Richard O'Sullivan Member Licensed User Mar 21, 2018 #1 Hi all, I have an app that collects data on a tablet - no phone. It will be used mainly without Wifi access except for short periods when back at base. I would ideally like to transmit the data to a server at that time. I've tried to create emails but they go nowhere when not in Wifi connection. Can they be queued in a local email client? I don't want to have the user to interact with the Email client to press a send button. I can check for internet using WaitForInternet but what is best way to launch this so that it operates as a background service? All suggestions greatly appreciated. Richard
Hi all, I have an app that collects data on a tablet - no phone. It will be used mainly without Wifi access except for short periods when back at base. I would ideally like to transmit the data to a server at that time. I've tried to create emails but they go nowhere when not in Wifi connection. Can they be queued in a local email client? I don't want to have the user to interact with the Email client to press a send button. I can check for internet using WaitForInternet but what is best way to launch this so that it operates as a background service? All suggestions greatly appreciated. Richard
DonManfred Expert Licensed User Longtime User Mar 21, 2018 #2 Richard O'Sullivan said: Can they be queued in a local email client? Click to expand... Not that i know of. You can save them into a local database and when internet is available you send them using your own SMTP-Server. NO INTERACTION is needed here. But it uses YOUR emailaccount and you need to have the credentials within your app code. Upvote 0
Richard O'Sullivan said: Can they be queued in a local email client? Click to expand... Not that i know of. You can save them into a local database and when internet is available you send them using your own SMTP-Server. NO INTERACTION is needed here. But it uses YOUR emailaccount and you need to have the credentials within your app code.
Richard O'Sullivan Member Licensed User Mar 21, 2018 #3 Thanks Don. The data is in a database and I have no issue with email credentials in the app. In b4A do I launch the waitforinternet as a service? and will is stay operating all through the day waiting for the time when Wifi is available. I will also be tracking Geo-coords and someone made the suggestion that co-ords of the Wifi location may be checked to see how close they are to having wifi available. Richard Upvote 0
Thanks Don. The data is in a database and I have no issue with email credentials in the app. In b4A do I launch the waitforinternet as a service? and will is stay operating all through the day waiting for the time when Wifi is available. I will also be tracking Geo-coords and someone made the suggestion that co-ords of the Wifi location may be checked to see how close they are to having wifi available. Richard
Erel B4X founder Staff member Licensed User Longtime User Mar 21, 2018 #4 Check CloudKVS. It is exactly for such use cases. Upvote 0
