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Asynchronous Android Programming

You're reading from   Asynchronous Android Programming Unlock the power of multi-core mobile devices to build responsive and reactive Android applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785883248
Length 394 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Helder Vasconcelos Helder Vasconcelos
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Preface 1. Asynchronous Programming in Android FREE CHAPTER 2. Performing Work with Looper, Handler, and HandlerThread 3. Exploring the AsyncTask 4. Exploring the Loader 5. Interacting with Services 6. Scheduling Work with AlarmManager 7. Exploring the JobScheduler API 8. Interacting with the Network 9. Asynchronous Work on the Native Layer 10. Network Interactions with GCM 11. Exploring Bus-based Communications 12. Asynchronous Programing with RxJava Index

Scheduling repeating alarms


As well as setting a one-off alarm, we have the option to schedule repeating alarms using setRepeating() and setInexactRepeating(). Both methods take an additional parameter that defines the interval in milliseconds at which to repeat the alarm. Generally, it is advisable to avoid setRepeating() and always use setInexactRepeating(), allowing the system to optimize device wake-ups and giving more consistent behavior on devices running different Android versions:

   void setRepeating(
       int type, long triggerAtMillis,
       long intervalMillis, PendingIntent operation);

   void setInexactRepeating(
       int type, long triggerAtMillis,
       long intervalMillis, PendingIntent operation)

AlarmManager provides some handy constants for typical repeat intervals:

   AlarmManager.INTERVAL_FIFTEEN_MINUTES
   AlarmManager.INTERVAL_HALF_HOUR
   AlarmManager.INTERVAL_HOUR
   AlarmManager.INTERVAL_HALF_DAY
   AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY

Let's now build up an example that...

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