Android background service called from bencoding.AlarmManager BackgroundNotification.js is located under Resources/android/ or app/assets/android (in Alloy) Stackoverflow question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18234250/titanium-appcelerator-android-daily-notification-at-some-specified-time

BackgroundNotification.js

/* locate this file under:
 *    - Resources/android/
 *    or
 *    - app/assets/android/ (when working with Alloy)
 */

var service = Ti.Android.currentService;
var serviceIntent = service.getIntent();

setNotification();

Ti.Android.stopService(serviceIntent);

function setNotification(alarm){
    var activity = Ti.Android.currentActivity;
    var intent = Ti.Android.createIntent({
        action : Ti.Android.ACTION_MAIN,
        className : 'com.manumaticx.notificationtest.TestActivity',
        flags : Ti.Android.FLAG_ACTIVITY_RESET_TASK_IF_NEEDED | Ti.Android.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP
    });
    intent.addCategory(Titanium.Android.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
    
    var pending = Ti.Android.createPendingIntent({
        activity : activity,
        intent : intent,
        type : Ti.Android.PENDING_INTENT_FOR_ACTIVITY,
        flags : Ti.Android.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY
    });

    var message = "Time is up!";
    
    var notificationOptions = {
        contentIntent : pending,
        contentTitle : 'Notification Test',
        contentText : message,
        tickerText : message,
        when : new Date().getTime(),
        icon : Ti.App.Android.R.drawable.appicon,
        flags : Titanium.Android.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL | Titanium.Android.FLAG_SHOW_LIGHTS | Titanium.Android.FLAG_INSISTENT,
        sound: Ti.Filesystem.getResRawDirectory() + 'sound';
    };

    var notification = Ti.Android.createNotification(notificationOptions);
    Ti.Android.NotificationManager.notify(1, notification);

    Ti.Media.vibrate([0,100,100,200,100,100,200,100,100,200]);
}

index.js

// Note, that my app-id is: com.manumaticx.notificationtest

var now = new Date();

if (OS_ANDROID){
    var _alarmModule = require('bencoding.alarmmanager');
    var _alarmManager = _alarmModule.createAlarmManager();
}

_alarmManager.addAlarmService({
    service:'com.manumaticx.notificationtest.BackgroundNotificationService',
    year: now.getFullYear(),
    month: now.getMonth(),
    day: now.getDate(),
    hour: now.getHours(),
    minute: now.getMinutes(),
    repeat:'daily'
});

tiapp.xml

<android>
        <manifest android:installLocation="auto" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1" package="com.manumaticx.notificationtest" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
            <supports-screens android:anyDensity="true"/><uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" android:targetSdkVersion="17"/>
        
            <application android:debuggable="false" android:icon="@drawable/appicon" android:label="Test" android:name="TestApplication">
        
                <receiver android:name="bencoding.alarmmanager.AlarmNotificationListener"/>
                <receiver android:name="bencoding.alarmmanager.AlarmServiceListener"/>
        
                <activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize" 
                          android:alwaysRetainTaskState="true"
                          android:label="Test" 
                          android:name=".TestActivity" 
                          android:theme="@style/Theme.Titanium" 
                          android:launchMode="singleTop">
                    <intent-filter>
                        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
                    </intent-filter>
                </activity>
        
                <activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize" android:name="org.appcelerator.titanium.TiActivity"/>
                <activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize" android:name="org.appcelerator.titanium.TiTranslucentActivity" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent"/>
                <activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize" android:name="org.appcelerator.titanium.TiModalActivity" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent"/>
                <activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize" android:name="ti.modules.titanium.ui.TiTabActivity"/>
                <activity android:name="ti.modules.titanium.ui.android.TiPreferencesActivity"/>
                
                <service android:name="com.manumaticx.notificationtest.BackgroundNotificationService"/>
                <service android:exported="false" android:name="org.appcelerator.titanium.analytics.TiAnalyticsService"/>
                
        
            </application>
        
            <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
            <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
            <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
            <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/>
            <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>
            <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
            
        
        </manifest>
        <services>
            <service type="interval" url="BackgroundNotification.js"/>
        </services>
    </android>

hi, is this still working today ?
thanks