How to schedule notifications using WorkManager?

Question

I want to schedule a notification everytime the user add a note in the database for a specific time. While there are multiple ways to do it using AlarmManager, BroadcastReceiver etc. How can it be done using WorkManager?

Answer 1

WorkManager isn't appropriate for work that needs to happen at a particular time.

You should use AlarmManager, and specifically AlarmManagerCompat.setExactAndAllowWhileIdle(), to get a callback at a specific time.

Answer 2

You can show notification with the help of workmanager. Workmanger can be used for scheduling single occurrence task or periodic occurrence task as well as we can schedule task at a particular time.

OneTimeWorkRequest request= new OneTimeWorkRequest.Builder(CustomWorkerClass.class)
.setInitialDelay(delayedTime, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
.addTag("TAG")
.build();

'delayedTime' -> calculate time when to trigger notification

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