Android AlarmManager stops when activity die

Question

I start AlarmManager with PendingIntent and on few phones Alarm is not responding. On some devices is working ok on others it fails. I have made a few tests on different pho

Answer 1

Try the following:

1) Add teh Wake_lock permission to your manifest.

2) Change

alarmManager.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME, 1000, 5000, pendingIntent);

with

alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis(), 1000, 5000, pendingIntent);