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mattvchandler / ProgressBars

Android countdown / timer app
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[feature request] ability to choose between different sound notifications/sound duration #12

Open serpico opened 5 years ago

serpico commented 5 years ago

v.2.0.4 Samsung SM-G361F Android 5.1.1

FWIW I like the app :-)

It'd be great if user could choose between different sound notification, for example in https://github.com/tasks/tasks user can choose between "Ring once", "Ring five times" and "Ring nonstop".

The current sound notification is a little too discreet for my taste, I barely notice it.

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mattvchandler commented 5 years ago

It looks like Tasks does this by repeatedly sending the same notification in a loop, something that Google discourages in the Android developer documentation. On Oreo and up, the system actually suppresses notifications sent in rapid succession like this. I just tested this out w/ tasks on Pie, and 'Ring 5 times' only generates one sound / vibration. Ring nonstop works a little better; they come through every second or so.

I'm on the fence about adding this. If anything I'm leaning more toward having the notification repeat every couple of seconds / minutes / hours (user specified), or maybe an option for a different vibration pattern. I'll leave this open for now, and see how I feel about it after v2.1.0 (coming soon eventually).

In the meantime, if you need to be notified of something urgent, may I suggest turning on your ringer volume? This probably isn't an option for you since you're still running Lollipop, but if you can upgrade to Oreo or newer, you'll have the option of assigning a different notification sound to each timer. For something urgent, you can use a more distinct sound.

Another workaround would be to set the timer's repeat to 1 second (or whatever interval you prefer). Once it finishes, you'll start getting a notification every second until you delete it or disable repeat. Obviously this wouldn't work for a timer you already have set to repeat.

There is also a Missed Notifications Reminder app that has some pretty flexible options for notifying you of missed notifications.

Thanks for the feedback, and I'm glad you're finding this app useful! And thanks for pointing out Tasks, and leading me to search for Missed Notifications Reminder, I think I might end up using both of these myself.

serpico commented 5 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to look extensively into this. Missed Notifications Reminder is also on F-Droid, although seems more recently updated on Play Store (March 2019) while the F-Droid version date back September 2018...I installed it and will probably look into how to set it up. For the rest, let's reconvene after v2.1.0 ^^ Have a good one.