Add widget for "Add copy of last use"

[LeoColman]

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[rahim001-sudo]

Hello @LeoColman .
Can you help me understand what widget are we looking for.?.
Should it be same as addUse dialog but in a widget to update the Last Use ?.

[LeoColman]

Surely

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We started work on this a long time ago, but never finished it.

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When we click in the app to Add Use, we copy the last use to the form and allow the user to virtually "Duplicate" their use entry, improving repeatability and reducing chance for input error

I think the duplication happens here

Petals/app/src/main/kotlin/br/com/colman/petals/use/AddUseButton.kt

Line 167 in ca96cdb

private fun AddUseDialog(

What we want is a Widget Button that adds a new use in the same fashion. "Add a copy of my last use, because I'm using the same dose again".

I believe work on widget was stopped because we couldn't find a way to update a timer in real time (avoiding a double click).

The definition of done for this guy is to have a button on the home screen that adds a copy of the previous use as a new use.

Let me know if you need more details!

[rahim001-sudo]

Hello @LeoColman .
I missed the notification.

As per my understanding

in the App we are adding a new use (by filling the details manually) and update the timer (the new use would be the recent).

from the widget we would have a button that would just take copy of the last use and consider it as new and hence updating the timer again like days seconds and all on the widget itself.

Got it.
I will take reference of that branch and update further.

[rahim001-sudo]

@LeoColman
Hello Leo.
I am still unable to find a way to update it in real Time . I tried the handler postDelayed but it stops working after some time and same fate with alarm manager possibly and a localBroadCastManager as well.

I am still looking if something can help us achieve that real time timer on widgets.

Well on a side note.
I thought of a onGoing Notification (foreground service) or a custom overlay / Lock Screen as an alternative.

[LeoColman]

Perhaps we don't really need to update it in real time?
We can redesign it to not need this kind of real time update

[rahim001-sudo]

So now this boils down to just a button as AddUse to add copy of lastUse.
and we can just show the time when it was last taken and not the actual real time timer thing like home screen (optional ?).

Right . ?.

[LeoColman]

Yes, your assumptions are correct