Chapter 7. Exploring the JobScheduler API
So far, we have been scheduling background work using a time condition in the Handler facilities for the short-term future, and the Android Alarm Manager for the long-term future.
Those APIs that are able to execute future tasks at an exact and inexact time in the future are used to trigger events, refresh data in the background, or execute tasks without user intervention. AlarmManager, which we covered in detail in the previous chapter, is able to wake up the device from deep idle states and execute work even without considering the device's battery state.
In this chapter, we will learn how to work with JobScheduler to execute jobs in the background when several prerequisites are fulfilled and taking into ...
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