Check if value in cloud DB changed while app is NOT running and create push notification?

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Hello everbody,
I´m trying to find a solution for the following problem.
I want to check if a value in cloud DB has changed and if so there should be created a push notification. Up to this point no problem, but all this has to happen in the background, when the app is not running.
I tried a few extensions, but it didn´t really work.
Is this possible at all and if so, which extension do I need to realize this background task?
(btw...I´m from Germany and my English is not so good, so sorry for that)

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Which ones? App Inventor apps do not run in the background without using an extension.

You can try Open Source • Background Tasks: Itoo

Then you want a push notification :cry: ,, another extension is required and it may not work as you expect.

Maybe but possibly not.. You could use a StayAwake routine instead of running in the background and just check if a value in cloud DB has changed use if statements and the provided CloudDB tools.

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That means, that the app is alwyas running?

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yes, never sleeps :astonished:

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Here is how you might code a Stay Awake block routine using a Notifier

or you could use Taifun’s Tools Extension: https://puravidaapps.com/tools.php

Using either an extension or a block routine drains your device battery rapidly . These work around methods are not running the app in the Background, they force the app
screen to stay open .

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That´s not really a good solution.
I forgot to mention the platform: One UI Vers. 5.0 Android 13 (and it should work on little lower platforms)

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I already tried this, but maybe I´m to stupid :see_no_evil:

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I´m just testing Taifun´s AlarmManager extension and it seems to work nice from the background. Therefore I think I have a solution for the notification. Left is the problem with checking CloudDB´s value in the background...