9.3. Alert

Alerts are Screens that can be used to inform the user about errors and other exceptional conditions. Alerts can also be used as short informational notes and reminders. For the presentation of longer information, other Screen classes such as Form should be used.

An Alert shows a message and an optional Image to the user. An Alert is either presented for a certain period of time, or it can be modal with a special user operation to dismiss (close) the Alert.

The time the Alert is presented can be controlled with the setTimeout method. If the timeout is not set by application, the Alert timeout is the default timeout determined by the device. The default value can be inspected using the getDefaultTimeout method.

The Alert is set to be ...

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