Notifications? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago by SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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Maybe I'm being stupid but where are the notification settings?

I cant see anything in the app, in droid settings it looks as though the permissions haven't been requested?

Am on GrapheneOS if that helps.

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[-] aeharding@vger.social 4 points 2 days ago

See here: https://lemmy.world/comment/6753341

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 14 points 4 days ago

Notifications in mobile apps aren’t easy. A developer can’t just write code for the app to poll the server every x minutes. When the app isn’t at the foreground, it’s usually frozen and can’t execute any code. So, to get notifications, the app must rely on the host operating system and must have a server running somewhere to talk to the OS. Servers cost money, so now the developer must charge something from users, or sell their data, etc.

So, rejoice on the fact that Voyager is putting you in control of your data, ethically. And just check the app every now and then.

[-] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There is a workaround used by Element and Telegram FOSS. They have notifications without using Android's standard notification system.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Interesting.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I think in Android you can have background tasks that do the polling and alerting. No need for a separate server, but you do need to disable battery optimization for the app.

[-] SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

I wasn't critising, I was just asking "where are the notifications"

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 8 points 4 days ago

I didn’t think you were criticizing. I’m just explaining why you won’t see them.

[-] BigDiction@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

These are super helpful replies. There’s an influx of why doesn’t this platform work like a decade + of monetized tech stack.

[-] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So charge money for a notifications feature, what’s the big deal? If people don’t want it they don’t have to pay.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If I were an open source developer coding for fun, I wouldn’t want to bother setting up a payment system and the whole nine yards that come with it. Sounds boring as fuck.

But hey, it’s open source, so why don’t you do it?

[-] Deemo@bookwormstory.social 4 points 4 days ago

You could create a DIY notification system if you want. In the past using a old Mac mini I had a script that would check new notifications from Lemmy rss feed if I recived an notification from Lemmy and then send a push notification to my phone using ntfy.

The script was janky it used apple script to trigger a apple short cut that sent the notification (sending a post request to ntfy).

I'm sure there is probably a more elegant way to do it.

Alternatively you could set up a RSS reader that polls Lemmy every so often to send notications.