Android background service called from bencoding.AlarmManager BackgroundNotification.js for scheduling daily notification

app.js

//Import bencoding alarmmanager module into our Titanium App
var alarmModule = require('bencoding.alarmmanager');
var alarmManager = alarmModule.createAlarmManager();

var isRunning = Ti.App.Properties.getBool("service_running", false);//get service running bool status
if (isRunning) {
    Ti.API.info('service is running');
} else {
	Ti.API.info('service is not running');
	alarmManager.addAlarmService({
		service : 'com.mkamithkumar.whatstoday.DailyEventNotificatoinService',
		hour : "08",
		repeat : 'daily'
	});
}

dailyEventNotificatoin.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.mkamithkumar.whatstoday.WhatsTodayActivity',
		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 : 'Whats Today - Featured Event',
		contentText : 'Tap to see todays featured event',
		tickerText : 'Whats Today Event Notification!',
		//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 : Titanium.Android.NotificationManager.DEFAULT_SOUND
	};

	var notification = Ti.Android.createNotification(notificationOptions);
	Ti.Android.NotificationManager.notify(1, notification);
	Ti.App.Properties.setBool("service_running", true);

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

tiapp.xml

<android xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        	<tool-api-level>16</tool-api-level>
		<manifest android:installLocation="auto" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1" package="com.mkamithkumar.whatstoday" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
			<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="11"/>
			<supports-screens android:anyDensity="true"/>
			<application android:debuggable="false" android:icon="@drawable/appicon" android:label="Whats Today" android:name="WhatsTodayApplication" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.Light">

				<receiver android:name="bencoding.alarmmanager.AlarmNotificationListener"/>
				<receiver android:name="bencoding.alarmmanager.AlarmServiceListener"/>
				<activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"
				android:alwaysRetainTaskState="true"
				android:label="Whats Today"
				android:name=".WhatsTodayActivity"
				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:exported="false" android:name="org.appcelerator.titanium.analytics.TiAnalyticsService"/>

			</application>
			<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
			<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="dailyEventNotificatoin.js"/>
		</services>
	</android>

Hi itsamiths,

how did you got the service name in app.js?
"service : 'com.mkamithkumar.whatstoday.DailyEventNotificatoinService',"

and can we put any name in "android:name=".WhatsTodayActivity"" (from tiapp.xml) and "className : 'com.mkamithkumar.whatstoday.WhatsTodayActivity'," (from dailyEventNotificatoin.js) ?

this dosen't works if you kill the app ?? am i right to say that?

can i make more than on service

I want to register my current location every one hour in local database even app is in foreground,background or totally close.Can you please suggest best way to do this.Is alarm manager is useful for achieve such functionality?