Hello,
I wasn't able to figure out how to handle multiple days with DeviceActivitySchedule.
For instance, let's say the user wants to block certain apps from 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM, every day except Saturday and Sunday, how my schedule should look like?
I've tried different things...
This schedule works for each day of the week, but that's not my goal:
let schedule = DeviceActivitySchedule(
intervalStart: DateComponents(hour: 9, minute: 00),
intervalEnd: DateComponents(hour: 12, minute: 00),
repeats: true)
And if I specify the weekDay inside the DateComponents, like this:
// Gregorian calendar
// 2 -> Monday
// 6 -> Friday
let schedule = DeviceActivitySchedule(
intervalStart: DateComponents(..., weekday: 2),
intervalEnd: DateComponents(..., weekday: 6),
repeats: true)
the schedule will block the apps from Monday at 9:00 AM to Friday at 12:00 AM, which is also not my goal.
The only workaround that came to my mind was to create a different schedule for each day of the week:
enum WeekDays: String, CaseIterable {
case sun, mon, tue, wed, thu, fri, sat
var sortOrder: Int {
switch self {
case .sun: return 1
case .mon: return 2
case .tue: return 3
case .wed: return 4
case .thu: return 5
case .fri: return 6
case .sat: return 7
}
}
}
func startMonitoring(weekDays: [WeekDays]) {
for weekDay in weekDays {
let day = weekDay.sortOrder
let schedule = DeviceActivitySchedule(
intervalStart: DateComponents(
hour: 9,
minute: 00,
weekday: day),
intervalEnd: DateComponents(
hour: 12,
minute: 00,
weekday: day),
repeats: true)
let activityName = DeviceActivityName(weekDay.rawValue)
do {
try center.startMonitoring(activityName,
during: schedule)
} catch {
print("DEBUG: Error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}
}
}
This way I kinda get what I want, for example:
I can specify 3 days of the week, let's say Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the time interval, let's keep 9:00 AM - 12:00 AM, and this function will block apps on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at that time interval, fine.
However...
What if I also want another schedule that blocks at a different time interval but same day?
For example, I want to block certain apps Monday and Tuesday from 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM.
Following the example above the activityName would be overwritten, so the user ( for Monday and Tuesday ) would now have only the schedules that starts from 2:00 PM.
Basically, I want the user to be able to select multiple days for a schedule and to let them create as many schedules as they want.
Does anybody know the correct way to handle multiple days schedules?