Compatibility for Android 13 alarm restrictions

[ishaangarg]

Thanks for this much needed android library now that paho project is abandoned.

With Android 13, setExactAndAllowWhileIdle() permission is now protected permission & only alarm apps can use it.

Can the connection with broker reliably survive in background without this permission? What are your plans to target Android 13 compatibility.

TIA

[deepanshu42]

Hi @ishaangarg. Yes, you are right. Starting Android 12, scheduling an exact alarm requires applications to obtain SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM permission.

As an alternative, Courier library provides an implementation of ping sender which uses WorkManager. WorkManager allows you to reliably schedule ping requests, to maintain the connection with broker. You can more about it here.
Thank you.