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Schedule a repeating alarm clock

I'm trying to schedule a repeating alarm clock for a specific time (repeating weekly). The closest thing I've got is:

Getting the exact time:

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, alarmHour);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, alarmMinute);
calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
calendar.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);

calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, dateDelta);

long time = calendar.getTimeInMillis();

And then setting the alarm (where my question comes):

val clockInfo = AlarmManager.AlarmClockInfo(time, homePI)
alarmManager.setAlarmClock(clockInfo, alarmTriggerPI)

The problem is that to make it repeat, I'll need to manually trigger this code again.

If I use setRepeating instead of setAlarmClock then I lose the alarm notification (for newer phones). Again the idea is just to start a normal alarm clock that if set to go off on a Friday, it will go off on every Friday.

Solution

  • Mike's comment is the right answer. In short, you have to manually trigger it.