Question

I want to have my application execute code at a point in the future.

I want to do:

    Date now = new Date();

    for (Date beep : scheduledBeeps) {
        if (beep.after(now))
        {
            Logger.i("adding beep");
            m_beepTimer.postAtTime(beepNow, beep.getTime());
        }
    }

In the log I can see 4 beeps added, however they never fire. I’m assuming it has something to do with uptimeMillis, but I’m not sure what to do.

Answer 1

You will have to get the difference between now and beep.gettime() and pass it to postattime function. Since uptime is used as base, it may not be accurate if the phone goes to deep sleep.

beep.gettime – now + SystemCLock.uptimeMillis()

should be passed to postattime function

You are currently passing a very large number equivalent to current milliseconds from jan 1 1970.