Re: ios options to create time-based reminders or messages

2012-07-14 Thread Colin Holgate
It was introduced with 5.5, and I'm not sure if there is a limit to the amount of text. Too much text in the notification alert or buttons might look ugly, but the payload, that the user doesn't have to see, can be a lot longer. ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: ios options to create time-based reminders or messages

2012-07-14 Thread Richard Miller
Thanks. Seems this functionality is new to LC 5.5. I have 5.0.2 right now, but would upgrade if this can do what I need. I can't read the specific details of this function as of yet. Do you know the maximum length of the alertbody or alertButtonMessage? Thank you. On 7/14/2012 10:45 AM, Coli

Re: ios options to create time-based reminders or messages

2012-07-14 Thread Colin Holgate
No. The alertBody and alertButtonMessage let you give a brief version of the notification, and that will appear at the time it happens, if your app is not open at the time. On Jul 14, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Richard Miller wrote: > It cannot display the actual message until the user presses the "V

Re: ios options to create time-based reminders or messages

2012-07-14 Thread Richard Miller
Thanks. I'm looking into this. At first glance, it appears that... whenever the app is not running... this method will only tell the user that a local notification is waiting to be viewed. It cannot display the actual message until the user presses the "View" button, which then opens the app t

Re: ios options to create time-based reminders or messages

2012-07-14 Thread Colin Holgate
Try local notifications. This is how you set up one notification: mobileCreateLocalNotification alertBody, alertButtonMessage, alertPayload, alertTime, playSound alertTime is the Unix time that you want the alert to happen. See the help entry for more details on the other things. At the time t

Re: ios options to create time-based reminders or messages

2012-07-14 Thread Charles E Buchwald
Check out local notifications, in the iOS release notes, for alarm clock like alarms and messages. Push notifications are non-trivial. SMS would require a connection. - Charles On 2012-07-14, at 8:35 AM, Richard Miller wrote: > What are the options to implement a reminder system in an ios/LC a