Android Work Manager - Notify

About the app

This application is developed to send a notification periodically using android's WorkManager. Irrespective of the state (open / closed) the application sends a notification to the user. Every 16th minute, user will get a notification

Dependencies used in app

• WorkManager
• Timber (for logging)

Steps to Build the App

• Clone the project from github
• Open the project in Android Studio
• Click the dropdown menu in the toolbar at the top (Open 'Edit Run/Debug configurations' dialog)
• Select "Edit Configurations"
• Click the "+" Button
• Select "Gradle"
• Choose your module as a Gradle project
• In Tasks: enter assemble
• Press Run

Your debug apk will be generated at <Project Name>/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/

Setting Periodic Work Request

val worker = PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder(NotifyWorker::class.java, 15, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
                .build()

WorkManager.getInstance(applicationContext).enqueue(worker)