BBQ Timer

A stopwatch with a twist:
1. Lock screen operation for quick access via a lock screen notifications (Android 5.0+ Lollipop+) or a lock screen widget (Android 4.2 Jelly Bean to 4.4 KitKat) without unlocking your phone.
2. Periodic alarms remind you to check/turn your food while it tracks the total cooking time. A “stopwatch” won’t alert you while a “timer” won’t track the total elapsed time while you turn all the burgers, check their temperature, and give the food more time as needed.
3. Adjustable alarm interval while it’s timing. You don’t have to start a new interval at 0.

Of course it can time more things than cooking.

• Requires no special permissions.
• No network access. No ads. No data gathering.
• Simple and focused.
• Free.


Usage Tips
• Android 5.0+ (Lollipop+): While BBQ Timer is running or paused, you can operate it from the lock screen and the pull-down notification. If the Timer is stopped, just tap the Pause or Play buttons in the app, or the Play button in the home screen widget, or the timer text. Or on Android 7.1+, use the “Pause at 0:00” app shortcut on the home screen.
• Try the home screen widget.
• To stretch out the widget to show longer durations, long-press it then drag its resize handles.
• To remove the widget, long-press it then drag it onto “× Remove”.
• Tap the time display to cycle between stopped → running → paused → stopped.To put a BBQ Timer widget on your lock screen (Android 4.2 Jelly Bean to 4.4 KitKat)
1. On Android 4.4, enable Settings → Security → Enable Widgets.
2. Wake the screen.
3. Swipe from the left edge of the lock screen to the right until you get the “+” screen.
4. Tap “+”.
5. Unlock the phone.
6. Tap the BBQ Timer widget.
7. Drag lock screen widgets left/right to rearrange them.

Notification Channel Settings (Android 8.0+)
In Android 8.0 (Oreo), you can use the system Settings to adjust notification sounds. Careful: Some changes will disable the app’s alarm sounds or its lock screen controls. Settings:
• Apps & notifications / notifications / On the lock screen: Show all notification content
• Apps & notifications / App info / BBQ Timer / App notifications: On
• Apps & notifications / App info / BBQ Timer / App notifications / Alarm: On
  • This channel plays the alarm sound and remains to display the timer and the pause/reset/stop controls in the notification area and lock screen.
  • Importance - must be Urgent to enable the “heads up” display from the pull-down notification bar; High or higher to enable alarm sounds; Medium or higher to appear on the lock screen and in the notification area.
  • Sound - you can pick any sound, but don’t pick None if you want to hear the app’s alarms.
  • Vibrate and Blink light - your choice.
  • On the lock screen: Show all notification content to operate the timer from the lock screen.
• Apps & notifications / App info / BBQ Timer / App notifications / Controls: On
  • This channel displays the timer and the pause/reset/stop controls in the notification area and lock screen when the app doesn’t need to play the alarm sound.
  • Importance: must be Medium or higher to appear on the lock screen and in the notification area.
  • On the lock screen: Show all notification content to operate the timer from the lock screen.

The system alarm volume adjusts the app’s alarm volume. If you turn it all the way down, the app won’t sound audible alarms. It can still vibrate and blink the notification LED, if enabled.

Source code: https://github.com/1fish2/BBQTimer