How can I setup multiple alarms in Android?

Question

So far and thanks to this website, I've been able to set up an alarm that will be set up and active, even if I turn of my phone.

Now, I set up a alarm to show a reminder for event A and I need the application to setup another alarm to show another reminder for event B.

I must be doing something wrong, because it only fires the reminder for event A. It seems that once set up, any other alarm is understood as the same one. :-(

Here is the detail of what I am doing in two steps:

1) From an activity I set an alarm that at certain time and date will call a receiver

                Intent intent = new Intent(Activity_Reminder.this,
                        AlarmReceiver_SetOnService.class);

                intent.putExtra("item_name", prescription
                        .getItemName());
                intent
                        .putExtra(
                                "message",
                                Activity_Reminder.this
                                        .getString(R.string.notif_text));
                intent.putExtra("item_id", itemId);
                intent.putExtra("activityToTrigg",
                        "com.companyName.appName.main.Activity_Reminder");

                PendingIntent mAlarmSender;

                mAlarmSender = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
                        Activity_Reminder.this, 0, intent, 0);

                long alarmTime = dateMgmt.getTimeForAlarm(pickedDate);
                Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
                c.setTimeInMillis(alarmTime);
                // Schedule the alarm!
                AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE);
                am.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, alarmTime + 15000,
                        mAlarmSender);

2) From the receiver I call a service

        Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
        String itemName = bundle.getString("item_name");
        String reminderOrAlarmMessage = bundle.getString("message");
        String activityToTrigg = bundle.getString("activityToTrigg");
        int itemId = Integer.parseInt(bundle.getString("item_id"));
        NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager) context.getSystemService("notification");
        CharSequence text = itemName + " "+reminderOrAlarmMessage;
        Notification notification = new Notification(R.drawable.icon, text,
                System.currentTimeMillis());
        Intent newIntent = new Intent();
        newIntent.setAction(activityToTrigg);
        newIntent.putExtra("item_id", itemId);
        CharSequence text1= itemName + " "+reminderOrAlarmMessage;
        CharSequence text2= context.getString(R.string.notif_Go_To_Details);
        PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context,0, newIntent, 0);
        notification.setLatestEventInfo(context, text1, text2, pIntent);
        notification.flags = Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
        notification.defaults = Notification.DEFAULT_ALL;
        nm.notify(itemId, notification);

Thanks in Advance,

monn3t

Answer 1

Ok, when you set an PendingIntent, you're supposed to assign it a unique ID to it, incase you want to identify it later (for modifying/canceling it)

static PendingIntent    getActivity(Context context, int requestCode, Intent intent, int flags) 
//Retrieve a PendingIntent that will start a new activity, like calling Context.startActivity(Intent).
static PendingIntent    getBroadcast(Context context, int requestCode, Intent intent, int flags) 
//Retrieve a PendingIntent that will perform a broadcast, like calling Context.sendBroadcast().

The Request code is that ID.

In your code, you keep resetting the SAME PendingIntent, instead use a different RequestCode each time.

PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context,uniqueRQCODE, newIntent, 0);

It has to be an integer, i suppose you have a primaryid (itemId) that can identify Alarm A from Alarm B.

Answer 2

I am having the same issue but the answer here does not appear to resolve it.

In my particular case, I am creating the pending intent with this line: PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context,(int) Alert.getId(), intent, 0);

For the first alert (alarm), the requestcode is 54 for the second alert, the requestcode is 51

The first alert works but the second does not. Any thoughts on why this would be?

PS. I have also tried these variations to no avail: PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context,(int) Alert.getId(), intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT);

PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context,(int) Alert.getId(), intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!