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Alarm Doesn't work when app is closed

Basically, I am trying to build an alarm app which has some buttons with some predefined Date and Time. I have tried using AlarmManager and broadcast receiver in the first place but didn't work. So, I used foreground service with alarmManager but still, the alarm doesn't fire when the app is destroyed. I am a newbie. I tried searching the internet but I had no luck. Hope there is a lot of people here to help me out. Thanks in Advance.
Here I am just trying to set only one alarm for testing. Otherwise, I am using a variable as request code for multiple alarms.
AndroidManifest.xml
<receiver android:name=".AlarmReceiver" />
<activity
android:name=".Activity.PlayerDetailsActivity"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar"></activity>
<activity android:name=".Activity.FixtureActivity" />
<service android:name=".MyService"/>
MyService.java
public class MyService extends Service {
public MyService() {
}
#Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
// TODO: Return the communication channel to the service.
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");
}
#Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
Toast.makeText(this, "Started", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
Log.e("service","service");
long longExtra = intent.getLongExtra(Constants.ALARM_TIME, 0000);
//Testing Area Start
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(longExtra);
int mMin = calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
int mMonth = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
int mDay = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
int mHour = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
Log.e("hour min month day"," "+mHour + " : "+mMin+" month : "+mMonth+" "+" Date : "+mDay+" ");
String currentDateTime=getDeviceDateTime();
Log.e("CurrentdateTime",""+currentDateTime);
Log.e("longExtra",""+longExtra);
//Testing Area End
String CHANNEL_ID = "my_channel_01";
NotificationChannel channel = null;
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
channel = new NotificationChannel(CHANNEL_ID,
"Channel human readable title",
NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT);
((NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE)).createNotificationChannel(channel);
Notification notification = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this, CHANNEL_ID)
.setContentTitle("dfdf")
.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notifications_black_24dp)
.setContentText("dfdfd").build();
startForeground(3, notification);
}
/*Intent alertIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), AlarmReceiver.class);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Log.d("I",""+longExtra);
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, 6000000, PendingIntent.getBroadcast(getApplicationContext(), 0, alertIntent,
PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT));*/
AlarmManager manager= (AlarmManager)getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent myIntent;
myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),AlarmReceiver.class);
myIntent.putExtra("check",true);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this,0,myIntent,0);
Long finalTime =longExtra-System.currentTimeMillis();
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
manager.setExact(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,longExtra,pendingIntent);
}
else
manager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,longExtra,pendingIntent);
return START_NOT_STICKY;
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
}
}
Alarmreceiver.java
public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver
{
public static final String CHANNEL_ID = "47";
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
intent = new Intent(context, SplashActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("not",true);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intent, 0);
Uri alarmSound = RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION);
NotificationCompat.Builder notificationCompat = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context,CHANNEL_ID);
notificationCompat.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notifications_black_24dp);
notificationCompat.setContentTitle("My Noticiation");
notificationCompat.setContentText(getPreferences(context).getDateTime());
notificationCompat.setContentIntent(pendingIntent);
notificationCompat.setSound(alarmSound);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
int importance = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT;
NotificationChannel channel = new NotificationChannel(CHANNEL_ID, "channel name", importance);
// Register the channel with the system; you can't change the importance
// or other notification behaviors after this
NotificationManager notificationManager = context.getSystemService(NotificationManager.class);
notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(channel);
}
Notification notification = notificationCompat.build();
NotificationManagerCompat notificationManager = NotificationManagerCompat.from(context);
notificationManager.notify(100,notification);
Toast.makeText(context, "Alarm Working", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}

you have to start your service so then it can set alarm and fire reciever
start it like this from your activity class
Intent intent=new Intent(this,MyService.class);
startService(intent);

Consider using JobScheduler as a persistence mechanism. It is wakeful and handles the wake locks for you. Only downside it's for Android SDK >= 21 (Lollipop).
There's also a new friend in town that does the backward compatibility for you: WorkManager and will work with all version of Android, even below Lollipop.

Intent myIntent;
myIntent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceiver.class);
myIntent.putExtra("check",true);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, myIntent, 0);
=============================
Would you change your above code like this ?
Intent myIntent;
myIntent = new Intent(this , MyService.class);
myIntent.setAction("REQUEST_FROM_ALARM_MANAGER");
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getForegroundService(this,0,myIntent,0);
====================================================
And Service class
#RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
#Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
mContext = this;
Log.e(TAG, "onStartCommand " + intent);
if(intent == null) {
return START_NOT_STICKY;
}
if("REQUEST_FROM_ALARM_MANAGER".equals(intent.getAction())){
// show Notification here for your foreground service
}
return START_NOT_STICKY;
}

You have to start a service that survive to your app, you can see here how to do it

AlarmManager not Starting Service

Before, the alarm manager was working. I don't think I changed anything, but now it isn't starting at all.
Here is the code where I set the alarm manager:
SettingsActivity.java
Intent intent;
static PendingIntent recurringDownload;
intent = new Intent(context, UpdateScoresService.class);
recurringDownload = PendingIntent.getService(context, 0, intent, 0);
Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener refreshListener = new Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener() {
#Override
public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
if(newValue.toString().equals("1")){ /* daily */
background_refresh.setSummary("Scores will be refreshed daily.");
AlarmManager manager = (AlarmManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
manager.cancel(recurringDownload);
recurringDownload.cancel();
Log.e("DAILY REFRESH", " ");
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY,10);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE,00);
if(calendar.before(Calendar.getInstance())){
Log.e("AFTER", "10 AM DAILY");
calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
}
manager.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, recurringDownload);
}else if(newValue.toString().equals("2")){ /* weekly */
Log.e("WEEKLY REFRESH", " ");
background_refresh.setSummary("Scores will be refreshed weekly.");
AlarmManager manager = (AlarmManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
manager.cancel(recurringDownload);
recurringDownload.cancel();
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY,10);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE,00);
if(calendar.before(Calendar.getInstance())){
Log.e("AFTER", "10 AM WEEKLY");
calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
}
manager.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, calendar.getTimeInMillis(), AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY * 7, recurringDownload);
}else{ /* manually */
background_refresh.setSummary("Scores will be refreshed manually.");
Log.e("MANUAL REFRESH", " ");
AlarmManager manager = (AlarmManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
manager.cancel(recurringDownload);
recurringDownload.cancel();
}
return true;
}
};
The UpdateScoresService is here:
public class UpdateScoresService extends IntentService {
public int countChanged;
Context context = this;
public UpdateScoresService() {
super("UpdateScoresService");
}
#Override
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
Log.e("onHandleIntent", "grabbing scores");
countChanged = new GetAnimeScores(getApplicationContext()).refreshScores();
if(countChanged>0){ //Display notification if any scores changed
Log.d("Creating notification", " ");
NotificationCompat.Builder builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(context);
builder.setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_timeline_white_24dp);
builder.setContentTitle("MAL Score Tracker");
builder.setAutoCancel(true);
if(countChanged==1){
builder.setContentText("1 score changed since you were gone!");
}else{
builder.setContentText(countChanged+" scores changed since you were gone!");
}
Intent intent1 = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
TaskStackBuilder stackBuilder = TaskStackBuilder.create(context);
stackBuilder.addParentStack(MainActivity.class);
stackBuilder.addNextIntent(intent1);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = stackBuilder.getPendingIntent(0,PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
builder.setContentIntent(pendingIntent);
NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
notificationManager.notify(0,builder.build());
}
}
}
}
The Log in the SettingsActivity print but the Log in the onHandleIntent from the Service do not print. I'm not sure what is wrong.

It is better to have a BroadcastReceiver which will be responsible for starting the service. The code for it should look something like this:
Create a BroadcastReceiver class:
public class ReceiverToStartService extends BroadcastReceiver{
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Intent i = new Intent(context, UpdateScoresService.class);
ComponentName service = context.startService(i);
}
}
Register receiver in your Manifest:
<receiver android:name=".ReceiverToStartService"/>
Now change the Intent in your Activity that you are passing to PendingIntent:
intent = new Intent(context, ReceiverToStartService.class);
recurringDownload = PendingIntent.getService(context, 0, intent, 0);

Dynamic notification from sqlite db

I've got a question for you. I want to use a notification service through BroadcastReceiver and AlarmManager. I set the alarm manager with a dynamic list of times from my db.
I use this method that i call on my MainActivity OnCreate(), but doesn't work
private void restartNotify() {
AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0,
intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
am.cancel(pendingIntent);
ArrayList<String> item = new ArrayList<String>();
item = GetLists.GetTimesListForNotification(this);
for (int i = 0; i < item.size(); ++i) {
String time = item.get(i);
int Position = time.indexOf(":");
int hour = Integer.parseInt(time.substring(0, Position));
int min = Integer.parseInt(time.substring(Position + 1));
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hour);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, min);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
am.set(AlarmManager.RTC, cal.getTimeInMillis(),
pendingIntent);
}
this is my broadcast receiver
public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
NotificationManager mManager;
mManager = (NotificationManager) context.getApplicationContext()
.getSystemService(
context.getApplicationContext().NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
Intent intent1 = new Intent(context.getApplicationContext(),
MainActivity.class);
Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.ic_launcher,
"Nuovo messaggio da cura alert", System.currentTimeMillis());
intent1.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP
| Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
PendingIntent pendingNotificationIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(
context.getApplicationContext(), 0, intent1,
PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
notification.setLatestEventInfo(context.getApplicationContext(),
"Le notifiche funzionano", "it is working",
pendingNotificationIntent);
mManager.notify(0, notification);
}
}
Thank you.

Well this is because your pending intents request code is same though you are running a loop. What you can do is get your pending intent intu your loop and set the request code i. This may work. Though it is late but this may help others

How to create a custom notification in android

I would like to create a custom notification service in my app.
I wouldn't use the google service (google cloud messaging).
Is there a way to create a daemon that check every X seconds a particular condition on my app db and show a notification?
Thank you,
edit
I call this method in MainActivity's oncreate(). I get the times from my db
private void restartNotify() {
AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0,
intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
am.cancel(pendingIntent);
ArrayList<String> item = new ArrayList<String>();
item = GetLists.GetTimesListForNotification(this);
for (int i = 0; i < item.size(); ++i) {
String time = item.get(i);
int Position = time.indexOf(":");
int hour = Integer.parseInt(time.substring(0, Position));
int min = Integer.parseInt(time.substring(Position + 1));
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hour);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, min);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
am.set(AlarmManager.RTC, cal.getTimeInMillis(),
pendingIntent);
}
And this is my broadcast receiver
public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
NotificationManager mManager;
mManager = (NotificationManager) context.getApplicationContext()
.getSystemService(
context.getApplicationContext().NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
Intent intent1 = new Intent(context.getApplicationContext(),
MainActivity.class);
Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.ic_launcher,
"New message to read", System.currentTimeMillis());
intent1.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP
| Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
PendingIntent pendingNotificationIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(
context.getApplicationContext(), 0, intent1,
PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
notification.setLatestEventInfo(context.getApplicationContext(),
"notification are work", "it's work",
pendingNotificationIntent);
mManager.notify(0, notification);
}
}

You can use AlarmManager + BroadcastReceiver like so:
private void setRecurringAlarm(Context context) {
Intent downloader = new Intent(this, MyStartServiceReceiver.class);
downloader.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, downloader, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
AlarmManager alarmManager = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
alarmManager.cancel(pendingIntent);
alarmManager.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis() + 6000, 10000, pendingIntent);
}
BroadcastReceiver class:
public class MyStartServiceReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
//do the stuff...
}
}
And don't forget to register receiver in your manifest:
<receiver android:name=".MyStartServiceReceiver"
android:enabled="true"/>

You have to use Alarm Manager to schedule code for execution every specific period. take a look here:
http://developer.android.com/training/scheduling/alarms.html

Alarm Manager is running immediately

Date dat = new Date();
Calendar cal_alarm = Calendar.getInstance();
Calendar cal_now = Calendar.getInstance();
cal_alarm.setTime(dat);
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hrs);// set the alarm time
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.MINUTE, min);
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
cal_alarm.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
if (cal_alarm.before(cal_now)) {// if its in the past increment
cal_alarm.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
}
Intent intent = new Intent(ctx, AlarmReceiver.class);
// intent.putExtra("Reminder to Take Photo", "Pixitch!");
PendingIntent sender = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(ctx, 0010000,
intent, 0);
// Get the AlarmManager service
long tmemills = cal_alarm.getTimeInMillis()
- cal_now.getTimeInMillis();
AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, tmemills,
AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, sender);
Alarm Receiver Class
public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
private static final int MY_NOTIFICATION_ID = 1;
private NotificationManager notificationManager;
private Notification myNotification;
// Context ctx = this;
#SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
try {
NotificationManager mNM;
mNM = (NotificationManager) context
.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
Notification notification = new Notification(
R.drawable.ic_launcher, "Pixitch Notification !",
System.currentTimeMillis());
PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0,
new Intent(context, AlarmManage.class), 0);
// Set the info for the views that show in the notification panel.
notification.setLatestEventInfo(context, "Pixitch Notification!",
"Reminder For TakePhoto", contentIntent);
mNM.notify(0, notification);
} catch (Exception e) {
Toast.makeText(
context,
"There was an error somewhere, but we still received an alarm",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
the value of tmemills is 278,088
the tmemills is around 4.5 minutes but
the alarm Manager is Running immediately
I am not able to find where the problem is because I am beginner for Android. please help me

Try this:
am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, tmemills + System.currentTimeMillis(),
AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, sender);

Get rid of tmemills. Use cal_alarm.getTimeInMillis() as the second parameter to your set() call on AlarmManager, as that is the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch at which you want the event to occur.