diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/alarm/android/AndroidAlarmCapabilities.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/alarm/android/AndroidAlarmCapabilities.kt
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+package de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.alarm.android
+
+import android.app.AlarmManager
+import android.app.NotificationManager
+import android.content.Context
+import android.os.Build
+import dagger.hilt.android.qualifiers.ApplicationContext
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.alarm.AlarmCapabilities
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.alarm.CapabilitySnapshot
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+
+/**
+ * What the platform will currently let the app do, read afresh every time: all
+ * three of these can be revoked while the app is not looking. `minSdk` is 29, so
+ * each newer API is guarded and degrades to the answer that was true before it
+ * existed — on those releases the capability was unconditional.
+ */
+@Singleton
+class AndroidAlarmCapabilities @Inject constructor(
+    @param:ApplicationContext private val context: Context,
+) : AlarmCapabilities {
+
+    override fun snapshot(): CapabilitySnapshot = CapabilitySnapshot(
+        canScheduleExactAlarms = canScheduleExactAlarms(),
+        canUseFullScreenIntent = canUseFullScreenIntent(),
+        notificationsEnabled = notifications().areNotificationsEnabled(),
+    )
+
+    private fun canScheduleExactAlarms(): Boolean =
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.S) {
+            context.getSystemService(AlarmManager::class.java).canScheduleExactAlarms()
+        } else {
+            true
+        }
+
+    private fun canUseFullScreenIntent(): Boolean =
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.UPSIDE_DOWN_CAKE) {
+            notifications().canUseFullScreenIntent()
+        } else {
+            true
+        }
+
+    private fun notifications(): NotificationManager =
+        context.getSystemService(NotificationManager::class.java)
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/alarm/android/AndroidAlarmScheduler.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/alarm/android/AndroidAlarmScheduler.kt
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+package de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.alarm.android
+
+import android.app.AlarmManager
+import android.app.PendingIntent
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.Intent
+import dagger.hilt.android.qualifiers.ApplicationContext
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.alarm.AlarmCapabilities
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.alarm.AlarmIntents
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.alarm.AlarmScheduler
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.alarm.receiver.AlarmFireReceiver
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.alarm.ScheduleMode
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.alarm.SchedulingPolicy
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.ui.ring.AlarmRingActivity
+import kotlin.time.Instant
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+
+/**
+ * Two AlarmManager slots, deliberately separate. The user's next alarm goes
+ * through `setAlarmClock`, which is the only variant that populates
+ * `getNextAlarmClock()` — the status-bar icon and the lockscreen line. The
+ * auto-silence backstop goes through its own PendingIntent, so an internal
+ * housekeeping time can never overwrite what the system shows the user.
+ *
+ * Translation only: which mode to use is [SchedulingPolicy]'s decision.
+ */
+@Singleton
+class AndroidAlarmScheduler @Inject constructor(
+    @param:ApplicationContext private val context: Context,
+    private val capabilities: AlarmCapabilities,
+) : AlarmScheduler {
+
+    private val manager: AlarmManager = context.getSystemService(AlarmManager::class.java)
+
+    override fun scheduleNext(fireAt: Instant, alarmId: Long): ScheduleMode {
+        val at = fireAt.toEpochMilliseconds()
+        val fire = firePendingIntent(alarmId, fireAt)
+        val mode = SchedulingPolicy.modeFor(capabilities.snapshot().canScheduleExactAlarms)
+
+        if (mode == ScheduleMode.EXACT_ALARM_CLOCK) {
+            val scheduled = runCatching {
+                manager.setAlarmClock(AlarmManager.AlarmClockInfo(at, showPendingIntent()), fire)
+            }.isSuccess
+            // The permission can go away between the snapshot and the call. Late
+            // is survivable; silent is not.
+            if (scheduled) return ScheduleMode.EXACT_ALARM_CLOCK
+        }
+
+        manager.setAndAllowWhileIdle(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, at, fire)
+        return ScheduleMode.INEXACT_FALLBACK
+    }
+
+    override fun cancelNext() = manager.cancel(firePendingIntent(alarmId = 0L, fireAt = null))
+
+    override fun scheduleAutoSilence(at: Instant, alarmId: Long) {
+        val pendingIntent = autoSilencePendingIntent(alarmId)
+        val millis = at.toEpochMilliseconds()
+        val exact = runCatching {
+            manager.setExactAndAllowWhileIdle(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, millis, pendingIntent)
+        }.isSuccess
+        if (!exact) manager.setAndAllowWhileIdle(AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP, millis, pendingIntent)
+    }
+
+    override fun cancelAutoSilence() = manager.cancel(autoSilencePendingIntent(alarmId = 0L))
+
+    override fun systemNextAlarm(): Instant? =
+        manager.nextAlarmClock?.let { Instant.fromEpochMilliseconds(it.triggerTime) }
+
+    /**
+     * One request code per slot, so the cancel below finds the same PendingIntent
+     * the schedule above created — the extras are updated, never matched on.
+     */
+    private fun firePendingIntent(alarmId: Long, fireAt: Instant?): PendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
+        context,
+        AlarmIntents.REQUEST_FIRE,
+        Intent(context, AlarmFireReceiver::class.java).apply {
+            action = AlarmIntents.ACTION_FIRE
+            putExtra(AlarmIntents.EXTRA_ALARM_ID, alarmId)
+            putExtra(AlarmIntents.EXTRA_FIRE_AT, fireAt?.toEpochMilliseconds() ?: 0L)
+        },
+        PENDING_INTENT_FLAGS,
+    )
+
+    private fun autoSilencePendingIntent(alarmId: Long): PendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
+        context,
+        AlarmIntents.REQUEST_AUTO_SILENCE,
+        Intent(context, AlarmFireReceiver::class.java).apply {
+            action = AlarmIntents.ACTION_AUTO_SILENCE
+            putExtra(AlarmIntents.EXTRA_ALARM_ID, alarmId)
+        },
+        PENDING_INTENT_FLAGS,
+    )
+
+    /** What the system opens when the user taps the status-bar alarm icon. */
+    private fun showPendingIntent(): PendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(
+        context,
+        AlarmIntents.REQUEST_SHOW,
+        Intent(context, AlarmRingActivity::class.java).apply {
+            flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK or Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK
+        },
+        PENDING_INTENT_FLAGS,
+    )
+
+    private companion object {
+        const val PENDING_INTENT_FLAGS: Int =
+            PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT or PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE
+    }
+}