asked 2016-08-01 23:39:01 +0300
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Hello all,
Is there any way to create a calendar entry which would trigger a continous alarm until the alarm is snoozed or dismissed? (Just like the alarm clock does.) My old Nokia 6230 had this feature and I have liked it pretty much, and I sometimes miss my phone's calendar alarms.
If this is not possible I think it might worth a feature request?
answered 2017-05-30 22:49:13 +0300
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Okay I have been tinkering around this, and figured out the followings:
The calendar QML UI sends down the "calendar" event to an object of org.nemomobile.ngf in the /usr/share/jolla-alarm-ui/pages/AlarmDialogBase.qml
If my understanding is correct this QML type is created by this library: https://git.merproject.org/mer-core/libngf-qt
This library calls the com.nokia.NonGraphicFeedback1.Play DBUS method here: https://git.merproject.org/mer-core/libngf-qt/blob/master/src/dbus/clientprivate.cpp#L266
To verify my theory I have started to poke with the dbus-send to programatically call this method to see it's effect:
[nemo@Sailfish ~]$ dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.NonGraphicFeedback1.Backend /com/nokia/NonGraphicFeedback1/request com.nokia.NonGraphicFeedback1.Play string:"calendar" array:string:"none" array:string:variant:int32 method return time=1496173458.852090 sender=:1.31 -> destination=:1.552 serial=682 reply_serial=2 uint32 170
Unfortunately this does not generates any sound/vibration.
If I monitor the DBUS with dbus-monitor during the calendar event I see no calls to these methods.
Any ideas would be welcomed!
Okay, I have managed to see the D-BUS method calls generated by the Calendar UI:
method call time=1496256600.455593 sender=:1.930 -> destination=com.nokia.NonGraphicFeedback1.Backend serial=24 path=/com/nokia/NonGraphicFeedback1; interface=com.nokia.NonGraphicFeedback1; member=Play
string "calendar" array [ ]
(I had to enable the method debugging as mentioned here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingDBus)
Now with the following dbus-send command I can generate the same method call:
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.NonGraphicFeedback1.Backend /com/nokia/NonGraphicFeedback1 com.nokia.NonGraphicFeedback1.Play string:"calendar" array:string:""
But still no feedback is performed.
martonmiklos ( 2017-05-31 22:17:04 +0300 )answered 2017-06-06 21:31:13 +0300
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I have found a quick-and dirty solution: Append the following line to the end of the
sound.repeat = true
/usr/share/ngfd/events.d/calendar.ini file
Reboot your device. (It might be bypassed by reloading the home screen.)
WARNING: This method needs some polishing because it continously drives the vibration motor which can easily deplete the battery if you are forgot from an alarm.
Cool, I personally don't consider that a dirty solution, seeing as sound.repeat is one of the listed usable keys....nicely done I think :)
Patch?
I want to figure out the continous vibration stuff, and I would like to add a settings page to the Calendar app where the users will be able to modify this settings. Stay tuned!
martonmiklos ( 2017-06-07 09:31:09 +0300 )Asked: 2016-08-01 23:39:01 +0300
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Last updated: Jun 06 '17
I second this.
Too often I find myself setting up an alarm instead of a calendar reminder, to be sure that I won't miss an important event.
ScumCoder ( 2017-05-25 21:30:58 +0300 )Yeah alarms could be a workaround, but what about recurring events and events more than a day further?
martonmiklos ( 2017-05-25 23:24:27 +0300 )