How do you run App Inventor server totally locally, without Google AppEngine or anything else on the net?

[David Sanborn]

Hi all. I'm trying to find information and instructions on how to run the MIT App Inventor totally locally, that is, without the need for App Engine needing to contact ANY server that is hosted remotely?

What I'd like to do really, is to be able to run App Inventor totally stand-alone. Of course, I'd be able to access the App Inventor server remotely, running as a web app server. But, as per my first paragraph here, I do NOT want App Inventor relying on anything hosted by Google or even MIT.

Is that possible at all? Any news concerning that capability being worked on?

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
David Sanborn

[Jos Flores]

Hi there,

App Inventor can be run locally, but you will still need to run it on
top of App Engine (but also locally, not hosted; so, a local version
of the App Engine SDK running in your machine). That is how we develop
it. All the information needed is here:
http://appinventor.mit.edu/appinventor-sources/

The only piece that currently needs access to the Internet is the
Companion app (to work through wifi). There is also a server that you
can run locally for that, and it's part of the sources, but not fully
documented. If you don't want to deal with that, you can still use the
USB cable (or emulator) to work.

I've been posting a series of videos to make working with the sources
a bit easier; the first one is at:
http://josmasflores.blogspot.com/2013/05/open-source-development-with-app.html

cheers,
José

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[M. Hossein Amerkashi]

Try THIS.

-Hossein.

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[Dylan Hunt]

Hi Hossein,

Your server seems to work easily at first, but then I can't open blocks editor!

Help :(

On Monday, June 17, 2013 5:03:09 AM UTC-10, M. Hossein Amerkashi wrote:

Try THIS.

-Hossein.

[M. Hossein Amerkashi]

Dylan, Have seen the FAQ page below? It talks about the exact issue you are experiencing:

http://sourceforge.net/p/ailivecomplete/wiki/FAQ/

[Dylan Hunt]

I tried this; it has not resolved the problem. Should I downgrade to java 6 and try that same method? With 7_25, this fix did not resolve.

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[Dylan Hunt]

or maybe i should get 7u21 instead of the latest

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[Dylan Hunt]

Fixed by downgrading to 7_21 and following video steps~ Wouldnt work with latest version

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[Taifun]

Fixed by downgrading to 7_21 and following video steps~ Wouldnt work with latest version

for me that works also with the latest version 7.25
Taifun

[Dylan Hunt]

I still have issues connecting the emulator, though. Stability issues, rather. Is there some secret to keep a "green" connection? 

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[Resident Kennedy]

Hi everyone, just joined the group with the express intention to run AppInventor locally< found this thread.
Are there any advances since the last post here, any tips or tricks that may assist.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Res

[Resident Kennedy]

My apologies everyone, i have discovered this pretty simple advice, will advise accordingly on my progress.

http://sites.jsoft.com/appinventor/home/gsuac/server#TOC-server-options

Many thanks again.

Res


On Monday, June 17, 2013 10:07:56 PM UTC+8, David Sanborn wrote: