Ok, I found the problem, hope this thread helps somebody else with the same stupid errors:
My <receiver> was inside the <manifest> but outside the <application> tags :-/ On 30 mar, 11:05, Juanjo <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a code that sets a new repeating alarm (on production I'll use > a inexactRepeating), but the BroadCastReceiver I've registered for > handling it is not being called. > > Here is the code where I set the alarm: > > //////////////////////////// > long newAlarmPeriod = 5000; // For debugging > > Intent alarmIntent = new Intent(this, GroupsCheckAlarmReceiver.class); > PendingIntent sender = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, > Constants.CHECK_ALARM_CODE, > alarmIntent, 0); > > AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE); > am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis() > + newAlarmPeriod, newAlarmPeriod, sender); > > ////////////////////////////// > > It seems to work and it triggers and alarm every five seconds, as seen > in the output of "adb shell dumpsys alarm": > > ///////////////////////////////// > DUMP OF SERVICE alarm: > Current Alarm Manager state: > > Realtime wakeup (now=1269941046923): > RTC_WAKEUP #1: Alarm{43cbac58 type 0 android} > type=0 when=1269997200000 repeatInterval=0 count=0 > operation=PendingIntent{43bb1738: PendingIntentRecord{43bb1248 > android broadcastIntent}} > RTC_WAKEUP #0: Alarm{43ce30e0 type 0 com.almarsoft.GroundhogReader} > type=0 when=1269941049555 repeatInterval=5000 count=1 > operation=PendingIntent{43d990c8: PendingIntentRecord{43d49108 > com.almarsoft.GroundhogReader broadcastIntent}} > RTC #1: Alarm{43bfc250 type 1 android} > type=1 when=1269993600000 repeatInterval=0 count=0 > operation=PendingIntent{43c5a618: PendingIntentRecord{43c4f048 > android broadcastIntent}} > RTC #0: Alarm{43d67dd8 type 1 android} > type=1 when=1269941100000 repeatInterval=0 count=0 > operation=PendingIntent{43c4e0f0: PendingIntentRecord{43c4f6c8 > android broadcastIntent}} > > Broadcast ref count: 0 > > Alarm Stats: > android > 24390ms running, 0 wakeups > 80 alarms: act=android.intent.action.TIME_TICK flg=0x40000004 > com.almarsoft.GroundhogReader > 26ms running, 2 wakeups > 2 alarms: flg=0x4 > cmp=com.almarsoft.GroundhogReader/.GroupsCheckAlarmReceiver > > /////////////////////////////////// > > But for some reason my BroadCastReceiver is not being called when the > alarm is triggered. I've declared it on the Manifest: > > ////////////////////////////// > <receiver android:name=".GroupsCheckAlarmReceiver" /> > ///////////////////////////////// > > And this is the abbreviated code of the BroadCastReceiver: > > /////////////////////////////////// > public class GroupsCheckAlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver{ > @Override > public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { > Toast.makeText(context, "XXX Alarm worked.", > Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); > Log.d("XXX", "GroupsCheckAlarmReceiver.onReceive"); > } > ///////////////////////////////// -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
