[SailfishDevel] Prompt from daemon

[Adam Pigg]

Sounds ideal.  Atm its working ok with just clicking a notification, but
this sounds like a good future rework.

On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 at 00:59 Chris Adams <chris.adams at jolla.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It's not in devel yet, and the API will likely change a bit between now
> and when we consider it stable/supported API, but see
> https://github.com/sailfishos/sailfish-secrets/pull/22 for WIP generic
> interaction request, mediated by the system.  The primary use-case is
> passphrase input, but the intention is to allow different input types (e.g.
> confirmation vs PIN vs passphrase vs ...) eventually.
>
> Best regards,
> Chris.
>
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> *From:* Devel [devel-bounces at lists.sailfishos.org] on behalf of Adam Pigg
> [adam at piggz.co.uk]
> *Sent:* Friday, February 23, 2018 8:15 PM
> *To:* Sailfish OS Developers
> *Subject:* [SailfishDevel] Prompt from daemon
>
> Hi
>
> Im looking for options to get a yes/no prompt from a daemon process,
> something like the BT pair popup ideally.
>
> So far, the only option i can think of is to use nemo notifications.
> After much trying, I finally managed to get a preview popup, and guess I
> should be able to change that to a timeout popup.  The only problem is that
> there can only be a single reply, so i'll have to have a click as a yes,
> and otherwise assume no.  It would be good if lipstick could support the
> desktop notification standard more fully with additional replies, as this
> is hinted at in the example docs (2 reply actions) but with a note
> underneath that lipstick only supports the 'default' reply.
>
> Another way, which im not sure is possible is to somehow invoke the system
> BT popup, is that possible?
>
> Then, there is how calendar notifications work, they have swipe up/down,
> how are they invoked?
>
> Finally, I could have a helper app invoked by the popup, but I think i'd
> rather go with a timeout in that case.
>
> Any other options?
>
> Adam
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