Default action when taping on iOS notification
Currently, when I tap the notification it opens the app and goes to the live camera that triggered the motion. unfortunately, most of the time by the time I do that, the person is gone.
I'd really like it to go to the motion recording that triggered the notification.
The docs mention right swiping the notification to go to the motion recording, but that does not work on my phone (it just brings up the widget page).
Is there a way to set the default action in the app for tapping on the notification?
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This has been the default action (and defended herein) for a long time, and I've tried to adopt the reasons myself.
That said, I instinctually keep wishing for the behavior you describe to be the default as well.
If it was an option, then everyone could be happy.
It not a huge deal, but every time I tap on a notification, it takes at least 3 extra steps to see what I'm actaully interested in seeing (close the camera, go to captures, then pick the latest motion movie.)
I understand your reasoning for wanting this, but the main reason why this isn't the default option is because there isn't necessarily a recording that corresponds to every notification. This is because notifications come under Actions mode, which is controlled by its own schedule that can be different from the Motion Capture schedule.
While an option to "go to movie file if one exists" may be useful in some cases, on the other hand it's not good user interface design for a tap on a notification to do something different depending on the circumstances. Therefore I'm not convinced that we can change the current default behaviour, which is to take you to the live video. If anyone has a good solution to this quandary we'd appreciate feedback on this.
Can you give an example of when an iOS notification that would not have an associated movie file?
The Recording and Schedules section of the user manual has full information about this. Basically, there are three independent modes that can be armed for each camera: Continuous Capture, Motion Capture and Actions. Each is controlled by its own schedule that determines the times of the day/week when that mode is armed. Therefore, you can have Actions mode armed at a time when Motion Capture mode is not armed, and hence receive notification when there is no recording.
I usually only want notifications from cameras that record motion clips. My reasoning is that if it's not important enough to record, it's probably not important enough to notify me.
The default makes sense, but some way to change the default would be great.
Alternatively, it could be an actionable notification, with one button for going to the live camera page and another for going straight to the motion recordings page.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/usernotifications/declaring-your-actionable-notification-types
Nice idea with the actionable notification, but these seem to be for sending responses to the app in the background, not for opening the app in different ways.
It's true that most users won't have Actions armed without also having Motion Capture armed, though this is always a possibility. Perhaps a setting to go to the movie file if one is available would be the best solution here, even if imperfect.
If thumbnail presented on the notification, then tap = go to recording represented by the thumbnail.
If this is a notification without a recording then there's no thumbnail, right? In that case tapping the notification can go to live video.
This would give a visual differentiator for what to expect.
Good idea, except that the thumbnail generation is independent from recording; you can have a thumbnail without a recording.
Then thumbnail tap could open whatever capture/still then thumbnail represents.