MIT App Inventor

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MIT App Inventor

• Daniel, Stephen Thomson

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Features

• 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

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System requirements

• 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)

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System requirements

• 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

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Get started

• 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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Standalone machine

• Not an official release
• Download App Inventor Setup software package
• Click through the steps of the installerAppInvent
  or_Setup_Installer_v_1_2.exe
• Download zip file from Google forum

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Software requirement

• App inventor setup link
• Run /AppInventor/startAI.cmd

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3. Type ltlocalhost8888gt in browser
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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.

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http//appinventor.mit.edu
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Emulator
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Emulator
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Emulator 5554
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How to transfer your app to Android device

1. Download package by QRcode hyperlink
2. Download apk to your PC/Mac/Linux, copy to
   Android device by SD card, synchronizing tool
3. Direction connection to your PC/Mac/Linux

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1. By QRcode
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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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