Microsoft.Phone.Scheduler Namespace

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

This namespace provides access to the Scheduler features of Windows Phone. This includes alarms, reminders, and background agents.

Classes

	Class	Description
	Alarm	A notification for which a custom sound can be specified.
	PeriodicTask	Represents a scheduled task that runs regularly for a small amount of time.
	Reminder	A notification that can pass contextual information to the parent application.
	ResourceIntensiveTask	Represents a scheduled task that runs occasionally and is allowed to use substantial device resources.
	ScheduledAction	The base class for all scheduled actions.
	ScheduledActionService	Enables the management of scheduled actions.
	ScheduledNotification	Represents a notification that is launched once or in a recurring pattern according to a time-based schedule.
	ScheduledTask	Represents a task that will be run periodically or when the phone is in a state that supports resource-intensive processing.
	ScheduledTaskAgent	Override this class to implement a Scheduled Task, also referred to as a background agent. This class contains one method, OnInvoke, which is called whenever the Scheduled Task is executed. For more information, see Background agents for Windows Phone 8.
	SchedulerServiceException	Represents the exception that is thrown when the ScheduledActionService has an internal error.

Enumerations

	Enumeration	Description
	AgentExitReason	Lists the possible reasons for which a background agent exits. Use the LastExitReason property of the ScheduledTask class to determine why the task exited its most recent execution.
	RecurrenceInterval	Lists the recurrence options for the ScheduledNotification objects, Alarm and Reminder.