Mango reminders in locked screen

Question

I'm creating the option for the users of an app, to get reminders of events from the app. So I add the reminders using the ScheduledActionService, and set the NavigationUri to a xaml page in my app.

When I keep the phone active until the reminder occurs, it works fine, and if I click the reminder, I go to my app.

But...

Most often, a reminder will show up at some time where the phone is locked. And in that case, the only thing that I can do is snooze or dismiss the reminder. Nothing happens if I click the title/content, and it is not possible to unlock the phone, because the reminder overlays it.

So how should this be handled? Is there a bug in the behavior somehow? How am I supposed to get the user back into the app when the reminder pops up on a locked screen?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

That's intended behavior.

If you want to unlock your phone, you'll need to dismiss the reminder first.

If you get a notification, you can tap it before you unlock the phone and you'll be automatically taken to the notification after you unlock your phone.

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/basics/locked-phone-things-you-can-still-do.aspx