warm_alarm_android

The Android implementation of warm_alarm.

This package is endorsed, which means you do not add it directly to your pubspec.yaml. It is automatically included when you depend on warm_alarm.

Platform capabilities

Feature	Support	Notes
Notification scheduling	✅ Full	`POST_NOTIFICATIONS` permission required
Exact alarm scheduling	✅ Full	`SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM` / `USE_EXACT_ALARM`
Background audio playback	⚠️ Limited	Foreground service with `mediaPlayback` type
Full-screen presentation	✅ Full	`setFullScreenIntent`; per-alarm via `androidFullScreenIntent`; runtime-checked with `canUseFullScreenIntent()`
Wake-check	✅ Full	Follow-up alarm verifies user is awake

Native implementation

Scheduling

Alarms are scheduled via AlarmManager.setExactAndAllowWhileIdle() so they fire even when the device is in Doze mode. The exact-alarm permission (either USE_EXACT_ALARM for system apps or SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM with user approval) is declared in the manifest and checked at runtime through getPermissionState().

requestNotificationPermission() requests POST_NOTIFICATIONS on Android 13+. On Android 12 and earlier there is no runtime notification permission to request, so the call reports unsupported and the caller should open notification settings instead. openReadinessSettings(reason) opens notification, exact-alarm, or full-screen settings when the reported reason supports it. The settings action returns when Android accepts the deep link. Query readiness again after the app resumes.

Alarm delivery

When the scheduled time arrives WarmAlarmReceiver receives the com.andrew.alarm.ACTION_FIRE broadcast and starts WarmAlarmForegroundService. The service:

Plays audio via MediaPlayer (local file, asset, or system default ringtone)
Applies optional fade-in via a Handler-driven volume schedule
Posts the alarm notification with configurable Stop/Snooze actions
Optionally enforces volume if the device is set to silent

Wake-check

When WarmAlarmWakeCheck is configured, a secondary alarm is scheduled for checkDelay after the primary alarm fires. If ACTION_WAKE_CHECK_FIRE arrives without the user having dismissed the primary alarm, the alarm retriggers (up to maxRetriggers times at retriggerDelay intervals). ACTION_WAKE_CHECK_DISMISS cancels the follow-up chain.

Recurrence

Weekly recurrence is re-armed on fire: AlarmManager is single-shot, so when a recurring alarm fires, WarmAlarmReceiver computes the next matching weekday occurrence (WarmAlarmRecurrence.nextOccurrence, same time-of-day, strictly after now) and re-arms it, updating the stored scheduledAtMillis. The re-arm runs in the receiver without a Flutter engine, so the series survives even when the app process is dead. Dismissing an alarm ends only the current occurrence; cancelAlarm(id) tears down the series.

Boot persistence

WarmAlarmBootReceiver handles BOOT_COMPLETED and LOCKED_BOOT_COMPLETED broadcasts (via RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED permission) to reschedule any alarms that were lost when the device restarted. It is directBootAware, so alarms scheduled before first unlock are restored from device-protected storage.

Kill warning

setKillWarning(title, body) posts a persistent, non-dismissible notification to discourage users from force-quitting the app before an alarm fires. Call clearKillWarning() to remove it.

Required permissions

The following permissions are declared in the plugin's AndroidManifest.xml and merged automatically into your app's manifest:

SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM       — exact alarm scheduling (user-granted on Android 12+)
USE_EXACT_ALARM            — exact alarm scheduling (system-granted for alarm-category apps)
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED     — reschedule alarms after device reboot
POST_NOTIFICATIONS         — show alarm and kill-warning notifications (Android 13+)
USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT     — launch the full-screen alarm UI over the lock screen (Android 14+)
VIBRATE                    — haptic feedback during alarm
FOREGROUND_SERVICE         — run WarmAlarmForegroundService
FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK — declare mediaPlayback foreground service type

Pigeon wire layer

All Dart ↔ Kotlin communication is generated by Pigeon. The schema lives in pigeons/messages.dart; generated outputs (Messages.g.kt, lib/src/messages.g.dart) are never hand-edited. Run melos run generate after any schema change.