GamesList starts a repeating alarm that invokes a new activity that

launches the service.  Service can now do a single check with the
relay, notify if needed, and exit (but doesn't yet.)

xwords4/android/XWords4/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@
               >
     </activity>
 
+    <activity android:name="RelayActivity"
+              >
+    </activity>
+
     <!-- downloading dicts -->
     <activity android:name=".DictImportActivity"
               android:label="@string/app_name"

xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GamesList.java

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ package org.eehouse.android.xw4;
 import android.app.ListActivity;
 import android.app.Dialog;
 import android.app.AlertDialog;
+import android.app.AlarmManager;
+import android.app.PendingIntent;
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.DialogInterface;
 import android.net.Uri;
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ import org.eehouse.android.xw4.jni.*;
 public class GamesList extends ListActivity {
     private static final int WARN_NODICT = Utils.DIALOG_LAST + 1;
     private static final int CONFIRM_DELETE_ALL = Utils.DIALOG_LAST + 2;
+    private static final long CHECK_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 5;
 
     private GameListAdapter m_adapter;
     private String m_invalPath = null;
@@ -105,7 +109,8 @@ public class GamesList extends ListActivity {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
+    {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
         PreferenceManager.setDefaultValues( this, R.xml.xwprefs, false );
@@ -130,8 +135,16 @@ public class GamesList extends ListActivity {
 
         FirstRunDialog.show( this, false );
 
-        Intent service = new Intent(this, RelayService.class );
+        // Intent service = new Intent(this, RelayService.class );
-        startService( service );
+        // startService( service );
+
+        AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager)getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
+        PendingIntent intent = 
+            PendingIntent.getActivity( this, 0, 
+                                       new Intent(this, RelayActivity.class), 0);
+        am.setInexactRepeating( AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, 
+                                0, // first firing
+                                CHECK_INTERVAL_SECONDS*1000, intent );
     }
 
     @Override

xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/RelayActivity.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* -*- compile-command: "cd ../../../../../; ant install"; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 by Eric House (xwords@eehouse.org).  All rights
+ * reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+package org.eehouse.android.xw4;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.content.Intent;
+
+public class RelayActivity extends Activity {
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate( Bundle savedInstanceState ) 
+    {
+        super.onCreate( savedInstanceState );
+
+        Intent service = new Intent(this, RelayService.class );
+        startService( service );
+
+        finish();
+    }
+}

xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/RelayService.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package org.eehouse.android.xw4;
 
 import android.app.Service;
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.IBinder;
 import android.app.Notification;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import android.app.NotificationManager;
 import android.app.PendingIntent;
 
 public class RelayService extends Service {
+
     private NotificationManager m_nm;
 
     @Override
@@ -36,9 +38,8 @@ public class RelayService extends Service {
         super.onCreate();
         Utils.logf( "RelayService::onCreate() called" );
 
-        // setupNotification();
 
-        Thread thread = new Thread(null, m_task, getClass().getName() );
+        Thread thread = new Thread( null, m_task, getClass().getName() );
         thread.start();
     }
 
@@ -66,32 +67,29 @@ public class RelayService extends Service {
     //     return 0;
     // }
 
-    private void setupNotification()
+    // private void setupNotification()
-    {
+    // {
-        m_nm = (NotificationManager)getSystemService( NOTIFICATION_SERVICE );
+    //     m_nm = (NotificationManager)getSystemService( NOTIFICATION_SERVICE );
 
-        Notification notification = 
+    //     Notification notification = 
-            new Notification( R.drawable.icon48x48, "foo",
+    //         new Notification( R.drawable.icon48x48, "foo",
-                              System.currentTimeMillis());
+    //                           System.currentTimeMillis());
 
-        PendingIntent intent = PendingIntent
+    //     PendingIntent intent = PendingIntent
-            .getActivity( this, 0, new Intent(this, BoardActivity.class), 0);
+    //         .getActivity( this, 0, new Intent(this, BoardActivity.class), 0);
 
-        notification.setLatestEventInfo( this, "bazz", "bar", intent );
+    //     notification.setLatestEventInfo( this, "bazz", "bar", intent );
         
-        m_nm.notify( R.string.running_notification, notification );
+    //     m_nm.notify( R.string.running_notification, notification );
-    }
+    // }
 
     // Thread that does the actual work of pinging the relay
     private Runnable m_task = new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
 
-                // Set an alarm to try again in n minutes, then quit.
-
                 RelayService.this.stopSelf();
             }
         };
-    
 
 }