edit app inventor source code

[Lorenzo Vitale]

Hi everyone,

I'm new in this open source development group.

I am a student who would like to do a thesis by integrating features to the app inventor. I just tested AI2 locally but I still could not type code to do experiments. I'd like to handle the code with Eclipse. Do any of you use this approach? Is there a practical guide to configuring on Eclipse? Are there better approaches? Thanks so much

[Ken Nichols]

I use Eclipse to create Extensions:
http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/reference/other/extensions.html

[Ken Nichols]

Taifun has shared some great source code here:
http://puravidaapps.com/clipboard.php

And here:
http://puravidaapps.com/headset.php

Scroll to the bottom of the page to see source code.

[Juan Antonio]

Here an example to create extensions:

http://kio4.com/appinventor/125B_extensiones_crear_i.htm 

[Evan Patton]

We use a mix of editors here at MIT. I primarily use IntelliJ IDEA, but will also hack on files in emacs if I'm in a terminal and need to make an edit. Others use emacs exclusively and some of the students use VS Code. I used to use Eclipse, but I find that integrating the newer Android development plugin for IntelliJ easier than using the older version in Eclipse. See also recently the post that I made in this forum about debugging the companion with IntelliJ--it may be useful for you if you are in a tight spot working on your extensions.

Regards,

Evan

[Lorenzo Vitale]

Thank you,

That's ok. Now I'm coding by Eclipse and compiling and running on terminal.