Need location alert for when I LEAVE HOME

[gamebird]

There are a lot of apps that notify you -i.e. send a reminder message - when you arrive at a certain location. I would not be interested in those UNLESS they have a feature that notifies me when I LEAVE home (or another designated area.)

Worst case scenario, I could find a location alert that sends a reminder when I arrive at the house next door on either side of my house. But my question would then be - how fine tuned vis a vis location are these location alert apps?

 

[UncleMike]

There are several ways that such apps can determine your location - location services (without GPS), GPS, Wifi proximity/connection, bluetooth connection are the ones that immediately come to mind. Of these I think that Wifi connection offers the best tradeoff between accuracy and battery usage.

With Tasker (or possibly a similar app) you could have you phone do something (i.e. alert you) when you disconnect from your home Wifi.

I think there's more to what you're trying to do than what you've written. After all, if you're aware enough of your surroundings that you would notice a notification from your phone, I would think you would also be aware enough to know that you've left home.

 

[gamebird]

True indeed I do know when I've left home - but I don't always remember to put our newly acquired chickens in their coop!! What if I go into NYC for the day and decide to have dinner with a friend? If they are left out after dark they are easy prey. So I need to be reminded every time I leave home - "is there a possibility you won't be back in time to coop up the girls?" Dumb but true.

I think your "leaving my Wifi" solution sounds like the best. Tasker is a bit daunting - I've used it before with not-great results. I have but this one use for it. Anybody willing to write me a profile? I'd be willing to pay for it.

 

[Harry2]

You might have a look at 'Automagic * Automation', it doesn't seem as complex as Tasker

Harry

 

[UncleMike]

Anybody willing to write me a profile?

Here's the basics:

Profile: Leaving Home (329)
State: Wifi Connected [ SSID:* MAC:* IP:* ]
Exit: Anon (334)
A1: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:0 Minutes:1 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A2: Notify Sound [ Titleon't Forget The Chickens! Text: Icon:cust_warning Number:0 Sound File: Priority:3 ] If [ %PACTIVE !~ *,leaving home,* ]

You'd want to include your own SSID in the Wi-Fi Connected context.

 

[gamebird]

Thanks, Harry - I'll check it out.

 

[kwalla]

Assuming you have a home wifi network, I'd do this:

Use Llama (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kebab.Llama) to trigger what you want when disconnected form "home wifi" -- it could start some other program or whatever.

Or if your car has a bluetooth sync, when you connect to that bluetooth, have trigger whatever you like.