custom constraints in workManager [209359389]

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ri...@gmail.com

created issue #1

Dec 6, 2021 11:20AM

workManager is very awesome feature.
I thing if there have an custom constraints in workManager feature it will be good for us.

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ra...@google.com <ra...@google.com> #2Dec 6, 2021 06:27PM

Can you please elaborate on the constraint / functionality that you are interested in ? It should help us scope this feature.

ri...@gmail.com <ri...@gmail.com> #3Dec 12, 2021 02:31PM

Thanks for replying.

Okay, Like now in workManager Constraints we have some fixed constraints we can set. If there was a custom Constraint option like where we could set any custom constraint. Then it will be helpful for us.

va...@theblueground.com <va...@theblueground.com> #4Oct 21, 2022 12:44AM

I think that this feature is really nice. Maybe some cases would be to run based on PlayServices (for example when a newer version is available) or based on values of RemoteConfig. Thus, we could stop/start periodic workers.

For example, let's say that I have started a worker that fetches data every hour. After a while, we have a breaking change in our API and we want to force update our users. If the user does not update the app, it will fetch again and again every hour. With a custom constraint, we could say that if the app needs to be updated do not perform any action and save some resources.

se...@squareup.com <se...@squareup.com> #5Oct 27, 2022 02:42PM

A good example would be a way to add a custom constraint for when a user has logged in/ authenticated.

se...@google.com <se...@google.com> #6Jul 5, 2023 04:15PM

one more use-case: activate upon connecting to a BLE device.

el...@googlemail.com <el...@googlemail.com> #7Sep 29, 2023 11:32AM

Another nice example is for WearOS, where i want to make work, when the wearer is awake or he wears the watch.

me...@gmail.com <me...@gmail.com> #8Feb 7, 2024 02:19AM

I encountered an issue that all works running together after all app users receive urgent FCM notification and screen on the phone, the works connect to my servers at the same time which make stress on my servers.
Is it possible to make a constraint that works slightly random delay after some time that user turn on the phone.

je...@gmail.com <je...@gmail.com> #9Nov 7, 2024 07:15AM

As the request has been submitted 4 years back. So, I'm curious to know whether do we have any update or alternative solutions to this?
Thanks!!