ALERT Raise an alert in the UI

When to use it

ALERT displays a full-screen alert message and plays the alert ringtone if the user has one selected. It can be called from alert payloads or normal user payloads - whenever an event requires the users attention, use ALERT!

Syntax

ALERT [message]

message required

Arbitrary message presented to the user. Messages should be kept short enough to fit on the display.

An alert
An alert

Results

ALERT displays the requested test, and has no returned data.

Examples

  ALERT "Notice me!"
__demo=$(TEXT_PICKER "No default text" "") || exit 0