Run an intent at a later time

Create a receiver. This class will receive the intent and handle it how you wish.

public class AlarmReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver
{
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
    {
        // Handle intent
        int reqCode = intent.getExtras().getInt("requestCode");
        ...
    }
}

Give an intent to AlarmManager. This example will trigger the intent to be sent to AlarmReceiver after 1 minute.

final int requestCode = 1337;
AlarmManager am = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ALARM_SERVICE);
Intent intent = new Intent(context, AlarmReceiver.class);
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, requestCode, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
am.set( AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, System.currentTimeMillis() + 60000 , pendingIntent );

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