Open Source • Background Tasks: Itoo 🚀

[Kumaraswamy]

That's not what I mean, I do not have all the time to go through your blocks. If you require help, you need to make it very easy for me to help you. Like reducing the number of blocks. Also make sure you have completely read the first post.

[Kumaraswamy]

Itoo Sky 4.4.0

• Ability — Call background procedures from UI
  Once a background service is started, you can call a procedure to run in background.

  

• Ability — Call UI procedures from background.
  Now you can call to update user interface while in background, if your app is open
  Wait, what are the requirements?

  

  Carefully notice the above blocks.
  We are registering the Timer event of Clock1 and we keep track of the counts and increment it by 1 each time the Clock1_Timer is called.
  Then we call the procedure ui_update from the background that will update the count in the label.
  So whenever you need to call a procedure to user interface, the procedure name must start with prefix ui_.

• Ability — Automatic event resolution system
  Beginning from this update, you do not necessarily need to register for events using the RegisterEvent block. From now, Itoo will try to search for a procedure using the naming convention ComponentName_EventName and call the procedure if it exists.

  

  Demonstrating automatic event registration for Timer event of Clock1.

• Behavior — Now when you click the notification, by default it opens the application. (Screen1)

V4.4.0 xyz.kumaraswamy.itoo.aix (91.1 KB)

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[Taifun]

Great update!

Concerning the example

@Kumaraswamy

Ability — Call background procedures from UI
Once a background service is started, you can call a procedure to run in background.

Wouldn't it be possible to call Player1.Stop directly from the user interface to stop the music?

Taifun

[Kumaraswamy]

Hi Taifun, we cannot directly call Player1.Stop from the user interface. We first have to route the call through a background (environment) procedure and then call Player1.Stop.

This is because there are two environments.

1. Background environment (managed by Itoo) which provides background execution.
2. Normal App Inventor environment.

Both of the environments run isolated from each other.

So, when we call Player1.Stop from the user interface, we here are accessing the Player component that is managed by the default environment.

But if we were to route this call through a background procedure, now we are accessing the Player component managed by Itoo.

So it looks like we only have one Player1 that exists. But this isnt true. There are two versions of Player1, one that exists in the normal environment and one that exists in the Itoo environment (background process).

[Jimis]

Hi I'm trying to display a notification while the app is in the background and when I click the notification it will open the app. The counting (calling the notification) doesn't seem to work. Any ideas?
Preferably I would like the user to click action buttons but let's just take it the simple way.

testNotification(1).aia (126.3 KB)

[Kumaraswamy]

Refer to Notification Style extension docs for that:

[FREE] Notification Style: extension with various types of notification

1. Introduction Extension name: Notification Style The Notification Style extension carries many built-in notification features like BigText, LargeIcon, BigPicture, SmallIcon, MediaStyle, MessageStyle. That way, you won't be so limited in talking to the user. Latest Version: 1.3 Released: 2020-06-06T04:35:00Z (UTC) Last Updated: 2020-07-04T19:24:00Z (UTC) 2. Designer Properties [image] 3. Blocks [component_event (12)] [component_event (13)] [component_event (14)] [component_method (47)…

[Taifun]

Generally fill all sockets

Taifun

[Jimis]

Yes I found that. Fixed also the variable needed for the Itoo procedure (always forget that) but still it's not working.
I don't even see the "Starting" notification

[Taifun]

It is your procedure Notification, which requires the x, not your ClockTimer procedure

EDIT: also remove the method from procedure Notification... it will not work like that, because post notification permission still has not been granted there

Taifun

[Jimis]

ok I just saw you edit. I misplaced the X variable

[Chandrakant_Sanap]

i have the tested "shake and send sms "project in mit app .
i need it to convert it to background task with some fee.shall i send .aia and .apk files so that u can quote.

[Taifun]

@Chandrakant_Sanap

send sms

See again my answer from here

Open Source • Background Tasks: Itoo

It is not possible to send sms in the background To do this, your app needs to be in the foreground Alternatively use an API to send sms in the background, for example Twilio... SMS API | Twilio Also to be able to receive location changes in the background, you need background location permission... the locationservice extension is able to do this... Taifun

Taifun

[otniel]

Great update! thank you

[Jimis]

Hi
I'm trying to add a button to the Notification example above and it doesn't work. I can't see the notification at all. If this works I will try to add the button capture in Itoo using the "NotificationButton" procedure.

[Kumaraswamy]

HI, can you please post your AIA? I'll look at it later.

[Jimis]

thanks
testNotification.aia (126.9 KB)

[Jimis]

Hi @Kumaraswamy ,

Did you have time to look at it ?

[Kumaraswamy]

I am very sorry, I fell sick for last two days, I'll look at it when I'm better.

[Peter]

Take good care of yourself. Hopefully you feel better again soon.

[Jimis]

Take your time, feel better