Alarms vs. TIME_TICK in Android
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18-09-2019 - |
Question
I'm not sure which is these is appropriate for my current application.
I need to switch wallpaper on a given, but user changeable, interval. I've been using a BroadcastReceiver to check every minute, but then I saw this question.
Is there any particular advantage to one method over another? Right now I've got to keep a service alive to receive the broadcast, but would using alarms obviate that?
Solution
Yes, using AlarmManager
would mean you would not need to keep a service in memory all of the time. This is A Very Good Thing. ;-)
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