# Can Android mode do timelapse image capture and FTP upload

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**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/can-android-mode-do-timelapse-image-capture-and-ftp-upload/28213 "2021-03-03T08:26:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/can-android-mode-do-timelapse-image-capture-and-ftp-upload/28213/7 "2021-06-16T17:14:52Z")

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@katesfb === in this case you can use the AlarmManager class and some pending Intent + one broadcast receiver class, which uses (automatically) partial WakeLock; the problem is that AlarmManager wants a time rather long (more than some seconds)

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