How do I send several sms, but not all at the same time?

[Wibble_Pot]

You still have not explained how to handle a call to a procedure thats in a looped procedure

[Taifun]

It looks like you did not understand "background processing" and itoo. You do not register events again and again. You do that only once. And

@Taifun

for background processing the important part are the background procedures, in your case Validate, DisableEntries and RunStatusID... you forgot to provide a screenshot of those

Your RunMain blocks do not really make sense.
To get specific help,

@Taifun

please explain what you are trying to do.

Unfortunately you did not explain what you are trying to do... the only advice I can give is

@Taifun

Read again the first post of this thread. Try simple examples first to learn how to work with itoo.

Taifun

[Wibble_Pot]

OK,

How about you explain a procedure that loops that needs to call another procedure every time it goes through to update status how you would do it.

Once I know how to deal with one i will know how to do the remaining ones.

[Taifun]

use a clock timer event
and in the background register the Clock1.Timer event and call your procedure in that event handler
remember to not use user interface components in the background

@Taifun

It looks like you are trying to send some sms and try to have some delay in between. You do not need some background processing for that. Just use a clock and send the sms one by one in the Timer event

Taifun

[Wibble_Pot]

Front_Wibble.aia (97.5 KB)
Well seems to work

[Taifun]

What you are doing does not need itoo
Remove the itoo extension, what you were doing is nonsense.
You never created a process, your blocks run in the foreground

And you are trying to create a delay... which is not the way to go, because you block the user interface...

I already suggested what you have to do

@Taifun

Just use a clock and send the sms one by one in the Timer event

Here are example blocks to do this

How do I make a delay interval per text on my bulk SMS app?

Something like this: [image] You need to download the companion from the App Inventor page, not the Play Store, to get the send message direct block (but this block will cause your app to be rejected on Play Store)

Taifun
PS: I move this discussion into its own thread, what you are doing is not itoo related

[Wibble_Pot]

well turns out I do need iToo. So once the app loses focus it does not send the SMS even when the time is up. It only sends when the app has the focus

[Taifun]

Yes, you need itoo if you want to do something in the background

Taifun

[Wibble_Pot]

no clue how to do this correctly

[Taifun]

Follow the suggestions in this thread and if you got stuck, post a screenshot of your relevant blocks

Taifun

[Wibble_Pot]

[Kumaraswamy]

Can you please post high-resolution blocks? Or atleast a clear portion of the blocks involved.

[Wibble_Pot]

[TIMAI2]

Did you know you could just right click on the block and save it as an image?

[Wibble_Pot]

i did

[TIMAI2]

really, and you got a white background ?

[Taifun]

Are you serious?
A monster procedure?
Start simple, get it running, then add more logic

For example have 3 phone numbers in a list
Create a background process using the Clock.Timer event, use a timer interval of 10 seconds and send a sms to the next number on each timer event

Taifun

[Wibble_Pot]

the issue is that while the app is foreground it sends. Its when its in the background it doesnt. It waits till its foreground again.

[Taifun]

Start from this example

How do I make a delay interval per text on my bulk SMS app?

Something like this: [image] You need to download the companion from the App Inventor page, not the Play Store, to get the send message direct block (but this block will cause your app to be rejected on Play Store)

and get it running in the background

Taifun

[Taifun]

Taking another look at your monster procedure...
Remember, there does not exist any user interface in the background... no labels, no textboxes etc

Taifun