No alarm reminder

[the-matzup]

There is no alarm (message, sound, etc.) for "end date" on terminal devices. At least not if the task was created by Nextcloud. Tasks created or modified by other applications (e.g. the app "Reminders" on the iPad) create a correct alarm entry, which then works.

Since the entries with the alarm (or "end date") look identical on the Nextcloud web interface as well as on external applications, I took a look at the .ics entry and found that Nextcloud does not write an alarm (VALARM) into the task at all.

Created on Nextcloud:
BEGIN:VTODO UID:e038258f-4447-45bb-818d-8b3b745e2197 CREATED:20200524T132711 LAST-MODIFIED:20200524T132717 DTSTAMP:20200524T132717 SUMMARY:Test Nextcloud DUE:20200524T150000 END:VTODO END:VCALENDAR

Created on the iPad
BEGIN:VTODO CREATED:20200524T112532Z DTSTAMP:20200524T112543Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200524T140000 DUE;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200524T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20200524T112543Z STATUS:NEEDS-ACTION SUMMARY:Test ipad UID:4680CB65-E38A-4881-8085-A7C52F0509C9 BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Reminder TRIGGER;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200524T120000Z UID:92B8DB7A-ECCF-41BF-ABBB-234A58CA8B02 X-WR-ALARMUID:92B8DB7A-ECCF-41BF-ABBB-234A58CA8B02 END:VALARM END:VTODO

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Both entries look identical. One entry was created with Nextcloud, the other entry with iPad. One reminder/alarm works, the other does not.

Nextcloud:

iPad:

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NC 18.0.4
Task 0.13.1

[raimund-schluessler]

Well, the due date and the reminder/alarm (date) are not the same thing. A task can be due at a certain time and not have an alarm. And even though Apple seems to create an alarm when you set a due date, as a user I would find it very weird if an alarm was automatically created when I set a due date.

That being said, Nextcloud Tasks does not support creating alarms yet. The corresponding issue is #154.

[serranomorante]

Hi. I have an alternate solution for this.

First, on desktop I use Thunderbird as a desktop client, but you can still use the Nextcloud Tasks GUI and this solution will still work.
Then on iPhone I use the Reminders app as the mobile client.

When you create a new task from desktop, even thought the task gets successfully synced and appears on the Reminders app as it should, an alarm would NOT be automatically created because the Reminders app only creates an alarm if you add that new task from within the app itself.

The solution is very simple, you just need to force Reminders app to "update" that task (you can update any field you want) and and at that moment the alarm would be automatically created for that task.

Don't worry, you don't need to go task by task in the Reminders app making an "update" so the alarm is automatically created. You could just create an iOS Shortcut + Automation to do that for you automatically whenever you open and close the Reminders app.

When you open the Reminders app, your tasks would be synced.
When you close the Reminders app, the iOS shortcut would run, automatically adding alarms to all those tasks that don't have one.

Sorry If I don't share the full explanation to create the iOS shortcut and the Automation but here are some screenshots:

iOS shortcut

Automation

This is all you need.

[bhavin07]

Hi. I have an alternate solution for this.

First, on desktop I use Thunderbird as a desktop client, but you can still use the Nextcloud Tasks GUI and this solution will still work. Then on iPhone I use the Reminders app as the mobile client.

When you create a new task from desktop, even thought the task gets successfully synced and appears on the Reminders app as it should, an alarm would NOT be automatically created because the Reminders app only creates an alarm if you add that new task from within the app itself.

The solution is very simple, you just need to force Reminders app to "update" that task (you can update any field you want) and and at that moment the alarm would be automatically created for that task.

Don't worry, you don't need to go task by task in the Reminders app making an "update" so the alarm is automatically created. You could just create an iOS Shortcut + Automation to do that for you automatically whenever you open and close the Reminders app.

When you open the Reminders app, your tasks would be synced. When you close the Reminders app, the iOS shortcut would run, automatically adding alarms to all those tasks that don't have one.

Sorry If I don't share the full explanation to create the iOS shortcut and the Automation but here are some screenshots:

iOS shortcut

Automation

This is all you need.

Hi @serranomorante ,

Thank you for sharing the idea on the shortcut.

In the shortcut, I wasn't able to find an action that "Sets the alarm" on the task.

Would you be kind enough to share the complete solution, please?