I have to schedule an event in Android. My event is starting a service and just doing the work in background even when the application is not running.
Can I do this even without Broadcast Receiver?
For starting the service, do I need Broadcast Receiver?
I saw some posts, only some of them used Broadcast Receiver :
How to start Service using Alarm Manager in Android?
Scheduling an event in Android
http://www.learn-android-easily.com/2013/05/android-alarm-manager_31.html
http://justcallmebrian.com/2010/04/27/using-alarmmanager-to-schedule-activities-on-android/
UPDATE:
From the posts that I read further, I realize that I have to use Broadcast Receiver if the app is not running at the time of event, but I don't need Broadcast Receiver if my application is running at the time of event. Please let me know if I have reached the right conclusion.