AlarmManager setExact with WakefulBroadcastReceiver sometimes not exact

For Marshmallow era(?), we need some ugly codes like below… 🙁
And “delayInMillis” param should be more than 15 minutes on the API 23.
If not, system ignore the minutes less than 15 minutes.

private void registerExactAlarm(PendingIntent sender, long delayInMillis) {
    final int SDK_INT = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
    AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
    long timeInMillis = (System.currentTimeMillis() + delayInMillis) / 1000 * 1000;     //> example

    if (SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
        am.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, timeInMillis, sender);
    }
    else if (Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT <= SDK_INT  && SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
        am.setExact(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, timeInMillis, sender);
    }
    else if (SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
        am.setExactAndAllowWhileIdle(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, timeInMillis, sender);
    }
}

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