Hi, On 03.08.2015 11:30, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > Michael Zanetti wrote on 28/07/15 18:12: >> ... > >> The incoming call and the wifi password entry are handled through >> the notification system. Seems like the Bluetooth case would be >> just the same, no? > >> ... > > That incoming calls and wi-fi password entry are handled through the > notification system is a mistake. It means that without changing the > notification system itself, the incoming call dialog can't be > full-screen, or display the stored photo of the contact calling you[1]; > that third-party VoIP apps, if they existed, couldn't do anything > equivalent to the incoming call dialog; that the wi-fi auth dialog > can't do anything to prevent you from submitting a password that can't > possibly be correct[2]; that the dialog is incapable of showing > connection progress, and instead just disappears only to reappear > seconds later if there was an error[3]; that even then, it doesn't > display an error message[4]; and that you can't connect to an > enterprise network without opening System Settings[5], because the > notification system can't show dialogs that contain multiple text > fields and/or certificate pickers.
I'm not saying that "abusing" the notification system is a good thing, but it is not correct that those things are not supported. Check out the unlock SIM PIN dialog. That's a notification too. It is full-screen, it has multiple text fields (retry count, SIM1/2 indication) and it even supports additional signals to trigger warning dialogs on top of that notification. > > Repeating this mistake with Bluetooth would result in similar problems > in validating PINs, displaying pairing progress, and presenting > pairing errors. > > [1] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1368249 > [2] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1091391 > [3] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1318732 > [4] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1480817 > [5] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1475023 > >
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