Building bespoke client appt booking app - HELP

[QIS_Limited]

Hi. I'm hoping someone can help/point me in the right direction.

I'm a complete newbie to MIT. I am trying to build a very basic bespoke app for my business that does the following:

• Allows user to enter client name, number, date and time of appointment and any additional notes
• When form is submitted, the app logs the appointment in Google calendar on the given date by creating a string from the form data, i.e. "Joe Bloggs - 2pm - Travelling from out of town"
• It also sends a confirmation of the appointment booking via SMS and WhatsApp

I have started to build the app, but have reached a stumbling block. I installed it on our business phone to test it, but it does neither of the things I was hoping for it to do. Please see the attached Design View and Block View screenshots of what I have built so far.

Can someone tell me where I'm going wrong?

Thanks so much in advance!

[Taifun]

Did you try to copy an example from somewhere? Any link? You are only using text, but not values like the client name or number... also you forgot to use the StartActivity method...

Here are some activity starter snippets App Inventor Code Snippets | Pura Vida Apps

also search the community for what you want to do to find examples

Taifun

[ABG]

You must learn to use variables.

Here are some resources to help you learn to use the AI2 tools A very good way to learn App Inventor is to read the free Inventor’s Manual here in the AI2 free online eBook App Inventor 2 Book: Create Your Own Android Apps … the links are at the bottom of the Web page. The book ‘teaches’ users how to program with AI2 blocks.

There is a free programming course here Course In A Box and the aia files for the projects in the book are here: App Inventor 2 Book: Create Your Own Android Apps

How to do a lot of basic things with App Inventor are described here: How do you...? .

[QIS_Limited]

Thanks. I will look at it again.

Is there a way to write to the Google Calendar app? Would I need to import a specific extension first?

[Taifun]

This community does have a search feature... after doing a search you vould have found

[F/OS/EXP] Google Calendar Extension! (60+ Blocks)

Introduction This took me 9 weeks to make. Hope it saved some of your time! [blocks (8)] Please note that I am in a rush publishing this extension, and I did not cover the topic about permissions and the AIA file. It will be published in a week. Thanks! Here is the first App Inventor extension for Google Calendars, with 60+ blocks. Google Calendars is a complicated tool for App Inventor, unlike Google Drive, and you need to set up things like permissions for Apps Scri…

Also the extensions directory App Inventor Extensions | Pura Vida Apps is available to search

Taifun

[ABG]

There are also 2 samples in

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