# How to play an alarm in the background
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-an-alarm-in-the-background/1078863
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [February 2, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-an-alarm-in-the-background/1078863 "2021-02-02T05:08:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-an-alarm-in-the-background/1078863/1 "2021-02-02T05:08:28Z")
Is it possible to play a sound even when the app is off? It should be possible for the user to pick a date to trigger the alarm, and then, when it is time, play the chosen alarm tune even when the app is off. I tried
using Google Calendar API, but couldn’t wrap my head around it. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@drted](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drted)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-an-alarm-in-the-background/1078863/2 "2021-02-02T09:10:23Z")
Not possible. Thunkable does not run in the background. The closest you could get would be to use something like one signal to schedule a push notification.
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-an-alarm-in-the-background/1078863/3 "2021-02-02T09:33:12Z")
If you want to add an event using google script, you may try this. I did not try it myself
> [@How to Insert Event in Google Calendar](http://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-insert-event-in-google-calendar/1019722/3):
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> You can use Google Apps Script to created a webhook to create event in G Calendar. Get Server/Webhook Codes from [Github](https://github.com/cttricks/Google-Calendar-WH/). Note : You can do more with G-Calendar by using this webhook ([View Docs](https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/calendar)). Blocks Screen Shot [Click here](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/5358b9a3c878a16df3b13eaa211a13d5) to view sample Calendar project made on x.thunkalbe Ct tricks
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### Author:  [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-an-alarm-in-the-background/1078863/4 "2021-02-02T16:00:17Z")
Thank you very much for your help. I will try this out. Will this send a notification to the user at the appointed time?
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-an-alarm-in-the-background/1078863/5 "2024-11-08T13:29:37Z")