Need To Make Things Happen In Background Based On Day Of Week And Time

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I have no idea on where to start but I have made the GUI for my app and need to make things happen based upon the variables I have stored in a SharedPreferences that are based on the Day of the week and time, I would just like to know some of the best ways I can make things happen in the background based on date and time, thank you.

You might want to look at AlarmManager. – k_g Feb 05 '15 at 02:27 — k_g, Feb 05 '15 at 02:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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To run things in background, you need a Service

public class MyService extends Service {

    @Override
    public int onStartCommand(final Intent intent, final int flags,
                      final int startId) {
        // parse the intent and run your things
        return START_NOT_STICKY;
    }
}

To to things automatically on specific time, you need AlarmManager

AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Context
        .ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent alarmIntent = new Intent(context, BlockchainService.class);
// customize your intent
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(context, 0,
        alarmIntent, 0);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, your_specific_time, pendingIntent);

Start service and prevent sleep

Related answer AlarmManager not working in sleep mode

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Feb 05 '15 at 04:04

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So would the AlarmManager start the service even when the app that contains the alam manger is not open? – endlesschaos Feb 05 '15 at 20:48
One more Question, Would My alarm manager start the service even when the device is locked? – endlesschaos Feb 07 '15 at 21:32
@endlesschaos found you a related answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10206021/alarmmanager-not-working-in-sleep-mode – songchenwen Feb 08 '15 at 08:36

Need To Make Things Happen In Background Based On Day Of Week And Time

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