App Inventor in background

[lbodlev888]

I would like to make an application that runs even in the background, how could I do that?

[Peter]

Welcome. This can not be done with App Inventor or any builder based on App Inventor. You have to use Android Studio for that. This question is asked many times before so it is best to search the community before asking any question.

[Anke]

@lbodlev888

make an application that runs even in the background

Explain exactly what you mean by "background".

App required to work when the device locked

There are many misconceptions about the term background. Background as used here means only that the app is not visible (eg after pressing the home button or after time-out / in sleep mode), but not closed. Background tasks / services means that an app can also execute somthing if the app is closed. That’s indeed not possible with AI2 & its clones (Thunkable, Kodular, …).