AlarmManager alarm fires immediately

Question

I'm testing AlarmManager to use in my app, and it is firing my Broadcast Receiver immediately when I want it to fire after 1 minute. The code is below:

public class SetMealTimersActivity extends Activity {
    PendingIntent pi;
    BroadcastReceiver br;
    AlarmManager am;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_set_meal_timers);

        br = new BroadcastReceiver() {
            @Override
            public void onReceive(Context c, Intent i) {
                Toast.makeText(c, "Ready to Go!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        };
        registerReceiver(br, new IntentFilter("com.ian.mealtimer"));
        pi = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, new Intent(
                "com.ian.mealtimer"), 0);
        am = (AlarmManager) (this.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE));         
        am.set( AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() + 
                60 * 1000, pi );
    }

Answer 1

try :

  am.set(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, 
      Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis()+60*1000, pendingIntent);

it is working for me.

Answer 2

If using an exact alarm, make sure it's time is in the future. Otherwise it will fire immediately.