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» 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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» 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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» 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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» 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

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1. App inventor setup link2. Run /AppInventor/startAI.cmd

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 emu

lator.

http://appinventor.mit.edu

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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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Capture the link by QR code Android App

Capture the link by QR code Android App

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