android-workmanager

For OneTimeWorkRequest we can use WorkContinuation to ensure that if the job is already scheduled we can KEEP or REPLACE it. There is no such option for PeriodicWorkRequest, so every time my main activity is created a new job is created and after a while I get this exception. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Apps may not schedule more than 100 distinct jobs So I'm trying the following to create a "unique peiodic work" public void schedule(){ Constraints constraints = new Constraints.Builder().setRequiresBatteryNotLow(true).build(); OneTimeWorkRequest zombieSpawnWorker = new OneTimeWorkRequest

I use this code to set my own worker factory: val daggerWorkerFactory = DaggerWorkerFactory(toInjectInWorker) val configuration = Configuration.Builder() .setWorkerFactory(daggerWorkerFactory) .build() WorkManager.initialize(context, configuration) After this code execution, I can get the WorkManager instance: val workManager = WorkManager.getInstance() The problem is that for every worker created after this point, my factory is never used. The default factory is used instead. I can see in the API documentation that the method "WorkManager.initialize" has a note: Disable androidx.work.impl

Since I need to perform work asynchronously in WorkManager, I need to use the ListenableWorker , which by default runs on the main (UI) thread. Since this work could be a long processing tasks that could freeze the interface, I wanted to perform it on a background thread. In the Working with WorkManager (Android Dev Summit '18) video , the Google engineer showed how to manually configure WorkManager to run works on a custom Executor , so I followed his guidance: 1) Disable the default WorkManager initializer in the AndroidManifest: <provider android:name="androidx.work.impl

Google recently announced new WorkManager architecture component. It makes it easy to schedule synchronous work by implementing doWork() in Worker class, but what if I want to do some asynchronous work in the background? For example, I want to make a network service call using Retrofit. I know I can make a synchronous network request, but it would block the thread and just feels wrong. Is there any solution for this or it is just not supported at the moment? Per WorkManager docs : By default, WorkManager runs its operations on a background thread. If you are already running on a background

How can I check if WorkManager is scheduled already. Here is my code that schedule WorkManager . public static void scheduleWork() { PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder photoCheckBuilder = new PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder(WorkManagerService.class, TIME_INTERVAL_IN_SECONDS, TimeUnit.SECONDS); PeriodicWorkRequest photoCheckWork = photoCheckBuilder.build(); WorkManager instance = WorkManager.getInstance(); if (instance != null) { instance.enqueueUniquePeriodicWork("TAG", ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.KEEP , photoCheckWork); } } I call scheduleWork() in onCreate() of my Application class. Even I can check my

Problem Background Currently, we have facing " Excessive network usage (background) " from Android Vital report. Last 30 days is 0.04% , but we're only Better than 9% Last 30 days - 0.04% Benchmark - Better than 9% Since only better than 9% looks like a scary thing. We decide to look into this issue seriously. The app is a note taking app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yocto.wenote ), which provides an optional feature - sync to cloud in background after the app close. This is how we perform sync to cloud in background. We use WorkManager . In Application onPause ,