Re: [android-developers] Remotely trigger notifications

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Mike <mechenault@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to write an app that will notify the user when a new piece
> of content is added to my database.  I know I can make a service that
> would just poll the database every two hours or so but I feel like
> there is a much better way to do this.  Is this really the only and or
> best way to do this?

When you add a new piece of content to the database, raise a
Notification. Or, if you think your client activity will be running at
the time, use an ordered broadcast to either notify your activity or
raise a Notification:

http://commonsware.com/blog/2010/08/11/activity-notification-ordered-broadcast.html

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