Background service: attention at a certain time

Attention isn't available in a background process. What you can do is use requestApplicationWake(), which puts up a message asking if you want to launch the main application, and on some devices is accompanied by a tone/vibe.

Hi Jim,

I will try that out. Thanks for sharing.

Does that work on watchfaces at all? The api doc seems to say no... Is there any other way to get a beep or vibe out of a bg watchface?

There is no way to trigger sound or vibration from a watchface application with the current version of Connect IQ (2.4.2)

There is no way to trigger sound or vibration from a watchface application with the current version of Connect IQ (2.4.2)

any update in 2.4.3? this kind of limitation makes no sense as there are plenty of other annoying bells/vibes from the system (like the move alert ;).

There have been no updates.

If the move alert annoys you, you can turn it off.

There have been no updates.

If the move alert annoys you, you can turn it off.

granted, but my point was annoying alerts already exist, so why can't we add [more useful] alerts to a background watchface?

I turn off the move alert, goal alert, connection alert. With them, there is something on the screen when they occur, so you know what they are

If a background process could vibrate/play a tone while there's nothing shown on the screen (requestApplicationWake() displays on the screen), I wouldn't like it, as in the case of a watch face, the watch face might not even be running with the "attention" happens, and multiple apps could be doing "attention" calls..

there is something on the screen when they occur, so you know what they are

good point, that would be a great addition to the attention interface, but there are still use cases for watchface alerts imo, they can also be disabled in app settings.