Feature request: notification of TCP/IP disconnect

[MoTLD]

Thanks for the awesome program! I've been using APRSdroid for a good while now, and it seems to have every feature I could desire of it (except maybe simultaneous TCP/IP and TNC connections, but I know that's a big ask).

But today I got out of range of the wifi, and when I got back it didn't reconnect automatically; for some reason it was no longer tracking, usually it keeps tracking at least and reconnects when I get back in range. So it occurred to me to check if I could turn on a notification that the TCP/IP connection had been lost, but it doesn't appear I can. Any chance that an option could be added to send a notification when tracking has stopped for any reason besides manually pressing the stop tracking button?

Thanks and 73!

[ge0rg]

The normal logic is to retry connecting every 30 seconds, and the only possible reason I can see for it stopping is when Android runs out of memory.

APRSdroid would be restarted after that, but it has a special case handling of the perceived "first start" where it will abort immediately if there is no internet connection.

What you can do is to download APRSdroid Speaker, this is a companion app that will use text-to-speech to inform you of any APRSdroid events. It can be configured to track connection losses (those are "APRSdroid events").

[MoTLD]

Yup, that sounds exactly right, I have an old memory-constrained machine and likely APRSdroid got unloaded, and when it reloaded it seems the first start handling logic caused it to abort the connection.

I'll give APRSdroid Speaker a try, I don't want the tts because I usually run in vibrate anyway, but as long as it can pop up a notification so I see it on my Pebble, I'm good. Thanks!

[MoTLD]

Is there any way to prioritize APRSdroid's tracking thread within Android so that it doesn't get unloaded when the system runs low on memory, or is that sort of low-level stuff inaccessible short of a custom kernel? My device is rooted (running CM11) if that helps.

I suppose if it was exposed to app developers, most apps would just set themselves to the do-not-unload priority and the memory management would be useless...

[ge0rg]

The regular way on Android is the "foreground service", for which you see the permanent notification. I fear there is not much more that can be done, except for not opening other apps while you are tracking...