PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK android

Question

I am very confused whether to acquire this wakelock. E.g. I have this type of code that is called from onReceive() of a BroadcastReceiever (CONNECT

Answer 1

The answer by @paha misses an important point : IntentService is not enough. Between onReceive() ends and the IntentService is started the phone might fall asleep again. You need a (static) lock to bridge this gap - this is implemented in Mark Murpphy's WakefulIntentService

So keep the AlarmManager and receiver but launch a WakefulIntentService from your onReceive().

See:

• Android deep sleep and wake locks
• PowerManager wakelock not waking device up from service