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In Android an intent object is used to start a UI activity, a background service, or a broadcast receiver. Normally these intents are triggered by user actions. In Android you can also use alarms to trigger broadcast intents, mind you, only broadcast intents. The invoked broadcast receivers then can choose to start an activity or a service.
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© 2015 Dave MacLean, Satya Komatineni, and Grant Allen
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MacLean, D., Komatineni, S., Allen, G. (2015). Exploring the Alarm Manager. In: Pro Android 5. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4681-7_17
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