Test Job with Execution Window.

Hi

new JobRequest.Builder(SyncJob.TAG)
                .setExtras(extras)
                .setExecutionWindow(startMs, endMs)
                .setRequiredNetworkType(JobRequest.NetworkType.ANY)
                .setUpdateCurrent(true)
                .setPersisted(true)
                .setRequirementsEnforced(true)
                .build()
                .schedule();

this is a builder for a job, and execution window is between 1AM - 6AM as it was given in the example(it fits well, my needs).

• Question is , how can I test this? If I change phone’s clock, this does not help, because execution windows is too wide. Also, I noticed that this job runs after the 6AM, for example, it happened to run at 8PM. I looked in library’s test files, but there was written expected behavior of job, not the action itself. It may not run in the given execution time window.

• in onRunJob, I do async job and return RESCHEDULE every time ,to ensure that service will run, because it failed to run, several nights.

Please response, maybe I’m missing something.

Thanks in advance.

[vRallev]

I don’t like the design of the JobScheduler. The problem is that you need to launch a background thread on your own and manage its state. You end up with many callbacks, because you need to post the result to the service again.

The library is doing all of this for you. However, if you run an async operation then the worker thread of the library finishes and doesn’t know that there’s still an operation going on.

Could be a problem, because when the library thinks it’s done, then the service is killed and your app is more likely stopped by the system.

[vRallev]

If you follow the sample, then it should work. It’s possible that devices adjust the execution window in order to save battery. Unfortunately, there isn’t anything I could do.

You can start a job manually if the job schedule is used (Android 5+), see here.

Can you show your onRunJob() method? If you follow my sample, then you shouldn’t return RESCHEDULE. That explains why you see that your job runs at 8 PM.