Yes, just schedule a new alarm each time with the exact time you want if it is critical for you.
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:25 PM, lorenz <lorenz.fisc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey > > I'm looking for a way to trigger repeated actions. I'd like the user > to be able to choose the intervals at which these actions will be > executed. One should be able to choose from intervals like "Every > Day", "Every Month", and "Every Year". The setRepeating(int, long, > long, PendingIntent) method of the android.app.AlarmManager class only > supports a long value for choosing the interval between the execution > of the pending intent. My problem now is, that I can not just compute > the number of milliseconds that "fit into one day", since not all days > have the same length (daylight saving). This is also a problem for the > interval type "year" (leap years). > > I had a quick look at the android.os.Handler class, but as I > understood the documentation I'd need to keep a service thread running > for my actions to be executed at some future time. I don't consider > that a good option for my needs ;-) > > Is there anything in the API I could configure with a cron expression > or the like? > > I was also thinking about scheduling an alarm with the AlarmManager > for a single execution at a given date/time and then having a receiver > that does the rescheduling according to a cron expression attached to > the intent. But I don't know if I just got something completely wrong > here and I'm reinventing the wheel with that approach :-/ > > Any advice or pointers would be greatly appreciated :-) > > Cheers > Lorenz > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
