Android - how to set an alarm to a specific date
I have seen a lot of tutorials and been trying for 2 hours now , though something is still wrong. I am very nervous now :) I want to set an alarm e.g. to 16:25 to go off, but nothing happens. I have this code:
Calendar cur_cal = new GregorianCalendar();
cur_cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, cur_cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR));
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 16);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 25);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent);
I have also tried this:
cal.set(Calendar.AM_PM, cur_cal.get(Calendar.AM_PM));
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 4);
My final goal is to make it a repeating alarm, e.g. it should go off every day at the set time.
Update 01.17.2011. Still not working. I have this code:
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2011);
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.JANUARY);
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 17);
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 16);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 58);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
I have also tried this:
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 4);
cal.set(Calendar.AM_PM, Calendar.PM);
and this:
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 4 );
cal.set(Calendar.AM_PM, Calendar.PM);
package your.pack.name;
import java.util.Calendar;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlarmManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class AlarmActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
cal.clear();
cal.set(2012,2,8,18,16);
AlarmManager alarmMgr = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent, 0);
// cal.add(Calendar.SECOND, 5);
alarmMgr.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent);
}
}
Usually you shouldn't obtain Calendar
like you do, there is Calendar.getInstance()
method for that:
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
That gives you a calendar with all fields set to current date, then just:
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 16);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 25);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), pendingIntent);
The following code works perfectly for alarm. The date and time i mentioned here is : 2012- June- 28, 11:20:00 AM. And the most important thing is, month is specified from 0 t0 11 only. Means June should be specified by 5.
AlarmManager objAlarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Calendar objCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();
objCalendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2012);
//objCalendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, objCalendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
objCalendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, 5);
objCalendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 28);
objCalendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 11);
objCalendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 20);
objCalendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
objCalendar.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
objCalendar.set(Calendar.AM_PM, Calendar.AM);
Intent alamShowIntent = new Intent(this,AlarmActivity.class);
PendingIntent alarmPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0,alamShowIntent,0 );
objAlarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,objCalendar.getTimeInMillis(), alarmPendingIntent);