Check if WorkRequest has been previously enquequed by WorkManager Android

Question

I am using PeriodicWorkRequest to perform a task for me every 15 minutes. I would like to check, if this periodic work request has been previously scheduled. If not, schedule it.

     if (!PreviouslyScheduled) {
        PeriodicWorkRequest dataupdate = new PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder( DataUpdateWorker.class , 15 , TimeUnit.MINUTES).build();
        WorkManager.getInstance().enqueue(dataupdate);
      }

Previously when I was performing task using JobScheduler, I used to use

public static boolean isJobServiceScheduled(Context context, int JOB_ID ) {
    JobScheduler scheduler = (JobScheduler) context.getSystemService( Context.JOB_SCHEDULER_SERVICE ) ;

    boolean hasBeenScheduled = false ;

    for ( JobInfo jobInfo : scheduler.getAllPendingJobs() ) {
        if ( jobInfo.getId() == JOB_ID ) {
            hasBeenScheduled = true ;
            break ;
        }
    }

    return hasBeenScheduled ;
}

Need help constructing a similar module for work request to help find scheduled/active workrequests.

Answer 1

Set some Tag to your PeriodicWorkRequest task:

    PeriodicWorkRequest work =
            new PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder(DataUpdateWorker.class, 15, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
                    .addTag(TAG)
                    .build();

Then check for tasks with the TAG before enqueue() work:

    WorkManager wm = WorkManager.getInstance();
    ListenableFuture<List<WorkStatus>> future = wm.getStatusesByTag(TAG);
    List<WorkStatus> list = future.get();
    // start only if no such tasks present
    if((list == null) || (list.size() == 0)){
        // shedule the task
        wm.enqueue(work);
    } else {
        // this periodic task has been previously scheduled
    }

But if you dont really need to know that it was previously scheduled or not, you could use:

    static final String TASK_ID = "data_update"; // some unique string id for the task
    PeriodicWorkRequest work =
            new PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder(DataUpdateWorker.class,
                    15, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
                    .build();

    WorkManager.getInstance().enqueueUniquePeriodicWork(TASK_ID,
                ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.KEEP, work);

ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.KEEP means that the task will be scheduled only once and then work periodically even after device reboot. In case you need to re-schedule the task (for example in case you need to change some parameters of the task), you will need to use ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.REPLACE here