Question regarding MIT APP inventor

[Paddy.D]

Greetings people!

I am currently designing the Space Invaders game on MIT app inventor and I am currently stuck. I have coded the game, however my game consists of 3 screens. I am having trouble programming my first screen which involves a 'start game' button (which i have already completed and coded) along with a spinner which consists of difficulty levels (I have completed this).

I cannot figure out how to create an interface where a user can input their name (username)  I have created a "UiNameEntryTextbox" however i am not sure how to code this. This information has to also be stored in a tinyDB (Tiny Database) 

I am truly grateful for any help I receive,

Kind regards, Paddy :)

[Taifun]

add a button and in the button clock event store the text of the textbox to TinyDB

A very good way to learn App Inventor is to read the free Inventor's Manual here in the AI2 free online eBook   http://www.appinventor.org/book2 ... 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 http://www.appinventor.org/content/CourseInABox/Intro  and the aia files for the projects in the book are here:  http://www.appinventor.org/bookFiles  

How to do a lot of basic things with App Inventor are described here:  http://www.appinventor.org/content/howDoYou/eventHandling  .

Also do the tutorials http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/tutorials.html to learn the basics of App Inventor, then try something and follow the

 Top 5 Tips: How to learn  App Inventor

You will not find a tutorial, which does exactly what you are looking for. But doing the tutorials (not only reading a little bit) help you to understand, how things are working. This is important and this is the first step to do.

Taifun

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