Checking My Methodology

[JXWD]

Hi all just wan to check I am on the right path...

I want to poll a web server every 5 minutes and create an alert depending on the outcome...

Method:
Use a background Service which is loaded on boot and has an empty screen
Use alarm manager to call the BroardcastReciever
Use OkHttp in the receiver to open webpage and see if there are any messages...


Obviously I don't want to annoy people by wasting more power than necessary.

Thanks -Hagen

 

[Deleted User]

Why not use a REST web service interface to poll the server?

 

[JXWD]

Thank you yes may use REST but seems a little more than I need... Another option could be to use a push notification via firebase?... Can my web server tell firebase to create a push notification? thank you

 

[Deleted User]

Well there's a push notification facility provided by FCM. I didn't suggest this, as your solution seemed to be using a pull notification strategy (polling the server).
Some information about it here:

https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging

 

[JXWD]

Yes thank you this looks like the right kind of thing:
https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/http-server-ref

( I will use polling anyway for another project an SMS gateway)...

Thanks -Hagen