SDK Request: Timer to wake up widget in background

Hi Monkey Team,

We have seen a number of cases - not least My Timer Widget - where it would be very useful if a widget can set up a timer even when it is not active.

Currently, all timers are terminated when the widget is left, which means it is not possible to make widgets like

timers and alarms
activity reminders (something more advanced than the current)
meeting reminders
nutrient reminders
etc, etc

The interface could be very simple - e.g. "Application.wakeup(time)" - and the performance price would be very low if the current logic for the native alarms could be reused/extended.

Former Member over 10 years ago

Yes, this would be very cool coupled with the JSON Communications.

You could easily create Widgets/Apps to reach out and find out your training calendar/iCal etc and set wakeup reminders.

Once setup it would mean your smartwatch really would be smart about when you woke-up for that training run.

Brandon.ConnectIQ over 10 years ago

This is another feature constrained by resources, but something we'd eventually like to do. I think it's okay for me to say that we have designs for something like this already on the books, and if we could have done this we probably would have already. ;) Unfortunately, we will have to wait until some of our hardware limitations relax a little.