How to manage user alerts from apps when in the background

[Keith Clarke]

...thanks Todd. I wasn't aware that any apps could run in the background in iOS - so I was assuming notifications 'to' iOS 'for' the registered app there.

I didn't find any non-iOS notification entries in the dictionary, so I assume this means OSX and Windows don't support generic notifications (or they are called something else). 

So, for OSX, I guess I'd need to use Growl - perhaps with Monte Goulding's Growl plugin http://goulding.ws/2010/10/29/livecode-growl-plugin/   

For Windows, I've found STSTray http://www.sonsothunder.com/products/ststray/ststray.htm but I'm not sure if this works beyond Vista - is anyone using it on Windows 7?

Before I go further, am I correct in assuming that my app would have to manage the notification mechanism for each target platform's stand-alone and that there are no higher-level cross-platform notification mgt functions hiding under a different title? 
Best,
Keith.. 
  
On 19 Feb 2012, at 19:55, Todd Geist wrote:

> Hi Keith,
> 
> Just a note about iOS...  As of this moment LiveCode apps running on iOS aren't capable of running in the background. They quit.
> 
> Todd
> 
>> Keith Clarke <mailto:keith.clarke at clarkeandclarke.co.uk>
>> February 19, 2012 11:49 AM
>> Hi folks,
>> Can LiveCode alert the user of things such as inbound message when the app is in the background?
>> 
>> I'm guessing this is all about OS-specific features - notifications on iOS, maybe Growl for OSX and whatever those system tray icons and 'tooltips' are on windows.
>> 
>> If it's possible, where should I start my studying - what's LiveCode feature am I looking for?
>> Best,
>> Keith..
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