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I want to ask how alarm applications work on mobile. As it doesn't drain battery, and i think in my problem (below) i can use same approach. And i don't know how to use background service, that it executes the main application with given period. I have to calculate something each time period which user inputs. And if the result is the same as user wants (user inputs it too) i need to show him about result. How i must make application: two apart applications (timer/calculator and input/output) or one application ? and if i write two apart applications, the 1st timer/calculator must be like console application?

And my main question: how to set "something" to given period, that with it i know that my calculator will calculate something with given period? P.S. Sorry for my English. And sorry for my mistakes if there are any

Javidan
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  • It isn't clear what "calculate something with period" means here. Do you mean say if user inputs 20s, the calculation runs for 20s, or 20s is an input to the calculation? – Paul Annetts Mar 02 '13 at 14:20
  • its period for recalculating. p.s. if 20s input, then calculating must be done again after each 20s. – Javidan Mar 02 '13 at 14:23

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You can't run in the background for an arbitrary time on Windows Phone. You can only run periodically (once every 30 minutes for 25s max execution time). And even then you're not guaranteed to run at all if:

  • you previously crashed twice.
  • the user turned your service off.
  • battery saver is on. ...

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/13520869/694641 for more details of what is possible when your app is not in the foreground.

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  • but i don't understand. how Alarm app works ? it works at background all time or how ? – Javidan Mar 02 '13 at 14:33
  • I want to make my app just like Alarm app. i need to get one information not for each second, but with period which i give. its bad that i cannot do it. May i create service like "timer" and run my "calculator" service when i need? – Javidan Mar 02 '13 at 16:15
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    Be aware, that when you test your app in the emulator, restrictions like "once every 30 minutes" are lifted. This is especially painful when everything works in the emulator but not on a real device. – Markus Rudel Mar 22 '13 at 14:42