Background events

[Cristiano_Stefani]

@Taifun

Usually you do not want a persistent notification being displayed for the user while your background process is running, which is required for itoo

Also usually you want to keep battery usage of your device as low as possible... a process running in the background to compare regularly if it is already time to send a notification drains your battery...

That's why usually you would use the alarmmanager functionality of the Android operating system to get triggered at the given time. My paid alarmmanager extension would be able to help...

Many thanks for your patience...

I'm posting an image of the blocks that currently analyze events and report them via a standard notification...

How can I make alerts appear in the background?
If possible, even with push notifications...
Thanks again

[Cristiano_Stefani]

Many thanks for your patience...

I'm posting an image of the blocks that currently analyze events and report them via a standard notification...

How can I make alerts appear in the background?
If possible, even with push notifications...
Thanks again

[Cristiano_Stefani]

...These are the blocks I made following your instructions, but nothing happens... Maybe I did something wrong?

[Gino_Enzini]

There are iToo push notifications , or Mellon notifications of Kumaraswamy ...

[Cristiano_Stefani]

Hello Gino (are you italian?);

Today I installed the ITOO extension and I'm trying to understand how it works... So far I haven't been able to use it properly...

[Taifun]

You forgot argument x in your main procedure
Also what is component Orolstante? You never use it?
I could not check procedure data, because the screenshot is of bad quality

To get an image of your blocks, right click in the Blocks Editor and select "Download Blocks as Image". You might want to use an image editor to crop etc. if required. Then post it here in the community.

Taifun

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[Taifun]

@Cristiano_Stefani

So far I haven't been able to use it properly...

Start simple and follow the tips in the first post of the itoo thread Open Source • Background Tasks: Itoo 🚀

Taifun

[Taifun]

@Gino_Enzini

iToo push notifications

Itoo has nothing to do with push notifications
Please use the correct terms to not confuse others

Taifun

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Push Notifications:

• ​Definition: These are messages sent from a remote server to a user's device.

• ​Mechanism: They rely on a push notification service (like Apple Push Notification Service or Firebase Cloud Messaging) to deliver the message to the user's device. This means the app doesn't have to be open for the user to receive the notification.

• ​Purpose: They are used for a variety of purposes, including sending breaking news alerts, social media updates, promotional offers, or transactional messages (e.g., a shipping confirmation).

• ​Key Characteristic: The decision to send the notification is initiated by an external server, not by an action happening locally on the user's device.

[Gino_Enzini]

Hello , Cristiano . Thank you for your patience , and execuse me for my error . I suggest you one thing : If you want to help us , click " Il tasto destro del mouse " and select " Download blocks as image " , so that we can help you better ( And , yes ... I am italian )

[Cristiano_Stefani]

@Taifun

You forgot argument x in your main procedure
Also what is component Orolstante? You never use it?
I could not check procedure data, because the screenshot is of bad quality

Good morning;

OroIstante is the Timer component that I renamed. I'm sorry for the quality of the screenshots; unfortunately, the sequence of blocks was very large, so I had to enlarge the image. It's "x" because I also saw in your blocks that it had been left that way...

[Cristiano_Stefani]

@Gino_Enzini

Hello , Cristiano . Thank you for your patience , and execuse me for my error . I suggest you one thing : If you want to help us , click " Il tasto destro del mouse " and select " Download blocks as image " , so that we can help you better ( And , yes ... I am italian )

Good morning, and thank you...
Thanks especially for the right-click tip: I didn't know you could do that... I'll do it right away! Thanks again

[Cristiano_Stefani]

Good morning :).

At Gino_Enzini's suggestion, I'm posting the blocks for you in a more readable format.

Thank you for your patience and helpfulness...

[Taifun]

@Cristiano_Stefani

I'm posting the blocks for you in a more readable format

Why are you posting everything twice? I now removed the duplicate pist

Read again my previous answer and fix your blocks

@Taifun

You forgot argument x in your main procedure

@Cristiano_Stefani

OroIstante is the Timer component that I renamed

So you now have 2 timer? Orolstante and Clock1?

Taifun

[Gino_Enzini]

This link may help :

Notifications and background activity

hey guys , I am making an application that shows on android panel a notification like whatsapp notifications - for example , and shows that notifications even if the screen is off , and I want my application to be working in background. I've found this link that shows an extension my problem is I tried so much , and I couldn't find out how to use this extension , or maybe I didn't get a notification. Note: I am using android 13 , and I am using mit companion

[Gino_Enzini]

https://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/content/alertme.html

[Taifun]

@Gino_Enzini

This link may help

This thread is s nice example of how to get lost... at post 75 we were again at the beginning

Also the example is a bit outdated, because it uses the old NotificationStyle extension, which meanwhile has been replaced by MelonNotification

And the alert me example contributed by @Gino_Enzini is an old App Inventor Classic project (which is around 12 years old), almost as old as @Gino_Enzini himself... and that project is about receiving a text message in the background...

My best advice I already have given here: Background events - #3 by Taifun

Taifun

[Gino_Enzini]

Ok . My error ... @Cristiano_Stefani , I'll make an application from scratch and I'll send that to you in this " chat " . But for now I sughest you one thing : Create the app like you want , and for the push notifications we will think later

[Taifun]

@Gino_Enzini

I want a quick response

sorry but no

@Gino_Enzini

Can be @Taifun so kind to share his extension

you might be able to find a sponsor to purchase the extension... ask your parents...
thank you

Taifun

[Gino_Enzini]

@Cristiano_Stefani , penso che ho trovato la soluzione : installa
alarm12.aia (13.6 KB) sul tuo computer ( Progetto di @Taifun ) . Poi vai su https://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu ed entra col tuo account . Allora clicca sul menu' a tendina " Progetti " e clicca su " Importa progetto ( .aia ) dal mio computer ... " e testa quest'esempio di app , che fa quello che hai chiesto tu all' inizio

@Cristiano_Stefani

Notifiers that alert me of the event and ask whether to repeat the alert after 10 minutes or dismiss it.

P.S. :

Se ti ho aiutato , metti questo come answer

[Gino_Enzini]

Solved?