android run service in background from time to time when the application is running

Question

I am building an android app and when it is running I need to make a call to the my web server at each minute if the user is connected to a certain network.

I plan to use a service to make that call but how do I call it at each minute?. I think i need to use alaarm manager but where do I initalize it? in my start activity? I only need to execute the service when my app is running.

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

If you want to call server only if app is running then no need to use alarm manager. there are other options like

CoundDownTimer

Thread

I prefer CoundownTimer in that scenario and you can use like this

CountDownTimer countDownTimer = new CountDownTimer(1000000, 60 * 1000) {

    @Override
    public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
            // Do something on a tick.
    }

    @Override
    public void onFinish() {
        // Do something, maybe?

        this.start();
    }
};
countDownTimer.start();