I've made an app that always worked until Android 6.0. I think it's the Doze feature that it's not allowing my Alarm to fire.
I use sharedpreferences to handle the options:
//ENABLE NIGHT MODE TIMER
int sHour = blockerTimerPreferences.getInt("sHour", 00);
int sMinute = blockerTimerPreferences.getInt("sMinute", 00);
Calendar sTime = Calendar.getInstance();
sTime.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, sHour);
sTime.set(Calendar.MINUTE, sMinute);
Intent enableTimer = new Intent(context, CallReceiver.class);
enableTimer.putExtra("activate", true);
PendingIntent startingTimer = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 11002233, enableTimer, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
AlarmManager sAlarm = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
sAlarm.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,
sTime.getTimeInMillis(),
AlarmManager.INTERVAL_DAY, startingTimer);
Any clue of whats wrong here?
This is an app to block calls. Thank you!
EDIT:
I have 3 files (more but...) like:
MainActivity (All code)
CallReceiver (Broadcast that triggers the alarm again (reboot etc))
CallReceiverService (Handles the call / phone state)
The Doze mode will delay your alarm until the next maintenance window. To avoid the Doze mode to block your alarm, you can use setAndAllowWhileIdle()
, setExactAndAllowWhileIdle()
or setAlarmClock()
. You will have about 10s to execute your code, and set your next alarm (not more than once per 15min for methods with _AndAllowWhileIdle
though)
If you want to test the Doze mode, you can use ADB command:
Configure a hardware device or virtual device with an Android 6.0 (API level 23) or higher system image.
Connect the device to your development machine and install your app.
- Run your app and leave it active.
Shut off the device screen. (The app remains active.)
Force the system to cycle through Doze modes by running the following commands:
adb shell dumpsys battery unplug
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle step
You may need to run the second command more than once. Repeat it until the device state changes to idle.
- Observe the behavior of your app after you reactivate the device. Make sure the app recovers gracefully when the device exits Doze.
Edit: Add setAlarmClock example
Don't forget to check the SDK level (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP
)
AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyAlarmReceiver.class); //or just new Intent() for implicit intent
//set action to know this come from the alarm clock
intent.setAction("from.alarm.clock");
PendingIntent pi = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
//Alarm fire in 5s.
am.setAlarmClock(new AlarmManager.AlarmClockInfo(System.currentTimeMillis() + 5000, pi), pi);
If the device is in doze mode, you need to use one of these API:
setExactAndAllowWhileIdle or
setAndAllowWhileIdle.
Note that there is no API for waking the device up while in doze mode for a repeating alarm, so if you need a repeating alarm to wake the device while in doze, you have to use the APIs above and re-arm the timer at every occurrence of the timer firing.