Run volley request every 5 minutes in background android

Question

I use Volley library to connect with server in my app. Now, I have to send request in background every 5 minutes also when app is not running (killed by user). How should I do i

Answer 1

I prefer to use Android Handler because it is executes in UI Thread by default.

import android.os.Handler;

// Create the Handler object (on the main thread by default)
Handler handler = new Handler();
// Define the code block to be executed
private Runnable runnableCode = new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {

       sendVolleyRequestToServer(); // Volley Request 

      // Repeat this the same runnable code block again another 2 seconds
      handler.postDelayed(runnableCode, 2000);
    }
};
// Start the initial runnable task by posting through the handler
handler.post(runnableCode);