How to make a Service run at a specific time in Android?

Question

So I have this code in order to start a service at 7:32 AM every day:

Calendar cur_cal = new GregorianCalendar();
cur_cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());

Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();

cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, cur_cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR));
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 7);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 32);


Intent start = new Intent(getActivity(), Services.class);
PendingIntent PI = PendingIntent.getService(getActivity(), 0, start, 0);
AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager)getActivity().getSystemService(getActivity().ALARM_SERVICE);
am.setRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, cal.getTimeInMillis(), 10*1000, PI);
getActivity().startService(start);

But it doesn't seem to work, it doesn't start the service at the specified time. Can someone help me?

Answer 1

Well, first off your repeat won't work because you're setting the interval to 10 seconds. To make it happen daily, you want 1000*60*60*24.]

Secondly, the add to your calendar is off. You want cur_cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1) . This will move it to tomorrow. What you're doing is basically multiplying it by 2.