I have the code below and I want to loop this every 5 seconds. I have tried to use broadcastreceiver and alarm manager but without success . I want my service to loop for 5 times and after that stop permanently .This is the second question I post . Please somebody help me to fix the code, I am stacked on my mac for 2 days. Any help will be appreciated.
Code to loop every 5 seconds
File key = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),"newfile"+Math.random()+".txt");
try {
key.createNewFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
InfoReceiver.class Service
public class InfoReceiver extends Service {
@Override
public void onCreate()
{
AlarmManager alarmMgr = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyBroadcastReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent, 0);
Calendar time = Calendar.getInstance();
time.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
time.add(Calendar.SECOND, 5);
alarmMgr.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, 5000, pendingIntent);
}
}
InfoManager.class service
public class InfoManager extends Service {
@Override
public void onCreate() {
File key = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),"newfile"+Math.random()+".txt");
try {
key.createNewFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
MyBroadcastreceiver.class
public class MyBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
private Context mContext;
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Intent startServiceIntent = new Intent(context, InfoManager.class);
context.startService(startServiceIntent);
}
}
Manifest Code
<service
android:name=".InfoReceiver"
android:enabled="true" >
</service>
<service
android:name=".InfoManager"
android:enabled="true" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name=".InfoManager" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
<receiver
android:name=".MyBroadcastReceiver"
android:process=":remote" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>