Implementing an application service that will run in response to an alarm, allowing us to move long duration work out of an int
/* * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package app.test; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.AlarmManager; import android.app.Notification; import android.app.NotificationManager; import android.app.PendingIntent; import android.app.Service; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Binder; import android.os.Bundle; import android.os.IBinder; import android.os.Parcel; import android.os.RemoteException; import android.os.SystemClock; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnClickListener; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.Toast; /** * This is an example of implementing an application service that will run in * response to an alarm, allowing us to move long duration work out of an intent * receiver. * * @see AlarmService * @see AlarmService_Alarm */ class AlarmService_Service extends Service { NotificationManager mNM; @Override public void onCreate() { mNM = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE); // show the icon in the status bar showNotification(); // Start up the thread running the service. Note that we create a // separate thread because the service normally runs in the process's // main thread, which we don't want to block. Thread thr = new Thread(null, mTask, "AlarmService_Service"); thr.start(); } @Override public void onDestroy() { // Cancel the notification -- we use the same ID that we had used to // start it mNM.cancel(0); // Tell the user we stopped. Toast.makeText(this, "alarm_service_finished", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } /** * The function that runs in our worker thread */ Runnable mTask = new Runnable() { public void run() { // Normally we would do some work here... for our sample, we will // just sleep for 30 seconds. long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + 15 * 1000; while (System.currentTimeMillis() < endTime) { synchronized (mBinder) { try { mBinder.wait(endTime - System.currentTimeMillis()); } catch (Exception e) { } } } // Done with our work... stop the service! AlarmService_Service.this.stopSelf(); } }; @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { return mBinder; } /** * Show a notification while this service is running. */ private void showNotification() { // In this sample, we'll use the same text for the ticker and the // expanded notification CharSequence text = "alarm_service_started"; // Set the icon, scrolling text and timestamp Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.icon, text, System.currentTimeMillis()); // The PendingIntent to launch our activity if the user selects this // notification PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, new Intent(this, Test.class), 0); // Set the info for the views that show in the notification panel. notification.setLatestEventInfo(this, "alarm_service_label", text, contentIntent); // Send the notification. // We use a layout id because it is a unique number. We use it later to // cancel. mNM.notify(0, notification); } /** * This is the object that receives interactions from clients. See * RemoteService for a more complete example. */ private final IBinder mBinder = new Binder() { @Override protected boolean onTransact(int code, Parcel data, Parcel reply, int flags) throws RemoteException { return super.onTransact(code, data, reply, flags); } }; } /** * This demonstrates how you can schedule an alarm that causes a service to be * started. This is useful when you want to schedule alarms that initiate * long-running operations, such as retrieving recent e-mails. */ public class Test extends Activity { private PendingIntent mAlarmSender; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); // Create an IntentSender that will launch our service, to be scheduled // with the alarm manager. mAlarmSender = PendingIntent.getService(Test.this, 0, new Intent( Test.this, AlarmService_Service.class), 0); setContentView(R.layout.main); // Watch for button clicks. Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.start_alarm); button.setOnClickListener(mStartAlarmListener); button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.stop_alarm); button.setOnClickListener(mStopAlarmListener); } private OnClickListener mStartAlarmListener = new OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { // We want the alarm to go off 30 seconds from now. long firstTime = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime(); // Schedule the alarm! AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE); am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, firstTime, 30 * 1000, mAlarmSender); // Tell the user about what we did. Toast.makeText(Test.this, "repeating_scheduled", Toast.LENGTH_LONG) .show(); } }; private OnClickListener mStopAlarmListener = new OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { // And cancel the alarm. AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE); am.cancel(mAlarmSender); // Tell the user about what we did. Toast.makeText(Test.this, "repeating_unscheduled", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } }; } //main.xml