App functionality when 'under' other app

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@amorosik

How to keep the code contained in the app functional, even in the presence of other apps that are currently in the foreground?

App Inventor apps not really can run in the background
see also @SteveJG's suggestion here

Send an automatic SMS, without the user having to be active

You might be able to do what you want by using a crutch. As Peter indicated, you can not run App Inventor 2 apps in the background. However, you can force the Android to StayAwake Sorry. App Inventor 2 apps do not have any capability to run in the background. The best one can do is use a Stay Awake routine. Either use a Stay Awake block routine using a Notifier How to keep the screen on or you use Taifun's Tools Extension: https://puravidaapps.com/tools.php [image] Be aware usin…

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