android prevent immediate trigger of alarm service if alarm time has passed for the day
The reference for Alarm Manager says that
If the stated trigger time is in the past, the alarm will be triggered immediately.
I am facing this problem in my application. Here is my alarm manager code :
Intent myIntent = new Intent(getActivity(), DinnerAlarmReceiver.class);
pendingDinnerIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getActivity(), 0, myIntent, 0);
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hourOfDay);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minute);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,
calendar.getTimeInMillis(), pendingDinnerIntent);
Is there any workaround to this problem?
-----EDIT------
I have written some code to estimate if the set time for the alarm is before the current time . Here is the above portion with corresponding changes :
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
long currentTime = calendar.getTimeInMillis();
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hourOfDay);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minute);
long setTime = calendar.getTimeInMillis();
Timestamp setTimestamp = new Timestamp(setTime);
Timestamp currentTimestamp = new Timestamp(currentTime);
if (setTimestamp.after(currentTimestamp))
{
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,
calendar.getTimeInMillis(), pendingDinnerIntent);
}
else
{
}
What should I the alarmManager
to in case setTimestamp
is before currentTimestamp
?
You don't need to create Timestamp
s. You can do it with your Calendar
.
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hourOfDay);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minute);
if(calendar.before(Calendar.getInstance())) {
calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
}
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,
calendar.getTimeInMillis(), pendingDinnerIntent);
I would also mention that as of KitKat, if your targetSdkVersion
is 19 or above, the AlarmManager#set()
method is not exact. If you want your alarm to fire at an exact time, you'll need to use a setExact*()
method.