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I have an activity in my Android app that only needs to display one thing...a countdown timer. In my app there is a global variable called calculation_result. I need the calculation_result to be formatted into a running countdown that shows years:days:hours:minutes (no seconds) with a label over each one. I'd like it to display at the top of the screen and span the width (fill_parent).
So if the calculation_result was 35.5 (you can round the number to nearest tenth), that number would represent 35 years and 182.5 days and the countdown displayed in the new activity would start at 35:182:12:00 and begin counting down towards 0. Whenever the app is closed, the countdown would stop (so we're not always draining the battery), but the next time it launches, it would need to account for the time it was off. I would prefer that this time marker be stored as a variable to this activity if it can work that way. As an example, if the app were restated 25 days and 4 hours after being shut off from the previous display, it would start up showing 35:157:08:00, and continue displaying an active countdown as long as the app was running, even if the user navigates to another activity in my app. The countdown would only reset itself if the user changed the data used to create the calculation_result, which is stored as a preference and it's value should not be changed by the countdown timer.
I'm working in Eclipse (android 2.2) and would like to get the eclipse project from whoever does this.
EDIT:
This work has been done and PAID.
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Hi guys!
What is the "today timeout" check box in the today's option (Items tab)?
It's a timer that will show the Today screen if you haven't used the device for say 1 hour.
It's near useless in my opinion, since it would be nice to set it to appear every time you switch on etc.
Try my TodayButton program for easier access to Today screen.
V
vijay555 said:
It's a timer that will show the Today screen if you haven't used the device for say 1 hour.
It's near useless in my opinion, since it would be nice to set it to appear every time you switch on etc.
Try my TodayButton program for easier access to Today screen.
V
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It is useless. I utilize the password protect function which makes my Today screen pop-up every time after resuming from standby. Set the "prompt for a password" to several hours if you don't want to deal with entering one too often.
What does the Today Time OFF do? I tried changing the time off and I can't seem to notice any difference if I set it to 1 hour or 12 hours.
Hello Christian,
You're going to have to be a bit more precise. What Today Time Off?
Perhaps you're talking of this setting, which has mystified many:
Under Start/Settings/Today, the second tab (Items), has a "Today Timeout" option that never seems to do anything.
What this option actually does, is that if your device has been off for the selected amount of time (1hr - 12hr), the operating system will hide (minimise) all the active windows, and bring the Today Screen to the foreground. This is useful for those people that run Today items with information they would like to check (stock tickers, calendar viewers), and not have to be reminded that they had a game running last time they were using the device.
If this is not it, please be more specific. :lol:
In my proffesion I often need to take a nap on my break. At the moment I either set a task with reminder or reset my main alarams to go off in 1/2hr or 1hr.
What would be great is if I had access to an app that would launch maybe three large buttons. Each one can be edited to time frames of your choice i.e 20mins, 30mins, 45mins.
Once you have your set of buttons defined to time frames of your choice you could launch the app at anytime and press one of the buttons. Instantly the time on the button will start ticking down seconds by minutes. When the time is up it will launch the sound file of your choice.
If any clever developers could knock this up it would save me 1 or 2 minutes of my valuable nap time!
Not exactly what you're looking for, but G-Alarm has a "Quick Alarm" feature that allows you to set an alarm for e.g. 20 minutes in the future. It remembers the length you choose, so next time it will automatically default to 20 minutes (or whatever you had set the last time).
Hi to everyone.
I'm doing a programable events countdown widget, that shows the countDown and the name of the event, but the minimum update frequency is about 30 minutes, and i want call to onUpdate everyTime the screen turns on, and i wish show the countdown in seconds too (refresh every second) I don't know if it is possible.
P.d. I saw some pages where people use an alarm to triger the call to the method (onUpdate) but i guess that it may be decrease the battery quickly is it?
Sorry for my indian english...
Enric
onUpdate() is only called when the android:updatePeriodMillis is up. you shouldnt try to call it from anywhere else. but since there is another method in AppWidgetProvider called onRecieve() that takes an Intent and a Context you can listen for the screen on intent or even the screen unlock intent and then start your countdown with an AlarmManager.
hope that guides you in the right direction
Something that bugs me about FireOS is the lack of a clock. It may be a psychological trick to make us watch stuff longer or it could be an oversight.
I know this isn't an official Amazon forum so they won't pick this up, but it would be great if they could add a few time based functions:
- a clock on the home screen and a toggle on the remote to see it over a video.
- a timer / reminder function so you can see how long your dinner needs to cook for or anything else.
- a children's login and time based parental lock. So when a kid is using it, they have restricted apps/content and you can set a time schedule (say 16:00 - 18:00 weekdays) or a timer (say 30mins) and the device will pause the content and display a "viewing time finished" screen (with an override code for parents to extend it). The next day the child can pick up where they left off or return to the home screen.
Probably the wrong forum for this but wasn't sure.
superawesomeme said:
Something that bugs me about FireOS is the lack of a clock. It may be a psychological trick to make us watch stuff longer or it could be an oversight.
I know this isn't an official Amazon forum so they won't pick this up, but it would be great if they could add a few time based functions:
- a clock on the home screen and a toggle on the remote to see it over a video.
- a timer / reminder function so you can see how long your dinner needs to cook for or anything else.
- a children's login and time based parental lock. So when a kid is using it, they have restricted apps/content and you can set a time schedule (say 16:00 - 18:00 weekdays) or a timer (say 30mins) and the device will pause the content and display a "viewing time finished" screen (with an override code for parents to extend it). The next day the child can pick up where they left off or return to the home screen.
Probably the wrong forum for this but wasn't sure.
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If you have a voice remote you can ask alexa for the time
The time is in shown in the settings so all they would have to do is incorporate it into the video player when you pause or bring up the controls
Alexa doesn't currently support timers on the firestick (don't know about others) so a 3rd party app would be needed until it's implemented (if they do)
You can set a parental pin to be entered to launch any app change settings or purchase items
Hiding an app would require a different launcher
User accounts with different logins would probably require an upgrade to android nougat
Time limits maybe possible with a 3rd party app to lock the screen at a certain time if lock screen controls are accessible
To do this per user or globally & not per app might again require a upgrade to nougat
All good ideas but the current software limits most of it
Use this app:
https://www.amazon.com/Time-and-Net-Speed-Overlay/dp/B0786KC4C1/