Android set repeating alarm for certain time of day

Question

I am trying to set a repeating alarm that will will download a file every minute but only between 8:00 and 22:00. I feel like I\'m really close but I can\'t see the error I\'m m

Answer 1

You should set your alarm reapeating when it is between 8:00 and 22:00 like you mentioned:

alarmManager.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis()+10000, 60000,pendingIntent); 

This will repeat every minute. But you must explicitly cancel the alarm. You can cancel it after download is completed, by checking if its already 22:00. Or by another alarm that will be triggered when it is 22:00. Otherwise it will not stop.

use alarmManager.cancel (pendingIntent)

described here: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/AlarmManager.html#cancel(android.app.PendingIntent

Hope this helps.