Can you set a system alarm?

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Hi,
I wanted to ask this first as a support request, but I was forced to ask it here first. So here we go.
Is it possible to make something like an alarm clock? That when I have set a time that the alarm needs to go off, it will first set it as a system alarm, so I can close the app. And when the alarm goes off, it gives a notification, that I can open it and that the app will open after that.
Let me try to explain this.
I have an app. I can set several alarms in this. The app will set these alarms as system alarms. So I can close the app. At the set time, the alarm goes off and I will get a notification. When I tap on the notification, it will open the app for me.
I also would like to do this in my own created app. Because the app needs to do more than just sound the alarm for the set time. The app that I am using now is not working well and that’s why I would like to create my own.
I don’t think the stopwatch component will do it for me. Because I have different intervals between the different alarms.
I also would like that if it is possible, to set my own alarm sound.
Sorry for the long explanation, but I hope my question s clear and hope you can tell me if it is possible.
Many thanks for your time and effort.
Gr. Pierre

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Sounds like none of your wishes are possible as of now.

First off, for your time-based alarm, we don’t have time-based triggers inside Glide. You would need to use third-party services like Integromat or Zapier to send an email or a text message to your device.

Second, for your notification thing, iOS does not support native notifications for PWAs, Android supports it only to a certain extent with Glide, so that’s also a no.

Finally, this is also a no. You can’t use custom sounds for now with Glide, even less so for your use case, which is native notification.

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Thanks for the quick reply.
I will checkout your suggestions and see if I can do something with that.

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Are time-based triggers available with the new actions beta?

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Not yet.
They are most likely coming in the second half of this year.

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Hola Darren…

Do you know if this time-based trigger will run on Glide servers or the APP must be running in order to fire the event?

Thanks!

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My assumption is that it will fire on the back end, and individual users will see the effect when they next open the App.

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Thanks @Darren_Murphy That’s what I thought. I appreciate the confirmation. This is the update that I’m most excited by. :raised_hands:t5: I guess I’ll build with Make (Integromat) until then.

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Are they out yet?

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No, not yet.

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Thanks.