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 app which > will alert the user periodically on their ios device, even though the app is > not running in the foreground? > > For example, the user runs the app and sets it to remind them twice daily to > do a specific task. How can this reminder be implemented? > > Some ideas: > > - push notification (is this fairly easy to implement?) > - having an external server send SMS messages to the user's device on the > specified time interval > - something similar to the way various ios Alarm clock apps work... but I > don't know if this can be implemented through LC. > > Thanks. > Richard Miller > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Charles E. Buchwald Charles Buchwald & Friends "Simply better smartphone apps." http://buchwald.ca email: char...@buchwald.ca Skype: charles_buchwald Vancouver • New York City • Mexico DF Member of the 02 Global Network for Sustainable Design • Connect on LinkedIn • Follow me on Twitter • Read my blog • Connect on Facebook Please consider the environment before printing this email. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
