Why an Alarm Broadcast receiver not receiving broadcast?

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I am trying to start a service at specific intervals with help of a BroadcastReceiver. I have defined the receiver as an inner class in service itself as follows:

public class AlarmReciever extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Log.d("RTESPLDebug", "Recieved Broadcast!"); //Never appears in LogCat
        //Intent i = new Intent(context, LocationUpdateService.class);
        context.startService(intent);
    }
};

I register the alarm receiver in service's onCreate():

context = super.getApplicationContext();

AlarmReceiver ar = new AlarmReceiver();
IntentFilter intfilter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_DEFAULT);
intfilter.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
registerReceiver(ar, intfilter);

I first start the service from my first activity and then register a single alarm there:

Intent i = new Intent(context, LocationUpdateService.class);
context.startService(i);

// Schedule first alarm
int nextUpdateInterval = 30*1000; // Let first alarm be after 30 sec
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
Intent intent = new Intent(context, LocationUpdateService.class);
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_DEFAULT);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
PendingIntent pintent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarm = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarm.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis()+nextUpdateInterval, pintent);

In the service I register for a single location update, and when I receive update (I do receive), I process it (I have debugged this, processing indeed completes without errors), and then I register next alarm in similar way as above:

int nextUpdateInterval = getNextUpdateInterval(); // Returns 30000
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
Intent intent = new Intent(context, LocationUpdateService.class);
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_DEFAULT);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
PendingIntent pintent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);
AlarmManager alarm = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarm.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis()+nextUpdateInterval, pintent);

Lots of code and a long questions.

change this line PendingIntent pintent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, RQS_1, intent, 0); and see what happens. — vinoth, Mar 29 '13 at 05:10
@Vinoth - well RQS_1 is not defined, and the documentation says this field is currently not used — Shashank Jain, Mar 29 '13 at 05:12
go through this link may be helpful to you [link]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8321443/how-to-start-service-using-alarm-manager-in-android — vinoth, Mar 29 '13 at 05:18
change this to Intent i = new Intent(context, AlarmReceiver.class); and try — vinoth, Mar 29 '13 at 14:30

Why an Alarm Broadcast receiver not receiving broadcast?

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