Open Source • Background Tasks: Itoo 🚀

[Randal_Andress]

@Kumaraswamy

I'll write a new notifications extension if possible next month.

I think that would be quite nice ... and I know you'd rather work on that than prep for exams but "nose to the grindstone" (pardon the English idiom)

@Kumaraswamy

You mean live communication or communication by constantly reading/writing? Both are possible.

I have employed FetchProperty and StoreProperty successfully....What I am stumbling on is the "live communication".

@Kumaraswamy

Check the RegisterBroadcast, Broadcast, UnregisterBroadcast blocks for live communication ...

Yes, I must investigate this.

My concern is that, while the blocking behavior would guarantee synchronization of communication, I would expect to need a "timeout" parameter, so that user inattention could not indefinitely hang the cyclical monitor (Timer). But I need to use these to see how they work. Thanks for the suggestion.

I think I have found an example here that uses Broadcast:

Detailed guide for creating a background music player with #Itoo

Music Player This guide showcases the use of itoo for creating a foreground music player application Blocks Summary [Blocks] Above is the summary of the project, the blocks inside the border are of the foreground service, i.e. they run independently (closing/reopening app would not have any affect on them) Explanation [Component 2(1)] We can categorize services into two types: background (invisible to the user) and foreground (user-visible). We've chosen to use a foreground service. This…

I'll see what I can come up with ...

Kind regards,
Randal