android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> android:id="@+id/start" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Start Alarm" /> android:id="@+id/stop" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Cancel Alarm" /> package app.test; import java.util.Calendar; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.AlarmManager; import android.app.PendingIntent; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Bundle; import android.os.SystemClock; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Toast; public class AlarmActivity extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener { private PendingIntent mAlarmIntent; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); findViewById(R.id.start).setOnClickListener(this); findViewById(R.id.stop).setOnClickListener(this); Intent launchIntent = new Intent(this, AlarmReceiver.class); mAlarmIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, launchIntent, 0); } @Override public void onClick(View v) { AlarmManager manager = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE); long interval = 5*1000; //5 seconds switch(v.getId()) { case R.id.start: Toast.makeText(this, "Scheduled", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); manager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME, SystemClock.elapsedRealtime()+interval, interval, mAlarmIntent); break; case R.id.stop: Toast.makeText(this, "Canceled", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); manager.cancel(mAlarmIntent); break; default: break; } } private long nextStartTime() { long oneDay = 24*3600*1000; //24 hours //Set the time to 09:00:00 Calendar startTime = Calendar.getInstance(); startTime.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 9); startTime.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0); startTime.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0); Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance(); if(now.before(startTime)) { return startTime.getTimeInMillis(); } else { startTime.add(Calendar.DATE, 1); return startTime.getTimeInMillis(); } } } package app.test; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import android.content.BroadcastReceiver; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.widget.Toast; public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver { @Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance(); DateFormat formatter = SimpleDateFormat.getTimeInstance(); Toast.makeText(context, formatter.format(now.getTime()), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } }