Android AlarmManager – RTC_WAKEUP vs ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP

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AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP type is used to trigger the alarm since boot time:

alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, 600000, pendingIntent);

will actually make the alarm go off 10 min after the device boots.

There is a timer that starts running when the device boots up to measure the uptime of the device and this is the type that triggers your alarm according to the uptime of the device.

Whereas, AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP will trigger the alarm according to the time of the clock. For example if you do:

long thirtySecondsFromNow = System.currentTimeMillis() + 30 * 1000;
alarmManager.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, thirtySecondsFromNow , pendingIntent);

this, on the other hand, will trigger the alarm 30 seconds from now.

AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP type is rarely used compared to AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP.

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