Re: [android-developers] Re: AlarmManager with alarm icon

[Marcin Orlowski]

On 19 January 2011 20:25, Dianne Hackborn  wrote:

> We haven't yet figured out an API to allow third party apps to do this in a 
>sane way, so there is a

Side note: if you'd be adding API for this please consider adding a
way to keep (left ones in this case) notification icons in "permanent"
order. Sometimes I got icons A B C and when other notification appear,
are cleared etc the order changes and it's i.e. B C A. My app uses
notification icon all the time (say like battery indicator etc do) and
far too many users asked if I could make my icon stick to the left
most part of notification area. Would be nice if I could do that in
the clean way (or the user could)

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Re: [android-developers] Re: AlarmManager with alarm icon

[Marcin Orlowski]

On 19 January 2011 18:32, Andy Savage  wrote:
> It's not a notification as far as I can tell. It appears on the RIGHT

Ah, my bad. Seems I thought of the other right ;)

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Re: [android-developers] Re: AlarmManager with alarm icon

[Dianne Hackborn]

Note that when you see a raw string like that
("android.intent.action.ALARM_CHANGED"
and "alarmSet"), warning bells should be going off in your head that this is
using private APIs.

And indeed this is.

If you use this, don't be surprised if it breaks in the future on randomly
doesn't work on some devices.

Some background on this: application notifications are supposed to go on the
left side of the status bar.  However, the UI designers really really really
wanted the "alarm set" icon to be on the right.  We haven't yet figured out
an API to allow third party apps to do this in a sane way, so there is a
private facility for the built-in alarm clock to do it.

If/when a public API ever appears for this, it will very much not be in its
currently implemented form, and any apps relying on these private
implementation details will break.

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Andy Savage  wrote:

> Good plan, I didn't think of that. In case anyone is searching for
> this solution in the future, the in built alarm sets the icon by
> broadcasting an intent. I acheived this with the following code:
>
>protected void setStatusBarIcon(boolean enabled) {
>Intent alarmChanged = new
> Intent("android.intent.action.ALARM_CHANGED");
>alarmChanged.putExtra("alarmSet", enabled);
>sendBroadcast(alarmChanged);
>}
>
> (Done within the scope an Activity, else you will need to pass a
> Context).
>
>
> On Jan 19, 6:18 pm, TreKing  wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Andy Savage 
> wrote:
> > > Both "Klaxon" and "Alarm Clock Plus" do this (Both have free
> > > versions available on market if you want to take a look).
> >
> > So it does. I would grab the built-in alarm source code and see what it's
> > doing. I'd bet that's what they did.
> >
> >
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[android-developers] Re: AlarmManager with alarm icon

[Andy Savage]

Good plan, I didn't think of that. In case anyone is searching for
this solution in the future, the in built alarm sets the icon by
broadcasting an intent. I acheived this with the following code:

protected void setStatusBarIcon(boolean enabled) {
Intent alarmChanged = new
Intent("android.intent.action.ALARM_CHANGED");
alarmChanged.putExtra("alarmSet", enabled);
sendBroadcast(alarmChanged);
}

(Done within the scope an Activity, else you will need to pass a
Context).


On Jan 19, 6:18 pm, TreKing  wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Andy Savage  wrote:
> > Both "Klaxon" and "Alarm Clock Plus" do this (Both have free
> > versions available on market if you want to take a look).
>
> So it does. I would grab the built-in alarm source code and see what it's
> doing. I'd bet that's what they did.
>
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> TreKing  - Chicago
> transit tracking app for Android-powered devices

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Re: [android-developers] Re: AlarmManager with alarm icon

[TreKing]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Andy Savage  wrote:

> Both "Klaxon" and "Alarm Clock Plus" do this (Both have free
> versions available on market if you want to take a look).
>

So it does. I would grab the built-in alarm source code and see what it's
doing. I'd bet that's what they did.

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[android-developers] Re: AlarmManager with alarm icon

[Andy Savage]

Both "Klaxon" and "Alarm Clock Plus" do this (Both have free versions
available on market if you want to take a look).

On Jan 19, 5:49 pm, TreKing  wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Andy Savage  wrote:
> > It's not a notification as far as I can tell. It appears on the RIGHT
> > hand side next to the time (Along with the other "in built" icons,
> > such as battery, connectivity etc). It doesn't appear in the app
> > specific list of notifications on the LEFT, or the notification drop
> > down list, or have associated text.
>
> What app(s) do(es) this? Sounds like a hack.
>
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Re: [android-developers] Re: AlarmManager with alarm icon

[TreKing]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Andy Savage  wrote:

> It's not a notification as far as I can tell. It appears on the RIGHT
> hand side next to the time (Along with the other "in built" icons,
> such as battery, connectivity etc). It doesn't appear in the app
> specific list of notifications on the LEFT, or the notification drop
> down list, or have associated text.
>

What app(s) do(es) this? Sounds like a hack.

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[android-developers] Re: AlarmManager with alarm icon

[Andy Savage]

It's not a notification as far as I can tell. It appears on the RIGHT
hand side next to the time (Along with the other "in built" icons,
such as battery, connectivity etc). It doesn't appear in the app
specific list of notifications on the LEFT, or the notification drop
down list, or have associated text.

On Jan 19, 5:27 pm, Marcin Orlowski  wrote:
> On 19 January 2011 18:19, Andy Savage  wrote:
>
> > I'm setting wake up alarms for a custom app using
> > AlarmManager.set(). This correctly registers an "alarm" and the
> > app is launched at the desired time. It doesn't however give a visual
> > alarm indicator in the notification bar (RIGHT hand side, next to the
> > time).
>
> AlarmManager is for alarms. Not alarms + icons + shower + cofee :)
>
> > How do I set this?
>
> http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications
>
> > I have seen 3rd party alarm apps which trigger this icon to display.
> > They also cause a toast along the lines of "Alarm scheduled for x
> > hours from now", which may be part of the process. Obviously it's
> > quite easy to generate that toast manually, but I'm wondering if that
> > is integrated too?
>
> If it's easy why should it be integrated? To make more problems in
> case you do *not* want it? Framework/OS gives you single bricks,
> not whole walls. And it should be that way, for many reasons incl.
> fexibility.

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