Start service for every few seconds

Question

I want to start a service when wifi network connected.

If I start the service when wifi connected, by using

context.startService(intent_alarm);

it works fine.

I want to start the service for every 10 seconds after recieving broadcast. So I have used AlarmManager

Here is the code:

public class NetworkChangeReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver{
        public static AlarmManager am;
        public static PendingIntent sender;
      @Override
         public void onReceive(final Context context, final Intent intent) {
                 Intent intent_alarm = new Intent(context, MyService.class);
                    sender = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent_alarm, 0);
                    am = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
                    long l = System.currentTimeMillis();
                    l += 3600L;
                    am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,l, 3600L, sender);
                    //context.startService(intent_alarm);
    }
    }

I think here I gave 3.6 seconds as the intervel.

But the service not running, I checked it manually. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

You need to tell the alarm manager to start your service:

Intent intent_alarm = new Intent(context, MyService.class);
sender = PendingIntent.getService(context, 0, intent_alarm, 0);

Answer 2

you have used PendingIntent.getBroadcast instread of PendingIntent.getService so use this - >

Intent intent_alarm = new Intent(context, MyService.class);
sender = PendingIntent.getService(context, 0, intent_alarm, 0);