Need some help with building an app that uses clocks and notifications

[BananaBoy]

Background Tasks extension [3.8 A]

Hi Mauri, if you want to use loops (in the blocks), then you may look at this extension: This also works on AppInventor

Hi,
I need some help with building an app that uses clocks and notifications and I need both to run in the background. Can you help me use the correct blocks with my already existing blocks?

Thank you
-BananaBoy

[Kumaraswamy]

Open Source • Background Tasks: Itoo

Itoo 4 [image] Graphics by Dennis Littawe [BuildWithLove] [Frame 1] The newer version of Itoo now has updated ItooX framework which runs more reliably across all platforms, devices and Android versions. Services Itoo supports two types of services. Foreground keeps the service alive throughout the session without interruptions. a permanent notification will be displayed throughout the session from Oreo. Background Task unlike the foreground task, it is executed on a different proc…

Background tasks is deprecated, please use Itoo.

[BananaBoy]

Hi,
I have downloaded itoo and I need some helps with the blocks. Please advise because I will need it for a school project.
-BananaBoy

[Taifun]

Read the complete itoo thread and try the several examples you can find there to learn how to work with the extension

See also Notification Listener (powered by itoox-wrapper) and Itoo and Battery checker reminding you to unplug when fully charged

Then try to put some blocks together using the extension for your task

And if you got stuck, then ask in the itoo thread and provide a screenshot of what you tried there

Taifun

[Taifun]

Also if you still think you can do your project with itoo only (and without the alarmmanager extension) then see here

Alarm Manager with Itoo

The aia file aims to create an alarm system based on a background system created with Itoo. Reliability is maximum and it will always notify us exactly at the hour and minute marked as the alarm. The app would manage the service, auto-starting when there are pending alarms and closing when there are no pending alarms in the database. The application uses the following components [componentes] The aia consists of two parts: 1.- The Activity part 2.- The Service Part 1. In the activity par…

As beginner you might find yourself overwhelmed while trying to understand the blocks...

Taifun

[Taifun]

For a school project let me suggest to keep it as simple as possible... you could use the free alarm extension for that. .

Here is an example

Remeind - The medication notifier

Remeind's purpose is to notify users of the app when they must take their medication and to record the intake of the users medication names for future reference. To use the latest version please download the link below and upload it to the app inventor. Remeid_3 (2).aia (16.3 KB) You can view the previous versions of the app here:

Don't hesitate to also do a search for medication here in the community ...

Taifun