Broadcast receiver onReceive() getting called multiple times

Question

I have a boot_completed receiver which gets notified on boot.

    <receiver android:name=".BootCompletedReceiver">  
        <intent-filter>  
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />  
        </intent-filter>  
    </receiver>

But it appears to get called multiple times. I start a timer, and then a service, which leads to multiple timers, and then the service gets reset and runs again.

Creating timer like this. This is not a repeating timer, is it?:

     private void setAlarm(Context context, long interval) {
        try {
            AlarmManager alarms = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
            Intent intent = new Intent(RespondAlarmReceiver.ACTION_RESPOND_SMS);
            intent.putExtra("isChecking", true);
            PendingIntent alarmIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, 0, intent, 0);

            int alarmType = AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP;
            long triggerAtTime = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() + interval; //interval is 60,000
            alarms.set(alarmType, triggerAtTime, alarmIntent);
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e(DEBUG_TAG, "Unable to set alarm");
        }

As a side note, if anybody knows how to attach the Eclipse debugger to the Boot-up broadcast receiver or to a running service, that would be fantastic.

Answer 1

It's strange that you'd be getting multiple timers started. Try passing PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT as the last argument inside of PendingIntent.getBroadcast