Android：BroadcastReceiver上的AlarmManager生命周期

Question

I want to wake an activity on a specific time. To do so, I (also) registered AlarmManager on a Boot complete BroadcastReceiver.

As far as I know, only the Service can last forever to be alive in the background to wake an Activity. Activities and BroadcastReceiver can die on inactivity.

The following code I have doesn't run a service. However, it seems like it's working (Alarm works even if I launch it after 24 hours). Is this safe? Or should I launch a service? If this is safe to use, what's the logic behind this? why is AlarmManger created by BroadcastReceiver doesn't get destroyed by Android lifecycle manager?

public class BootReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

        if(Intent.ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED.equals(intent.getAction())) {
            registerAlarm(context);
        }
    }

    private void registerAlarm(Context context)
    {
        Intent intent = new Intent(context, Alarm.class);
        PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
        AlarmManager am =(AlarmManager)context.getSystemService(Activity.ALARM_SERVICE);
        long nextAlarm = System.currentTimeMillis() + 10000; //Some time later.
        am.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, nextAlarm, pendingIntent);
    }
}

Answer 1

Is this safe?

AlarmManager does not care what sort of PendingIntent you use.

Users may or may not appreciate an activity appearing out of nowhere, but that is a separate issue.

As far as I know, only the Service can last forever to be alive in the background to wake an Activity.

Services do not last forever.

Activities and BroadcastReceiver can die on inactivity.

No. Your process can "die on inactivity", which includes all components in that process.

why is AlarmManger created by BroadcastReceiver doesn't get destroyed by Android lifecycle manager?

Because AlarmManager is a system service, maintained by the OS, not by your app.

Answer 2

Services can be killed by Android anytime. For a detailed analysis on the options available to trigger recurring tasks or long running tasks on android, take a look at this thread - Scheduling recurring task in Android