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MIT
App Inventor
» Easy for learners to create mobile apps for
Android smart phones
» Visually fitting together puzzle piece-shaped
"programming blocks"
» Web-based
» 1st quarter of 2012, MIT Center for Mobile
Learning launched App Inventor service for
general public access
Features 2
» Macintosh (with Intel processor): Mac OS X 10.5,
10.6 or higher
» Windows: Windows XP, Windows Vista,
Windows 7, Windows 8
» GNU/Linux: Ubuntu 8+, Debian 5+
» 1GB RAM (more is better)
» 500MB hard disk space (for offline version)
System
requirements 3
» Mozilla Firefox 3.6 or higher
» Apple Safari 5.0 or higher
» Google Chrome 4.0 or higher
» Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher
» Java 6 or higher
System
requirements 4
» Download App Inventor Setup software
package
» Locate the file
AppInventor_Setup_Installer_v_1_2.exe
(~92 MB)
» Click through the steps of the installer
Download Link
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» Not an official release
» Download App Inventor Setup software
package
» Click through the steps of the installer
AppInventor_Setup_Installer_v_1_2.exe
» Download zip file from Google forum
Standalone
machine 6
Software requirement
1. App inventor setup link
2. Run /AppInventor/startAI.cmd
3. Type <localhost:8888> in browser
Configuration of our school
More RAM is preferred!
» Pentium 4
» 1GB RAM
» 500MB hard disk space (for offline version)
Still can run but takes around 2 minutes to start an
emulator.
http://appinventor.mit.edu
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Emulator
Emulator
Emulator :5554
How to transfer your app to Android
device
1. Download package by QRcode hyperlink
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Capture the link by QR code
Android App
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2. Download apk to computer
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3. Direct phone connection
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Upload a file for further use
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