Yes it is, you need to look at the AlarmManager to setup a reoccurring “Alarm”. This is better for battery life on the device, as unlike a service it does not run constantly in the background. The Alarm triggers a broadcast receiver which will execute your custom code. As a final note – there are … Read more
A simple answer would be NO. But yes you can achieve this by creating a BroadCastReceiver which will start the Alarm while booting completes of the device. Use <action android:name=”android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED” /> for trapping boot activity in BroadCastReceiver class. You need to add above line in AndroidManifest.xml as follows, <receiver android:name=”.AutoStartUp” android:enabled=”true” android:exported=”false” android:permission=”android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED”> <intent-filter> <action … Read more
“Some sample code” is not that easy when it comes to AlarmManager. Here is a snippet showing the setup of AlarmManager: AlarmManager mgr=(AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE); Intent i=new Intent(context, OnAlarmReceiver.class); PendingIntent pi=PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, i, 0); mgr.setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, SystemClock.elapsedRealtime(), PERIOD, pi); In this example, I am using setRepeating(). If you want a one-shot alarm, you would just use set(). Be … Read more