Open Source • Background Tasks: Itoo 🚀

[Jerej]

Oh cool! Finally everything worked!
Thank you very much!!!

[Jerej]

Hello everyone!
I bring to your attention a working project for periodically listening to temperature measured remotely. And most importantly, the application has been tested and works in the BACKGROUND!!!
We receive the temperature from a command sent via BLE.
In this project, the polling frequency is set to 1 minute - 60000 ms.
command sent from the application to the receiving side: "i". You can ask yours! Please also figure out where to enter the Bluetooth ID.
A text-to-speech module is also connected. In the language of default.
God's help!
BLE_WEATHER_ground.aia (261.5 KB)

[Jimis]

@Taifun

Do you get a notification?
You also could check logcat to probably find out if there is an error...

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Taifun

I tried logging.
log.txt (202.7 KB)

[Taifun]

@Jimis

tried logging.

There is an issue in the notification style extension

I looked again at your blocks from here Open Source • Background Tasks: Itoo - #403 by Jimis

The argument x in your NotificationACK procedure should be renamed to nameAction

Also in the background there is no user interface and therefore also no notifier... replace the notifier in the NotificationACK procedure by a notification from the notification style extension

And wait for a new version from @Kumaraswamy as mentioned earlier

@Kumaraswamy

The problem has been identified and has been scheduled as a fix for next update

Taifun

[Jerej]

Hello!
Improved application stability and commented out some blocks.
And, most importantly, after requesting and receiving data via BLE, we turn it off. And before receiving a new timer, turn it on again! That is, BLE does not waste energy, which corresponds to its purpose! I saw threads where someone wanted to do this!
The polling frequency in the application is set to 30 seconds. You can change it as you wish.
BLE_WEATHER_V1.2.aia (268.0 KB)

[Kumaraswamy]

Itoo 4

• Bug fixes and improvements

• Broadcasting from App to Background service and vice-versa is now possible

  

  • Any message sent from the background service will be received by this event

• StoreProperty now uses object serialization like TinyDB — making it possible to store any kind of App Inventor data type

• Breaking change — adds valueIfTagNotThere socket to set the default return value

  

• Fixes service conflicts, earlier when you tried to run two Itoo services, only one of them would run, this is now fixed.

• Fixes permission requesting problem — now the framework ignores any permission requests made in the background

• Fix starting an activity from background, like (Taifun Alarm's Set Alarm block), while there are still certain limits — extension returns default result okay code.

Download: xyz.kumaraswamy.itoo.aix (66.8 KB)

[Kumaraswamy]

Itoo extension is now open-source under GPL V3 License

GitHub - theItoO/itoo

[worldbestacorn]

im using Itoo extension that can make background process.
but i can't figure out where i have to attach it

[Kumaraswamy]

@worldbestacorn

im using Itoo extension that can make background process.

Hi you need to use CreateProcess and not CreateTask to create a process.
And you can ignore the result of CreateProcess

[worldbestacorn]

thank you. it solved my problem

[Know_About_IT]

Excellent update, and that too for free ! You're a charm for the community.

[VinicioAltamirano]

Alguien por favor me dice
Porque mi extension no tiene el bloque CreateWithTrigger?

[Kumaraswamy]

Maybe you have not updated the extension

[Carlo_l]

Hello,
i have a problem with start the process in background.
If call the web1.get from button its works ( i see the get request on the server)
but in the process background the requast not run
where am I wrong?
i would like to run the request every minute and update the label with response content

Sorry for my English and thanks forward

[nishyanthkumar]

There is no condition attached to the if block, so the actions inside of it (the Itoo.CreateProcess block) will not be run. Also, the block to call the send_get procedure should be in the Clock1.Timer event.

[Carlo_l]

sorry, is a misprint.
But the result does not change if the block to call the "send_get" is in the "Clock1.Timer" event.
is correct?

[Kumaraswamy]

Hi, please ask it in the Kodular community. Create a new topic there. I'll answer you there.

[Carlo_l]

Thanks, i have Awaiting Approval in the community from greater then 24 ore .

I'll wait

[Taifun]

you have to Register the Clock1.Timer event inside the get_notis procedure

there is no such event as notis, the clock does only have a Timer event...

also you should register the Web1.GotText event and define a corresponding procedure to receive the response

Taifun

[Carlo_l]

hi, i have tested with MIT, but i get the same result. i tested with your information but the request not run.
I haven't added any more code blocks for now.
I see the backend server logs to understand if the request was sent.
Obviously with the button1 the request arrives on the server