Restart service after 1 hour

Question

I have a background service in my application for detect wifi spots. He's running well, but when device enter in sleep mode, this service is restarted. I have configured Wake Lock and Wifi Lock.

My code: (Create service)

public void onCreate(){
    super.onCreate();
    Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(),
    Settings.System.WIFI_SLEEP_POLICY, 
    Settings.System.WIFI_SLEEP_POLICY_NEVER);

    wm = (WifiManager) this.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
    wifiLock = wm.createWifiLock(WifiManager.WIFI_MODE_FULL, "SD1xWifi");
    wifiLock.acquire();

    mgr = (PowerManager)getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
    wakeLock = mgr.newWakeLock(PowerManager.FULL_WAKE_LOCK, "SD1x");
    wakeLock.acquire();
}

My code: (Start service)

public void onStart(Intent i, int x){
    super.onStart(i, x);
    Log.i("TesteWifi", "Find spots wifi started");
    try{
        wm.startScan();
        timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new mainTask(), 0, 1000);
    }catch(Exception e){
        e.printStackTrace();
        Log.i("TesteWifi", "Error on start service find wifi");
    }
}

My code: (TimerTask)

 private class mainTask extends TimerTask {

        @Override
        public void run() {
             // ...timertask processes...
        }

My code: (Service Started in MainActivity)

try {
    startService(obj.getServiceAutoCheckin());
} catch (Exception e) {
    Log.i("Services", "ERRO: " + e.getMessage());
}

Why my service is restarted?

Probably you are doing this all wrong - post more details (and better formatted). For one you should be using alarm manager and not a long running service : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15451347/android-design-background-long-running-service-or-alarmmanager. You are releasing the lock don't you ? Post more code and better explained — Mr_and_Mrs_D, Apr 26 '13 at 21:21
When replying to someone add @someone - I just saw this accidentally - if you post more code and better explained I could post some code too :) — Mr_and_Mrs_D, Apr 29 '13 at 17:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '13 at 16:31

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use broadcast receiver to get service intent from service.

answered Apr 24 '13 at 16:31

MR. Kumar

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 06 '13 at 10:06

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I solved the problem with changing the service startup event. I changed the event by onStartCommand. The service response is START_STICKY.

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answered May 06 '13 at 10:06

JARPSimoes

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Restart service after 1 hour

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