alarmmanager

I'd like to show a dialog at specific date and time (25/12/2012 at 12.00) and I am using this code. I set like 11 month (because 0 is gen) but the alarm does not start. What is my mistake? Calendar cal=Calendar.getInstance(); cal.set(Calendar.MONTH,11); cal.set(Calendar.YEAR,2012); cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,25); cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY,12); cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE,00); cal.set(Calendar.SECOND,0); Intent _myIntent = new Intent(context, Notify.class); PendingIntent _myPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 123, _myIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT| Intent.FILL_IN

Scenario: Post to server to get any new data in background every 30 seconds for long period i.e. 12 hours. Location data needs to be sent along with this. Current Implementation; Service Class; Location listener with interval of 30 seconds which sets the longitude & latitude values to two local variables Alarm manager fires pending Intent every 30 seconds to a broadcast receiver. Broadcast receiver starts an IntentService with location variables in the extras. The IntentService http posts location and asks for any new data from server. IntentService send server response back to main service

I have been stuck in this situation for a long time... I want to use the alarm manager to show notification at the specific time, and now it worked in the situation listed below: when the app runs in the background, notification will be shown at the correct time, and no matter the device is locked or not. after the app has been killed in the background, i will still get correct notification when device is not locked, but things turn wrong when the device is locked, i can't receive any notification. Here's the code AlarmReceiver.java, all the needed permission has been added into

Could someone explain me different situations to use AlarmManager vs Handler with examples please. Any disadvantages of using these two as alternate to each other? Thanks. They have little to do with one another. I am assuming you are referring to using something like postDelayed() on Handler for polling, which is but one small feature of Handler . You would use postDelayed() (also available on any widget or other subclass of View ) in an activity for simple timing events that are within the activity itself. You would use AlarmManager for periodic background operations, much like you would use

My app has a widget that shows today's date and need to be updated on midnight. The widget is defined in the manifest as <manifest> ... <application> ... <receiver android:name=".MyWidgetProviderClass" android:label="MyLabel" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" /> </intent-filter> <meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider" android:resource="@xml/widget_icon_info" /> </receiver> </application> </manifest> And the widget info file is <appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:initialLayout="

I am making an app that needs to execute a function each hour even the app is closed. First of all, I thought to create a service, but during my tests, I realise that android sometimes kills my service. So I was looking for another solution and I found AlarmManager. I have implemented it and it seems to work but I have the doubt if it will happen the same the service or it will run forever? (Until reboot of the mobile...) Another question, it is necessary to create a new thread to execute the process in alarm manager or it runs directly in other thread? I have implemented it and it seems to