Re: [android-developers] AlarmManager starting service, API Level?

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Henrik Lindqvist
<henrik.lindqvist@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've read comment that the AlarmManager in a earlier API version
> couldn't start services. Prior to which API Level was that?

I don't know where you read that. PendingIntents have been able to
start services since the beginning.

I am a bit nervous about how WakeLocks work when starting a service
directly versus going through a BroadcastReceiver, but otherwise
AlarmManager starting services works like a champ. It's great for app
widgets, if you have an IntentService that is doing the updates and
you are controlling the update schedule yourself rather than using
android:updatePeriodMillis, for example.

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