Android: is there any additional information from Intent.ACTION_TIME_CHANGED?

Question

Is there any additional information available from Intent.ACTION_TIME_CHANGED? There\'s nothing in getData() or getExtras().

I would like to know:

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Answer 1

You can do one thing if the accuracy of previous time is not that important. You can get the previous time with +/- 1 minute accurate by following way..

Register for broadcast action ACTION_TIME_TICK (This will be broadcasted every minute).

When ever the time ticks, if there is a difference of more than 1 minute between your current time and last tick time, you can infer that there occured a time change. After that you just update the new time to shared preference. Thats all.

1. Register for ACTION_TIME_TICK broadcast.
2. When broadcast received : 2.1 If first time broadcast, Enter the current system time to Shared Preference. 2.2 else compare the current time with previously entered time and if occurs a difference of more than 1 minute, means the time time has changed. Then update the new system time to SP.

Happy coding.