Android equivalent of iOS' UILocalNotification

Question

I'm looking for the Android equivalent of UILocalNotification (a simple way to schedule a local notification in iOS).

Ideally I would create a local notification and assign it a date and time, and have it fire at that date and time.

In iOS, I create a UILocalNotification and set it's fireDate , and the operating system takes care of firing it at the date and time provided. I don't have to have any background processes running, no timers.

Is there anything like this in Android?

EDIT: I want to be able to "schedule" a notification for a later date. Not one to be fired right away. Even when my app is off or sleeping I would like this to happen. I have read the official documentation on Notifications and have found NOTHING useful, I'm hoping someone who has been through this already can provide an alternative to AlarmManager

Answer 1

After doing some research, I have discovered that the simplicity and convenience of UILocalNotification is not there in Android Notifications . So no, I cannot achieve what I'm trying to achieve through the NotificationManager object alone.

However, I can use AlarmManager for a similar effect, as is mentioned in the following StackOverflow post:

Is it possible to set an Android Notification or a later date and time that will fire when the app is not running?