[FREE] Pedometer with Foreground Service

[Mario1]

Modification of the extension prepared for sdk31

Versión 3

es.mariosoft.AcePedometer.aix (50.0 KB)

AceSteps.aia (57.0 KB)

Un saludo y buena suerte

[SteveJG]

Thanks Mario. However I get on start

on my Android 12 using your version 3 aia example. Any ideas?

Edit: this happens in Companion (read your post #2, thanks... seems to work using apk. but time is not correct..will work on that.

--Steve

[Taifun]

@SteveJG

but time is not correct

Yes, I can confirm that
This already has been reported here

[FREE] Pedometer with Foreground Service

Hello, thanks for app. Time in notification is 2 hours longer: [Screenshot_20220328-180903]

For me the difference is 17 hours

Taifun

[Mario1]

I think the time issue is fixed, it seems to work fine now

I upload the extension again and aia

es.mariosoft.AcePedometer.aix (49.8 KB)

AceSteps.aia (56.8 KB)

Un saludo

[Taifun]

I installed the latest version, but I still have an issue with the time... it starts with 17:00:00, see screenshot... I'm located in Costa Rica, which is GMT-6...

EDIT: some more Screenshots, a new day

Starting from 8am it looks more reasonable

Taifun

[Mario1]

New version 4

Much of the code is rewritten.

First of all to adapt the notifications to the new versions of Android

The way of formatting the time that gave errors in previous versions has been modified

The management of the database is no longer carried out by the service and is carried out from the application itself in the aia file, there is an example of how to do it.

Due to this the following blocks disappear:

The following blocks also disappear because they are no longer needed

The extension no longer uses WAKE_LOCK, to manage Doze mode, and needs Battery usage to be "Unrestricted" so that no steps are missed.

At the beginning of the App, a dialog box will open for you to manage this theme and will take you to its corresponding configuration

New blocks have been added to facilitate making a sports application

With these two blocks, it allows the application to notify us in a spoken way every X steps of the steps and time we have taken, as well as of each kilometer or mile traveled

And with these blocks it allows us to send a toast message and know what the language of our phone is

I hope you like it and that you serve as a beta tester

Un saludo y Buena Suerte

es.mariosoft.AcePedometer.aix (52.5 KB)

AceSteps.aia (62.1 KB)

[SteveJG]

Thanks for your efforts Mario.

Version 4 AceSteps aia is not working. Here is screen shot of the apk loaded on a Samsung A13 Android 12.

@Mario1

I hope you like it and that you serve as a beta tester

The pedometer does not count (does not increment steps); Time does not increment. It is just not working. The problem just might be the A13. Previous versions 'worked' with missed steps and time issues.

--Steve

[Anke]

@Mario1

The extension no longer uses WAKE_LOCK, to manage Doze mode, and needs Battery usage to be "Unrestricted" so that no steps are missed.

Why would (disabling) battery optimization be needed when using a Foreground service?

[Mario1]

Because if you don't do it at a certain time android sleeps the service and stops counting steps, if you put it "No Restrictions" android never sleeps the service, battery consumption is insignificant

[Mario1]

You have configured the battery optimization to "No Restrictions", if you do not do it, the service will not start.

If you use the "Sensor Detector", check that you have authorized the "ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION" permission

[Anke]

@Mario1

if you don't do it at a certain time android sleeps the service and stops counting steps, if you put it "No Restrictions" android never sleeps the service, battery consumption is insignificant

But disabling battery optimization is not allowed in the Play Store.
You can try looping and playing a silent (short) sound with the Player component to prevent Doze mode using a Foreground service.

See here.

[Mario1]

The extension itself does not disable battery optimization, that has to be done by the user of the app, the extension only indicates where to do it.

[Kumaraswamy]

@Anke

Why would (disabling) battery optimization be needed when using a Foreground service?

All devices behave unfortunately, the stock android devices run fine, but some devices does not, they stop any kind of foreground service within 12 - 11 hours even if high priority is set.

[Kumaraswamy]

@Anke

See here.

He inst talking about this one, there is one more kind of feature to disable the battery optimization.

[Anke]

@Kumaraswamy

there is one more kind of feature to disable the battery optimization

Ok but I think it's not required when using my approach. Also, this failed for me (on my Galaxy Note8) when trying to keep a timer alive.

[SteveJG]

@Mario1

You have configured the battery optimization to "No Restrictions", if you do not do it, the service will not start. The dialog box to set no restriction did not automatically appear.

For me, this had to be done using the System settings. When I set it manually to unrestricted

the apk works Thank you.

@Mario1

If you use the "Sensor Detector", check that you have authorized the "ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION" permission

Will try this later (not sure I use the Sensor Detector ' the Sensor Detector of steps that some devices carry.'

@Mario1

The extension no longer uses WAKE_LOCK, to manage Doze mode, and needs Battery usage to be

"Unrestricted" so that no steps are missed.

At the beginning of the App, a dialog box will open for you to manage this theme and will take you to its corresponding configuration

I'll continue to experiment

[Tahir]

Reset feature not working

[marchtech]

my app force close when start extension

[Taifun]

@marchtech

force close

Does the example app work for you?
To help the developer of the extension please provide the following information

1. the Android device and Android version you are using for your tests

2. a logcat output

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Thank you

Taifun

[Chess_Jacob]

Are we going to have an update for this?