[Feature Request] Access to WatchUi.pushView from Background

I'd like to develop custom alarm application for Garmin watch. To trigger the alarm I'd like to check if enough time passed in background service (`ServiceDelegate`), yet I see an error that I cannot access `WatchUi` from a background process. This would allow to open an app - without asking user to open the app - and trigger the alarm efficiently.

If there is workaround for that (I am interested in triggering an alarm when app is not displayed, from background process) -- I am happy to implement

flocsy🤠 over 1 year ago

This seems to make sense: background is everything without UI, and as the name suggests pushView is about views.

For a workaround have a look at AppBase.onBackgroundData()

8034324 over 1 year ago in reply to flocsy🤠

The onBackgrounData has following description:

When the Background process terminates, a data payload may be available. If the main application is active when this occurs, the data will be passed directly to the application's onBackgroundData() method. If the main application is not active, the data will be saved until the next time the application is launched and will be passed to the application after the onStart() method completes

This implies that alarm functionality cannot be realized. I believe this significantly reduces our ability to develop great apps. Like a "natural feeling" alarm app.

8034324 over 1 year ago

It seems like similar feature was request 9 years ago - forums.garmin.com/.../developing-an-improved-alarm-clock

jim_m_58 over 1 year ago in reply to 8034324

A background service has no view/view stack. Also, it can run at most once every 5 minutes. Your main app knows the time, Why are you even trying to use a background?

You may want to look at Background.requestApplicationWake.

Also, the firmware will already allow setting an alarm and being notified when that happens, so why do it in your app?

8034324 over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

It is an alarm app, so I do not want user to have it open all the time (or during night time), that experience is very annoying.

I'd like to have "ensure you are awake" feature - for example, to disable the alarm you need to swing your arm, or raise your HR.

jim_m_58 over 1 year ago in reply to 8034324

Sounds like you want to do things you really can't do in CIQ. Based on your configured sleep time, DND may be involved and from a CIQ app you can't change your sleep times or control DND

_psx_ over 1 year ago

Theoretically possible but

- a lot of work

- not for all watches

- battery draining

- 5 minutes slot for alarm

and I'm not sure if it is possible practically because I haven't tested it (I also thought about writing smart alarm)

Max Wood 2 months ago in reply to _psx_

I conclude that this is not technically possible at this time:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/387721/is-it-possible-to-unconditionally-wake-up-my-app-from-the-background-service?pifragment-1298=2#pifragment-1298=3

_psx_ 2 months ago in reply to Max Wood

nothing was changed, theoretically possible