Android service do operation after delay during deep sleep

Asked Jan 27 '15 at 06:52

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I have a broadcast receiver that runs on boot and launches a service that will wait a delay via Thread.sleep() and then perform an operation.

It works while my phone screen is on, but when the delay is > 30 seconds and the screen is off my phone goes to sleep and the service is paused during deep sleep.

Do I need to request a wakelock for this or can I schedule a thread to run after a certain delay and wake the phone up?

asked Jan 27 '15 at 06:52

rosghub

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Maybe this helps: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3621599/wake-android-device-up ? – jgroehl Jan 27 '15 at 06:56
just as a side note be aware that this will drain the battery life drastically and google also does not recommend it. – SMR Jan 27 '15 at 07:18
I'm aware wakelocks drain the battery. Im wondering if there's an alternative. My application requires this feature. – rosghub Jan 27 '15 at 07:26
https://developer.android.com/training/scheduling/alarms.html – corsair992 Jan 27 '15 at 09:46
Alarms seems perfect for this thanks – rosghub Jan 27 '15 at 19:09

Android service do operation after delay during deep sleep

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