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Commit 6aedab9b authored by Christopher Tate's avatar Christopher Tate Committed by Android (Google) Code Review
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Merge "DOCS: document API 19+ Alarm Manager API and behaviors" into klp-dev

parents 21657181 062bce7d
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@@ -109,21 +109,19 @@ public class AlarmManager
    }

    /**
     * TBW: discussion of fuzzy nature of alarms in KLP+.
     *
     * <p>Schedule an alarm.  <b>Note: for timing operations (ticks, timeouts,
     * etc) it is easier and much more efficient to use
     * {@link android.os.Handler}.</b>  If there is already an alarm scheduled
     * for the same IntentSender, it will first be canceled.
     * etc) it is easier and much more efficient to use {@link android.os.Handler}.</b>
     * If there is already an alarm scheduled for the same IntentSender, that previous
     * alarm will first be canceled.
     *
     * <p>If the time occurs in the past, the alarm will be triggered
     * <p>If the stated trigger time is in the past, the alarm will be triggered
     * immediately.  If there is already an alarm for this Intent
     * scheduled (with the equality of two intents being defined by
     * {@link Intent#filterEquals}), then it will be removed and replaced by
     * this one.
     *
     * <p>
     * The alarm is an intent broadcast that goes to a broadcast receiver that
     * The alarm is an Intent broadcast that goes to a broadcast receiver that
     * you registered with {@link android.content.Context#registerReceiver}
     * or through the &lt;receiver&gt; tag in an AndroidManifest.xml file.
     *
@@ -134,8 +132,31 @@ public class AlarmManager
     * broadcast.  Recurring alarms that have gone undelivered because the
     * phone was asleep may have a count greater than one when delivered.  
     *
     * @param type One of ELAPSED_REALTIME, ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, RTC or
     *             RTC_WAKEUP.
     * <p>
     * <b>Note:</b> Beginning in API 19, the trigger time passed to this method
     * is treated as inexact: the alarm will not be delivered before this time, but
     * may be deferred and delivered some time later.  The OS will use
     * this policy in order to "batch" alarms together across the entire system,
     * minimizing the number of times the device needs to "wake up" and minimizing
     * battery use.  In general, alarms scheduled in the near future will not
     * be deferred as long as alarms scheduled far in the future.
     *
     * <p>
     * With the new batching policy, delivery ordering guarantees are not as
     * strong as they were previously.  If the application sets multiple alarms,
     * it is possible that these alarms' <i>actual</i> delivery ordering may not match
     * the order of their <i>requested</i> delivery times.  If your application has
     * strong ordering requirements there are other APIs that you can use to get
     * the necessary behavior; see {@link #setWindow(int, long, long, PendingIntent)}
     * and {@link #setExact(int, long, PendingIntent)}.
     *
     * <p>
     * <b>Note:</b> Applications whose targetSdkVersion is before API 19 will
     * continue to get the previous alarm behavior: all of their scheduled alarms
     * will be treated as exact.
     *
     * @param type One of {@link #ELAPSED_REALTIME}, {@link #ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP},
     *        {@link #RTC}, or {@link #RTC_WAKEUP}.
     * @param triggerAtMillis time in milliseconds that the alarm should go
     * off, using the appropriate clock (depending on the alarm type).
     * @param operation Action to perform when the alarm goes off;
@@ -165,10 +186,10 @@ public class AlarmManager
     * {@link android.os.Handler}.</b>  If there is already an alarm scheduled
     * for the same IntentSender, it will first be canceled.
     *
     * <p>Like {@link #set}, except you can also
     * supply a rate at which the alarm will repeat.  This alarm continues
     * repeating until explicitly removed with {@link #cancel}.  If the time
     * occurs in the past, the alarm will be triggered immediately, with an
     * <p>Like {@link #set}, except you can also supply a period at which
     * the alarm will automatically repeat.  This alarm continues
     * repeating until explicitly removed with {@link #cancel}.  If the stated
     * trigger time is in the past, the alarm will be triggered immediately, with an
     * alarm count depending on how far in the past the trigger time is relative
     * to the repeat interval.
     *
@@ -185,8 +206,15 @@ public class AlarmManager
     * between alarms, then the approach to take is to use one-time alarms, 
     * scheduling the next one yourself when handling each alarm delivery.
     *
     * @param type One of ELAPSED_REALTIME, ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP}, RTC or
     *             RTC_WAKEUP.
     * <p>
     * <b>Note:</b> as of API 19, all repeating alarms are inexact.  If your
     * application needs precise delivery times then it must use one-time
     * exact alarms, rescheduling each time as described above. Legacy applications
     * whose targetSdkVersion is earlier than API 19 will continue to have all
     * of their alarms, including repeating alarms, treated as exact.
     *
     * @param type One of {@link #ELAPSED_REALTIME}, {@link #ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP},
     *        {@link #RTC}, or {@link #RTC_WAKEUP}.
     * @param triggerAtMillis time in milliseconds that the alarm should first
     * go off, using the appropriate clock (depending on the alarm type).
     * @param intervalMillis interval in milliseconds between subsequent repeats
@@ -214,18 +242,32 @@ public class AlarmManager
    }

    /**
     * Schedule an alarm to be delivered within a given window of time.
     * Schedule an alarm to be delivered within a given window of time.  This method
     * is similar to {@link #set(int, long, PendingIntent)}, but allows the
     * application to precisely control the degree to which its delivery might be
     * adjusted by the OS. This method allows an application to take advantage of the
     * battery optimizations that arise from delivery batching even when it has
     * modest timeliness requirements for its alarms.
     *
     * TBW: clean up these docs
     * <p>
     * This method can also be used to achieve strict ordering guarantees by ensuring
     * that the windows requested for each alarm do not intersect.
     *
     * <p>
     * When precise delivery is not required, applications should use the standard
     * {@link #set(int, long, PendingIntent)} method.  This will give the OS the most
     * ability to minimize wakeups and battery use.  For alarms that must be delivered
     * at precisely-specified times with no acceptable variation, applications can use
     * {@link #setExact(int, long, PendingIntent)}.
     *
     * @param type One of ELAPSED_REALTIME, ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, RTC or
     *        RTC_WAKEUP.
     * @param type One of {@link #ELAPSED_REALTIME}, {@link #ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP},
     *        {@link #RTC}, or {@link #RTC_WAKEUP
     * @param windowStartMillis The earliest time, in milliseconds, that the alarm should
     *        be delivered, expressed in the appropriate clock's units (depending on the alarm
     *        type).
     * @param windowLengthMillis The length of the requested delivery window,
     *        in milliseconds.  The alarm will be delivered no later than this many
     *        milliseconds after the windowStartMillis time.  Note that this parameter
     *        milliseconds after {@code windowStartMillis}.  Note that this parameter
     *        is a <i>duration,</i> not the timestamp of the end of the window.
     * @param operation Action to perform when the alarm goes off;
     *        typically comes from {@link PendingIntent#getBroadcast
@@ -249,8 +291,38 @@ public class AlarmManager
    }

    /**
     * TBW: new 'exact' alarm that must be delivered as nearly as possible
     * to the precise time specified.
     * Schedule an alarm to be delivered precisely at the stated time.
     *
     * <p>
     * This method is like {@link #set(int, long, PendingIntent)}, but does not permit
     * the OS to adjust the delivery time.  The alarm will be delivered as nearly as
     * possible to the requested trigger time.
     *
     * <p>
     * <b>Note:</b> only alarms for which there is a strong demand for exact-time
     * delivery (such as an alarm clock ringing at the requested time) should be
     * scheduled as exact.  Applications are strongly discouraged from using exact
     * alarms unnecessarily as they reduce the OS's ability to minimize battery use.
     *
     * @param type One of {@link #ELAPSED_REALTIME}, {@link #ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP},
     *        {@link #RTC}, or {@link #RTC_WAKEUP}.
     * @param triggerAtMillis time in milliseconds that the alarm should go
     *        off, using the appropriate clock (depending on the alarm type).
     * @param operation Action to perform when the alarm goes off;
     *        typically comes from {@link PendingIntent#getBroadcast
     *        IntentSender.getBroadcast()}.
     *
     * @see #set
     * @see #setRepeating
     * @see #setWindow
     * @see #cancel
     * @see android.content.Context#sendBroadcast
     * @see android.content.Context#registerReceiver
     * @see android.content.Intent#filterEquals
     * @see #ELAPSED_REALTIME
     * @see #ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP
     * @see #RTC
     * @see #RTC_WAKEUP
     */
    public void setExact(int type, long triggerAtMillis, PendingIntent operation) {
        setImpl(type, triggerAtMillis, WINDOW_EXACT, 0, operation, null);
@@ -332,8 +404,8 @@ public class AlarmManager
     * may vary.  If your application demands very low jitter, use
     * {@link #setRepeating} instead.
     *
     * @param type One of ELAPSED_REALTIME, ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP}, RTC or
     *             RTC_WAKEUP.
     * @param type One of {@link #ELAPSED_REALTIME}, {@link #ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP},
     *        {@link #RTC}, or {@link #RTC_WAKEUP}.
     * @param triggerAtMillis time in milliseconds that the alarm should first
     * go off, using the appropriate clock (depending on the alarm type).  This
     * is inexact: the alarm will not fire before this time, but there may be a