Hello everyone, i am looking for a semi- advanced tutorial that was called pick a winner I think, it consisted of a crowd texting a number tied to the app then you press Pick a winer button and it randomly picks a number from the incoming texts to dial as the winner, please share link or apk file if someone has access
This ?
I put appinventor pick a winner into google.
Never heard of it.
But that sounds like something you could build yourself.
Here are the parts you would need:
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The Messaging component, and a knowledge of how its three modes work.
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A phone dedicated to running the game, with a generous call and text quota
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A way to have clients sign up, giving their phone number to the game runner phone. Make it a mode of the app, tagging messages to signify signup?
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TinyDB, to collect client phone numbers
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The Clock component, to help synchronize rounds
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A message format to notify the clients when the next round begins
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A message format to announce the winner, either to the winner or to the losers.
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A way to track who won, how many times?
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A time limit for accumulation of incoming messages, before picking a random number from the messages that arrived between start of round and the time limit.
both you guys are correct to an extent I think I blended 2 tutorials this was back in 2016 its been a while and now I'm trying to get back so I can use app inventor in a children's program in Zimbabwe africa, ABG your method looks more updated I think I would want to update to that..i just need a strong practice run so it all comes back to me. Let me share the blocks
You have a strong start there.
It would be good practice to rename Button1 and Button2 in the Designer, to make their purpose clear in the Blocks Editor.
You have a tradeoff between adding function to the app to make it more practical, vs fitting it all in to a classroom exercise for the time allotted.
You have enough there to test in a classroom environment, where every one can use their phones together and hear cues from the person running the app.