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(appContext, 0, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) appContext.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, pendingIntent);
}
MyAlarmManager.java
public class MyAlarmManagerextends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(final Context context, Intent intent) {
setAlarm();
} }
So , this is the above code , please let me know what's wrong in the code and suggest me some solution.
This is happening because the alarm is set in the past (when you set it anytime after 07:10 AM) So, you have to add 1 day if it is past 07:10 AM today.
Explanation -
Suppose it is 8 AM today and you are setting an alarm for 07:10, it sets an alarm for the same day 07:10 AM which is already past, hence it goes off whenever you open the app
Solution -
Option 1 - Either set date, month and year too like -
calendar.set(Calendar.DATE, date);
calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, month);
Option 2 - Check what is the current time, if current time > the alarm time, add one day to the alarm
//If you are past 07:10 AM then
calendar.add(Calendar.DATE,1);
This might happen if you are using Android version Marshmallow or higher. It is called Doze Mode
Doze Mode is implemented to save the battery by delaying stuff like AlarmManager, SyncAdapter, JobScheduler. Refer to this link to find out more about Doze Mode
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.
I want to set and cancel an Alarm for a particular time. I am doing the same using the TimePicker using the following code.
public void setRecurringAlarm(int randomTimer,long mills, int i){
Intent intent = new Intent(CreateAlarmActivity.this, AlarmReceiver.class);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("timer:" + i));
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(CreateAlarmActivity.this, 1253, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT| Intent.FILL_IN_DATA);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,mills,
pendingIntent);
Toast.makeText(CreateAlarmActivity.this, "Alarm "+i+" isSet", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
Note:-Suppose I set the alarm for 10:00 PM. It works fine for 10:00 PM. But when I again run the same code (after 10 PM) i.e once the time has been passed on which the alarm has been set and I recall that code (to reset the alarm), it starts running immediately. Why it is so ? I am unable to get where I am a wrong.
You can check if the alarm time is before the current time or not. If so, then set the alert time for the next day (if you want to fire alarm at least once, or want to set Repeating alarm).
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hour);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minute);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
if (System.currentTimeMillis() > cal.getTimeInMillis()) {
calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
}
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent);
public void scheduleAlarm() {
// time at which alarm will be scheduled here alarm is scheduled at 1
// day from current time,
// we fetch the current time in milliseconds and added 1 day time
// i.e. 24*60*60*1000= 86,400,000 milliseconds in a day
// Long time = new GregorianCalendar().getTimeInMillis()+24*60*60*1000;
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 20);
cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, 00);
cal.add(Calendar.SECOND, 00);
Intent intent = new Intent(CreateAlarmActivity.this, AlarmReceiver.class);
// create the object
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
// set the alarm for particular time
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(),
PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 1, intentAlarm,
PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT));
Toast.makeText(this, "Alarm Scheduled ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
.show();
}
Hope this will help you
2 things:
If you are "recalling that code" by calling setRecurringAlarm(randomTimer, mills, i) using the same value for the mills parameter, then the time for the alarm will be in the past and it will trigger immediately (if you schedule an alarm with a trigger time in the past, the alarm triggers immediately).
Please remove | Intent.FILL_IN_DATA from the call to PendingIntent.getBroadcast(). It doesn't belong there as this parameter should contain only PendingIntent flags and it may do some damage.
I want the following:
The AlarmManager sends a daily intent to my AppWidgetProvider at midnight EXACTLY.
The Alarm must wake up the device.
Here is how I did it:
In my AppWidgetProvider subclass:
#Override
public void onEnabled(Context context) {
super.onEnabled(context);
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Widget Provider enabled. Starting timer");
//Setting the Calender object to midnight time.
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.add(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
calendar.add(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
calendar.add(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
//The fired Intent
Intent intent = new Intent(CLOCK_WIDGET_UPDATE); //custom intent name
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,
calendar.getTimeInMillis(), 1000*60*60*24, pendingIntent);
}
Although I think I did it right, this code doesn't work!
To test it, I changed 1000*60*60*24 with 10000 (10 sec) and updated a textView in the widget with random number. The random number never changed.
Any help will be appreciated !
I finally found the problem !
It seems that I need to set the AM_PM value too. When I print the calender using getTime().toLocaleString(), it was set to the next day but 12 hours later (12:00:00 PM).
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
calendar.set(Calendar.AM_PM, Calendar.AM);
calendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
This is a perfect setup for the Calender instance that will set the alarm to the next day at midnight (i.e. the nearest midnight). You just pass it to the setRepeating() method.
Thanks #CommonsWare
First, what you want is not strictly possible. Android is not a RTOS; you may not get control "at midnight EXACTLY"
Second, your Calendar object represents a time in the past (unless it happens to be midnight at the time you are executing that code, in which case it represents the present). Try a start time in the future.