[Solved] My AlarmManager fires the alarm immediately

Question

10000 on the real time clock is always going to be in the past, so your alarm fires immediately. You want System.currentTimeMillis() + 10000 as the second argument in the setRepeating() call.

I would point out that setRepeating() is inexact as of KitKat, so the actual time the alarm fires may be off. If it matters, use the setExact() method instead, setting the alarm again for the desired interval each time it fires.

Accepted Answer

10000 on the real time clock is always going to be in the past, so your alarm fires immediately. You want System.currentTimeMillis() + 10000 as the second argument in the setRepeating() call.

I would point out that setRepeating() is inexact as of KitKat, so the actual time the alarm fires may be off. If it matters, use the setExact() method instead, setting the alarm again for the desired interval each time it fires.