MIT's App Inventor can't receive phone calls or show the calling number ... Is it possible?

Question

It's possible to do many things in MIT's app inventor, yet, there is no clear way on how to receive a phone-call/SMS or even showing the calling number ... is that possible?

Answer 1

You can't receive a phone call with App Inventor, there is the PhoneCall component, but you can only Use this component to dial the phone and make a call.

There is the Texting component, which can send and receive SMS and also display the sending phone number: When a message arrives, the MessageReceived event is raised and provides the sending number and message.

Please see the reference documentation for more info.

Answer 2

http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/reference/components/social.html:

PhoneCallStarted(number status, text phoneNumber) Event indicating that a phonecall has started. If status is 1, incoming call is ringing; if status is 2, outgoing call is dialled. phoneNumber is the incoming/outgoing phone number. Using this block will add dangerous permissions that will require additional approval if your app is submitted to the Google Play Store.