19-10-2026 to 25-10-2026

Developing a Student Attendance App Using MIT App Inventor

With the help of Arti Mam, we developed student attendance app in MIT App Inventor. It takes student attendance group-wise.

How it works

  • The app has two sessions, Prayer and Meditation. The teacher selects the session first.
  • Below that, the screen shows the groups (Group 1, Group 2, and so on, up to Group 7).
  • Each group has a count textbox, where the teacher enters the number of students who are present.
  • After filling in all the groups, the teacher taps the Submit button.

Saving the data

  • The app is linked to a Google Sheet, so every submission is saved there automatically.

The Student Attendance App in Android Studio

  1. Project Objective: Simplify daily student attendance across multiple groups and sessions.
  2. Login and Admin Panel: PIN-based login and management of students, groups, sessions, and teachers.
  3. Group-Wise Attendance: Record present/absent counts, add notes, and preview attendance before saving.
  4. Data Storage: Save and synchronise data using Firebase and Google Sheets.
  5. Reports: Generate attendance reports and export them to Excel/CSV.
  6. Sharing and Security: Share reports through WhatsApp and prevent duplicate attendance entries.

Student Attendance App:

Login and users

  • Teachers log in by choosing their name and entering a PIN.
  • The admin logs in from the admin icon at the top right of the login page.
  • The admin sets a default PIN for new teachers, and each teacher must create their own PIN at the first login.
  • Teachers can change their PIN at any time and stay logged in until they log out.

Admin panel

  • Add, edit and remove sessions (Prayer, Meditation, Lunch, Dinner and more), each with its own icon.
  • Add, edit and remove groups.
  • Add, edit and remove students with their details (name, roll number, department, phone, notes), search and filter them by group, and add many students at once.
  • Add teachers and choose which sessions each teacher can take attendance for.
  • Change the admin PIN and the default teacher PIN.
  • Attendance Reports: View daily, weekly, and monthly attendance reports.
  • WhatsApp Sharing (ON/OFF): Enable or disable attendance report sharing through WhatsApp.

Taking attendance

  • The teacher sees only the sessions the admin gave them.
  • The teacher selects a group and enters either Present or Absent, and the app fills in the other one automatically.
  • A note can be added for each group.
  • A progress bar shows how many groups are done.
  • A preview screen shows everything before saving, and the teacher can edit it there.
  • After saving, the session is disabled for the rest of the day and opens again the next day.

Saving the data

  • Attendance is saved in the Firebase online database, so every phone sees the same data.
  • Meditation and Prayer are also sent to their own Google Sheets.
  • Only one attendance per session per day is accepted, even if two teachers press Save together.
  • Saved attendance can’t be edited or deleted from the app.

Reports and sharing

  • The admin can view past attendance by date range, session and group, with totals and percentages.
  • Reports export to Excel/CSV in two formats: a detailed file (one row per group) and a summary file (one row per session, with groups as columns).
  • The app creates a WhatsApp message with each group’s present and absent count and the total, ready to share.
  • The admin can switch on a setting that opens the WhatsApp share screen automatically after saving.