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  1. POAndroid AlarmManager - Scheduling a recurring Intent to fire off twice a day
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    copied!<p>After reading lots of sample code into this matter, I'm trying to figure out the simplest way to achieve the following:</p> <p>I want to be able to schedule an Intent that calls back to my Alarm BroadcastReceiver, which in turn fires off my Service. However, I want to set up so that it calls said Intent twice a day and to only schedule the alarms if they haven't already been set (likewise for canceling the alarms).</p> <p>However, I am unsure if the following code is the correct way to set and cancel alarms.</p> <pre><code>//Static function for setting the alarm //My midday calendar object (cal1) ... //My evening calendar object (cal2) AlarmManager alarms = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE) Intent myIntent = new Intent(context, MyAlarmReceiver.class); PendingIntent firstCallIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, FIRST_CALL_ID, myIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_NO_CREATE); PendingIntent secondCallIntent= PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, SECOND_CALL_ID, myIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_NO_CREATE); if(firstCallIntent == null){ if(DEBUG){ Log.d(TAG, "Setting Midday Alarm"); } firstCallIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, FIRST_CALL_ID, myIntent, 0); alarms.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal1.getTimeInMillis(), AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, firstCallIntent); } if(secondCallIntent == null){ if(DEBUG){ Log.d(TAG, "Setting Evening Alarm"); } secondCallIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, SECOND_CALL_ID, myIntent, 0); alarms.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal2.getTimeInMillis(), AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, secondCallIntent); } //Static call to cancel the alarm. AlarmManager alarms = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE) Intent myIntent = new Intent(context, MyAlarmReceiver.class); PendingIntent firstCallIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, FIRST_CALL_ID, myIntent, 0); alarms.cancel(firstCallIntent); firstCallIntent.cancel(); PendingIntent secondCallIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, SECOND_CALL_ID, myIntent, 0); alarms.cancel(secondCallIntent); secondCallIntent.cancel(); </code></pre>
 

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