location coordinates (latitude and longitude) from a Thing speak server and use them in an MIT App Inventor app

[SteveJG]

First, you have to post a location to the server. Do you have a Thingsspeak account?

This discussion might help you Roger:

Using ThingSpeak API with MIT AI2

Then you may use the Web Component to communicate with the API. Resources: Web component http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/reference/components/connectivity.html#Web ThingSpeak API https://www.mathworks.com/help/thingspeak/writedata.html https://www.mathworks.com/help/thingspeak/rest-api.html

WEB Component with API Tutorial (Click to open)