Medication Reminder (again)

[Markuus872]

Also I'm still confused with something, how will I make the app repeat the notification/alarm based on the hours that the user has inputed and also on the information of the droplist.

[Taifun]

@Markuus872

It would help but

Reduce your expectations and requirements... keep it simple... it is only a school project...

And read again

Medication Reminder (again)

Some suggestions: try a free alarm extension [FREE] Alarm Extension . It might work for your app. write your own alarm manager extension. How long will it take you? pay the 12USD for Taifun's paid version don't include the feature to make the alarm repeat everyday for a number of days that is inserted by the user do a different Project. Is it required your project be a medication reminder? You don't want to spend it on a project just to finish my school year. Is peace of mind wor…

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[Taifun]

@Markuus872

how will I make the app repeat the notification/alarm

Just always only set the next alarm
If an alarm occurs, the user must open the app and for example confirm, that the medicament has been taken
Then cancel the alarm, check TinyDB for the next alarm and set the new alarm
Keep it simple

Taifun

[Markuus872]

I tried testing mario's alarm extension and I tried looking at the blocks but it's too many to even know how to start picking it apart.

[Markuus872]

Now I wanted to make a list of multiple options for the days of the week, I don't know if it's to be done with checkboxes or what... what do you suggest?

Other thing... How can I make an border appear around the textbox? I don't like the fact that it's just a line under it.

[TIMAI2]

How do you add border to textbox?

For an extension free version, put the textbox inside an Arrangement slightly larger with black background? Center it.

also (see the second one)

[FREE] Miscellaneous extensions for AI2 from The K Studio

Added.

[Markuus872]

The problem is whenever I try to enter the link to kevinkun's extension, somehow it doesn't work

[TIMAI2]

The link:

https://kevinkun.cn/enhance

is working OK here. The download link for the extension is towards the bottom of the page.

What problem are you having?

[Markuus872]

Maybe it's because of my school's internet, I will test entering the site in my house.

[Markuus872]

Simple question: How can I (without using any extension) save the hours and minutes input by the user on a time picker and also notify them at the time stored in TinyDB?

[Taifun]

@Markuus872

How can I (without using any extension) save the hours and minutes input by the user

simple answer: in TinyDB

@Markuus872

and also notify them at the time stored in TinyDB?

you could keep your app up and running (however no other app might be used then) and use the clock component to check regularly, for the alarm time and then display a notifier and/or play a sound

to keep the app up and running without using an extension you could

• Use a timer together with an empty notifier, thank you Piotr for finding this out! See my snippet how this works here.
• Use a videoplayer continuously playing an invisible video. Thank you Omar for finding it out! See the countdown example App Inventor Tutorials and Examples: Countdown | Pura Vida Apps

Taifun

[Markuus872]

I know that I have to do it in TinyDB I wanted to know the blocks I had to use...

[Taifun]

Use the TinyDB.StoreValue method to store the datetime converted in millis

https://community.appinventor.mit.edu/t/guide-how-to-use-the-clock/21742/58

Working with Lists and TinyDB

This tutorial will show you how to work with a list and TinyDB. Level: Beginner/Intermediate You will learn: How to create a list and save items to it How to save the list to a TinyDB How to set the list when opening the app How to set a listpicker elements to a list How to delete an item from the list How to avoid duplicates in a list This tutorial also shows: How to use a procedure in your workflow How to build a "list display" in a label How to use the notifier for information and…

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[Markuus872]

Okay, about the datetime conversion in millis... Should I send a printscreen of the blocks I have soo far so you can tell me the best way to do it? I would love if you sent a printscreen of the blocks needed to do the conversion since I'm not quite finding them.

[Taifun]

@Markuus872

Should I send a printscreen of the blocks

If you need help with these, this sounds like a good idea... else obviously noone knows what you are doing

Taifun

[Markuus872]

Here are the blocks I have soo far (sorry that some of the names are in portuguese) soo my problem is the following: My save medication button currently does nothing because I don't know how to convert the datatime into millis and save that value in the TinyDB, also the button after saving the data it had to activate the clock to remind the user at the specified time...

[Markuus872]

I also made this app that translated the timepicker date, datepicker and the current time into millis and puts into the labels but I don't know how to apply it into my project.

[Markuus872]

I just need to know one thing for now:
I want that: I press the "Save" button - > It converts the timepicker date into Millis -> It saves that value into TinyDB - > And then activates the clock1 to warn the user at that time...

Can you help me out with the blocks?

[Markuus872]

Now I tried something:

Is this correct? And now how do I activate the clock1 to send the "notification" to the user at that time?

[Taifun]

@Markuus872

Now I tried something

Great
To get a better understanding of how to work with date and time, do this tutorial

[Guide] How to use the CLOCK

Hello everyone, I have made a basic guide on how to use the clock component. Here, I will explain all the blocks associated to the clock component and a few sample projects which use the clock. 1.DESIGNER PROPERTIRES OF THE CLOCK 1.1Timer Always Fires This is a Boolean property, i.e it accepts only true or false. If you wish the clock to run even if the application is not the active screen, i.e the user is using some other application. Can this be set using blocks? Yes! Default: True …

And learn how to use Do it

use Do it to debug your blocks, see also tip 4 here App Inventor: How to Learn | Pura Vida Apps
see also Live Development, Testing, and Debugging Tools

Then use the FormatDateTime method from the Clock component and show us a Do it result of that instant you just stored in TinyDB and compare the result with what you get after using Clock.Now
See also chapter 2.2.6 of the tutorial

Taifun

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