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Best strategy to implement this behavior in Android app?

In my Android app, I have some data that needs to be synced daily but also needs to be updated every hour when a user is inside the app. I have already implemented a service that gets called from an alarm for the daily update. Im having a problem…
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why receive_boot_completed doesn't work on my device?

i am developing some app need to use receive_boot_completed on rebooting to reset some alarms it 's working properly on emulator and Samsung tab 2 10.1 .. but it isn't working on my galaxy mini device with android version 2.2.1 !!! this in my code…
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What is the proper way for implementing an alarm that runs once, but stays alive after reboot?

In my app, I have an alarm set that when run, launches a service that will perform a task (in my app, it is sending a text message without user interaction). This message can be set for 2 hours in the future, or a year in the future. Here is how I…
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Using android alarms vs timer tasks?

I have a requirement where I need to read only 100 entries per day from an excel file. The file can have thousands of records. I wish to create the system in android where a scheduled service will run every day at a pre defined time and read the…
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perl alarms not working as expected

I have a simple perl script that calls a shell script which always "hangs" when called from the browser. I want to simply force a time out after 20 seconds. When I run it in command line there is no issues. But when I do it from the browser, the…
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Android: how to set up multiple alarms

i have to set 3 different alarms simultaneously but i am currently trying out to work for two alarms. i have followed tutorials like this one Android: Multiple Alarm not working? but none worked, IM ONLY GETTING 1 ALARM INSTEAD OF 2. please help me…
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How to set a reminder in through AlarmManager in Android

I want to make reminder in my Android application. I have taken date-picker and time-picker and stored the time and date in an SQLite database. Now I want to compare the date and time values from the database with the system date and time to provide…
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why does get the extra data always return null?

I'm working on alarms for medicines and appointments … when i set an alarm i put extra data to use them later when the alarm go off…. here is some code to set a medicine alarm in my public class AlarmUtil : private static void…
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Get the list of enabled alarm using default sdk?

I've been seeking how to simply get a list of all enabled alarm. So far I found two things: String nextAlarm = Settings.System.getString(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.NEXT_ALARM_FORMATTED); And this project but it uses: public static final…
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Manage multiple alarms in the broadcastReceiver

I have searched everywhere to find answers to my question. I I have created one alarm in my PreferenceActivity and it functions with my broadcast receiver who display a simple notification. But when i want to set multiple alarms, i don't know how to…
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Run method when Android Alarm goes off

I have made an app that talks over Sockets to a Raspberry Pi. The app just sends open/close message to the Raspberry Pi which in turn opens or closes my blinds. I want to add a setting to the app that will automatically open the blinds when an…
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is there a way to set the system timer in swift

using Xcode- and swift. I can't find anything at all in any search. I'm looking to set the system-level timer. I already know how to do NStimer... that's not what I need. I just need to be able to set the system timer. Also, I've already been…
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Can we play alarm ringtone using EventKit?

After searching a lot, I did not get any idea to play alarm tone/music when an event fires. By using EventKit I can only get a alert when the event is fired but there is no alarm music. So Can anybody let me know is it possible to play music/alarm…
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construct setting page in windows phone 8

I am developing on alarm based application I want to add one setting page to my app. I want to change image of Image control which is on my Mainpage. image should be changing when button click event occurs from setting page. All Images are stored in…
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How to slave the Honeywell Tuxedo Touch to OpenHAB?

I have the Honeywell Tuxedo Touch and it supports Z-Wave technology. How can I slave the Tuxedo alarm panel to OpenHAB (also supports Z-Wave) running on Raspberry Pi? Or do I need to slave OpenHAB to the Tuxedo? What hardware would be needed to do…
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