Notifications for tasks (Push, Alerts and Badges)
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AdminAaron Wolf (Admin, Task Coach) commented
The notifications, push/alert anyway, are done. This exists now. It works on my iPod. The only thing missing here is badges changing the icon, if you really care about that…
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Hank commented
Thanks, Jérôme - I'm really looking forward to this feature. I had assumed it was there, and missed a couple of reminders.
Sorry to hear your phone was stolen - hope you are enjoying your iPhone 4 by now.
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AdminJérôme Laheurte (Admin, Task Coach) commented
Not yet. My 3GS was stolen so I had to go back to 3G; so I can't test the multitasking features. Experience shows that testing on a real device is a must. I'll buy myself an iPhone 4 in October, so I'll probably implement this for 3.1.
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Brad Konia commented
Any update on this? Will Task Coach version 3 support local notifications?
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AdminJérôme Laheurte (Admin, Task Coach) commented
Great news: iPhone OS 4 (due this summer) supports multitasking, so notifications will probably become possible. Only on 3GS and later though (and 3rd gen and later iPod touch).
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rich zatorski commented
OMG this bites!!! Let me check into this and see if I can get you some useful info on how to do it. Keep your fingers crossed.
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AdminJérôme Laheurte (Admin, Task Coach) commented
The only way to present a message to the user if the application is not running is a push notification. I'd like to do what Calendar does but it uses private APIs :(
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rich zatorski commented
Not sure that push notifications are necessary, but having reminders fire off on the phone is a great idea. Just a simple reminder like the calendar does
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AdminJérôme Laheurte (Admin, Task Coach) commented
Please expand on this. A badge showing the number of overdue/due soon tasks is feasible, but push notifications (I guess you're thinking about reminders here) would need a dedicated server, which is way overkill.