Is there any intent fired every second in Android?

Question

I am looking for some Intent which get broadcasted every second. I looked into android.intent.action.TIME_TICK but this intent get broadcasted every minute. I know AlarmManger/handler/thread can be used for this purpose, but I am inclined to use system broadcasted intent. Please share your thoughts?

Answer 1

I do not think so. First because if system would send a broadcast every second it would drain the battery. Second, if many apps were interested in handling the broadcast, that could seriously slow down the system.

Update

There is in fact a Intent fired once a minute, but there is restriction on how you can use it

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_TIME_TICK