Background agent error WP7

Question

When I try to add a periodic task in windows phone 7.5 it gives me a "BNS Error: The maximum number of ScheduledActions of this type have already been added." error while i haven't added any periodic task. The code works fine on Windows phone 8 but raises this error on WP7.5. Also the app schedules reminders and alarms.

string periodicTaskName = "myperiodictask";
        PeriodicTask periodicTask = ScheduledActionService.Find(periodicTaskName) as PeriodicTask;
        if (periodicTask != null)
        {
            try
            {
                ScheduledActionService.Remove(periodicTaskName);
            }
            catch (Exception)
            { }
        }
        periodicTask = new PeriodicTask(periodicTaskName);
        periodicTask.Description = "Updates LiveTile, Sessions and Assignments";
        periodicTask.ExpirationTime = DateTime.Now.AddDays(10);
        try
        {
            ScheduledActionService.Add(periodicTask);
        }
        catch (InvalidOperationException exception)
        {
            if (exception.Message.Contains("BNS Error: The action is disabled"))
                MessageBox.Show("Background agents have been disabled by the user.");
            if (exception.Message.Contains("BNS Error: The maximum number of ScheduledActions of this type have already been added."))
                MessageBox.Show("maximum number of ScheduledActions of this type have already been added!");
        }
        catch (SchedulerServiceException)
        { }

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '13 at 03:59

How are you testing the background agent? Emulator or Device. Either way, you need to make sure you're not testing on a low memory 'device'.

On low memory devices (256mb), background agents are disabled. Unfortunately, the error thrown is the same as when the maximum number of agents are scheduled, i.e. "BNS Error: The maximum number of ScheduledActions of this type have already been added."

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 19:28

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Please refer these posts.

http://codeblog.vurdalakov.net/2012/02/solution-bns-error-maximum-number-of.html

http://imjo.hn/2013/01/23/bns-error-the-maximum-number-of-scheduledactions-of-this-type-have-already-been-added/

In debugging you added some task and its registered your app but you are not removing earlier tasks thats why this happening.

answered Apr 29 '13 at 19:28

Arslan Pervaiz

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The app was newly installed. no previous background agents had been added.. the same code runs on wp8 fine... i also checked the count of the scheduled tasks and it was 0 – Timay Apr 29 '13 at 19:33

Background agent error WP7

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