Question

I have the Problem that I created a Service which should be created when the AlarmManager wakes up. And actually it’s starting (onStartCommand is called, I see the toast), but same time in the log appears:

    09-19 02:48:32.537: I/ActivityManager(1983): START {flg=0x4 cmp=com.my.app/.syncService.SyncService (has extras)} from pid -1
    09-19 02:48:39.662: W/ActivityManager(1983): Unable to start service Intent { act=com.my.app.syncService.SyncService flg=0x4 (has extras) }: not found

Intent:

    Intent intent = new Intent("com.my.app.syncService.SyncService");
    PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getService(this, 12345, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
    AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Activity.ALARM_SERVICE);
    am.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis(), 1000*30, pendingIntent);

my Service looks like this:

public class SyncService extends Service{

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        Log.d("SyncService", "onCreate");
        Log.d("SyncService", "onCreate");
        Log.d("SyncService", "onCreate");
        super.onCreate();
        Toast.makeText(this, "Debug: SyncService created", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }

    @Override
    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
        Toast.makeText(this, "Debug: SyncService onStartCommand", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
    }
}

AndroidManifest:

   <application>
       ...
       <service android:enabled="true" android:name="com.my.app.syncService.SyncService"/>       
   </application>

Isn’t it a bit strange? The onCreate get’s only called once, which makes sense to me, but the rest?

Answer 1

I think you can try change this line

 Intent intent = new Intent("com.my.app.syncService.SyncService");

To

 Intent intent = new Intent(context,SyncService.class);

Here, the context depends on where you create the AlarmManager