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[Krzysztof Tataradziński <ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx>]

2015-09-12 10:03 GMT+02:00 Krzysztof Tataradziński <ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx>:

> So if I good understand, that Gmail is asking Ubuntu OS and sending some
> data to Google and get some other back, even when primary app is closed?
> Yes?
> I'm thinking about Activity Tracker - is there a possibility to do similar
> thing with GPS data? I mean that app will ask Ubuntu OS for location, even
> when screen is off (and app is not in foreground) - is that possible for
> now or does Canonical working on it?
>
> Or maybe allow Hangsouts to get notify even it is closed?

Best regards,
Krzysztof Tataradziński
https://launchpad.net/~ktatar156

Best regards,
> Krzysztof Tataradziński
> https://launchpad.net/~ktatar156
>
> 2015-09-12 4:20 GMT+02:00 James Henstridge <james.henstridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >:
>
>> On 12 September 2015 at 07:46, Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> That makes a lot more sense. I didn't think Google did push
>>> notifications, I just assumed it was a server at Canonical polling my inbox
>>> and then sending push notifications as a temporary stopgap, like BlackBerry
>>> used to do.
>>>
>>
>> That is correct.  The account-polld daemon is intended as an interim
>> solution to provide notifications for some commonly used services at a time
>> when we lack the market share to get Facebook, Twitter, etc to engineer
>> Ubuntu specific solutions.  If any of those services decided to add support
>> for Ubuntu push notifications, the corresponding code in account-polld
>> would likely be removed.
>>
>> For any anything new, the push notification service is recommended.
>>
>> James.
>>
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