Open Source • Background Tasks: Itoo 🚀

[Damiano_Zedda]

Hey, i made an extension with chatgpt that has a singular event that checks the device's time and triggers a notification at a certain time and it seems to be working. How do i integrate this with itoo? Should i use foreground or background?

[Taifun]

@Damiano_Zedda

singular event that checks the device's time and triggers a notification at a certain time

Usually you would use the alarmmanager of the device to get triggered at the defined time... my alarmmanager extension does exactly that... App Inventor Extensions: Alarm Manager | Pura Vida Apps
That solution is battery friendly and does not need itoo to get triggered...

Other solutions drain the battery, because these have to check regularly, if it is already time to trigger the alarm.... choose your solution wisely...

Taifun

[Damiano_Zedda]

i might buy your extension if i fail to build mine that simply has to trigger notification style, but i don't have Paypal available rn, and i would prefer not to pay in cryptocurrency, could you setup something like a Stripe account?

[TIMAI2]

itoo Push Notification Examples for ALL!

I am pleased to provide below a few examples of how you can use the excellent itoo extension by @Kumaraswamy to generate push notifications for your apps, using dataChanged or timer events. These examples have all been tested on Android 13 (Google Pixel 4a) as compiled apps, and use the sky 4.2 version of the itoo extension, dated 2024-07-05, and version 2 of the Notification Style extension, dated 2024-06-04. Each example sticks very much to the basics, sending simple text notifications, and…

[FabianAppinventor]

Hello, I update itto to the latest 4.2 but the problem continue with android 14 U1TDS34.94-12-7-6 in moto g54 5G,
when I click on Start buton I get a simple error saying my app "keeps crashing"
with itoo 4.0 and 4.1 the app opens and closes immediately

but working fine in android 10 and 11

itoo_TextToSpeach_03.aia (82.7 KB)

TKS in advance

[Taifun]

@FabianAppinventor

update itto to the latest 4.2

The latsst version currently is 4.3, see also

itoo Push Notification Examples for ALL!

For now, use this update v4.3:

Taifun

[FabianAppinventor]

With 4.3 the app works ok
TKS !

[OmegaBits]

Hi @Kumaraswamy, Thanks a lot for your great work, now I am planning to create an app to check wifi when connected if it asks for login details or not, I have created a background task which is to send notification when wifi is connected to any network when the app is closed and once you click on the notification the app opens, unfortunately it is failing to accomplish the task in the background though it shows that it is working but nothing happens and when I try the same in the UI it works normally when I close and open wifi or toggle it the required notification appears normally, I don't know what is the problem.

TestBackgroundTask.aia (301.1 KB)

[Kumaraswamy]

Hi, what version of Notification Style extension you are using? Make sure it is the latest one, because the old ones dont work.

[Taifun]

Add sone debug statements is procedure NetworkConnected to log network status... you then can check using logcat

Capturing Device Logs using adb logcat

ADB is a command-line utility that that can be used to control your device over USB from a computer. It will allow you to install / uninstall and or view logs on your device. This could be very handy when there are issues with a specific app and you like to view the logs for information that may lead to identify the cause of error. In this post, we’ll discuss how to install and use ADB. Installation: ADB comes with Android SDK. However, you can download ONLY the ADB files from HERE . Download…

Taifun

[OmegaBits]

Hi @Taifun , @Kumaraswamy
I tried to upgrade NotificationStyle extension but not working in background too and i download logcat app but no error appear on device logs

also I tried a simple project as doing a notification every 15 seconds from background but not working too

extensions versions for Itoo 4.2 and for NotificationStyle 1.8

What's strange to me is that the basic notification for (Itoo.CreateProcess) shows me that it's running normally in the background but something is making it not call the procedure (starter2) and I think the same thing is happening with (Itoo.RegisterEvent) and it's not the problem with the (NotificationٍStyle) extension or (Network_Tools) from frist project.

Anyway, I'm not sure what the problem is or where it lies in this case. I trust you to be able to guide me to the solution.

Thanks a lot for all.

[Taifun]

@OmegaBits

and i download logcat ap

Logcat apps do not work
Follow this guide

Capturing Device Logs using adb logcat

ADB is a command-line utility that that can be used to control your device over USB from a computer. It will allow you to install / uninstall and or view logs on your device. This could be very handy when there are issues with a specific app and you like to view the logs for information that may lead to identify the cause of error. In this post, we’ll discuss how to install and use ADB. Installation: ADB comes with Android SDK. However, you can download ONLY the ADB files from HERE . Download…

@OmegaBits

versions for Itoo 4.2

The latest version is 4.3

Open Source • Background Tasks: Itoo

The latsst version currently is 4.3, see also Taifun

Taifun

[Kumaraswamy]

Check the notification extension you are using:

Extension: Modified Notification Style to support Android 12 and above

Modified version of Notification Style Extension By @Jarlissonlira2, adds support for Android >= 12 Refer to the original topic for documentation: Fork of the extension: github.com/XomaDev/NotificationStyleAIX License (MIT) and modified sources (rush): rush-compatible/notification-style [component_event(5)] [component_method(17)] [component_method(16)] New permission blocks for Android Tiramisu (for >= 33). android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Make sure to ask the permission if th…

and use Itoo v4.3 (check Taifun's above)

[Jimis]

I think there is an issue with Itoo extension with Android 14. I tried running the Music Player example with the latest Itoo v4.3 extension (needed some changes since the example was based on an old Itoo version)

Specifically the Itoo.BroadcastEvent is not firing. Can someone check if my code blocks are ok ?

ItooMusic_test_v4_3.aia (4.2 MB)

[Jimis]

@ [Kumaraswamy] are you planning on testing this on Android 14 ? Or someone with Android 14

[Kumaraswamy]

I will soon publish an update addressing this issue.

[Kumaraswamy]

Itoo Sky 4.3.1

• Added option to specify foreground service type, as required by latest versions of Android

• Bug fixes and support for Android 14

xyz.kumaraswamy.itoo.aix (81.5 KB)

[otniel]

thank you

[MengeneeringSoft]

Hi,
with the last extension version is possible to manage Location Sensor events (locationSensor.LocationChanged) and Texting events (Texting.Messagereceived) on Android 14 ?

thank you