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Asked: 2026-05-20T13:21:47+00:00

What is the best practice to create a scheduled notification at some point in

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What is the best practice to create a scheduled notification at some point in the future?

I have found a way using a Service that is triggered with a PendingIntent via the AlarmManager. In the onCreate() method of the Service I create the notification. This seems a bit like abusing the service to do something it is not supposed to be doing.

Is there another less cumbersome / more elegant method of achieving the same end? (The use case in question is giving the user a daily reminder to do something with my app)

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    What is the best practice to create a scheduled notification at some point in the future?

    AlarmManager.

    This seems a bit like abusing the service to do something it is not supposed to be doing.

    Ummm…why?

    Is there another less cumbersome / more elegant method of achieving the same end?

    Setting an alarm requires a total of 3 to 4 Java statements, plus one for any extra you package into the Intent. Processing the alarm in a BroadcastReceiver to go raise a Notification regarding the “daily reminder” should be another ~20 lines of code, plus one entry in the manifest.

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