I can't export a .aia (Project) file to my computer

[SCdO]

Why I can't export my projects (.aia) to my computer from APP INVENTOR 2

I agree all the colaboration. I'm sure is a easy but is a very big problem for me now.

Thanks.

[SteveJG]

Did you follow the instructions here to export your project    http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/share.html   ?  

If you followed it exactly and still can not create an aia on your deshtop, most probably, one of the following applies to your code:

1)  You have coding errors in your blocks.  In the Blocks editor, look in the lower left for the yellow and red triangle icons.    If the red icon has a value larger than 0, you have a serious coding error.  Find the block in your code that has a red triangle and fix it.   Red triangles always inhibit creating an apk or running a project in the emulator or possibly creating an aia file.     Yellow triangles are more forgiving, however, sometimes, these need to be fixed because they trip an internal warning and you do not get a compile, so fix the yellow triangles too.

2) Your source file (the aia file) is larger than the 5Mb limit allowed in AI2.    You can program apps larger than 5Mb in the browser, but they will not compile and might not run in the emulator or save as an aia. In this case you need to reduce the size of your image and/or sound files.   Most image files can be made quite small by resizing them using a photo manipulation program on your PC to less than 50Kb each.

3)  You might have more than 10 Screens in your app.  AI2 becomes unstable when more than ten screens are used.

4) You might have used a too large image as icon. Use a size of 48x48 px or 96x96px instead.

You need to tell us more about your problem in order for us to help if none of the above conditions is what is causing your problem.

Were you able to export the aia?    If not what did you try and what happened?

Regards,

Steve

[SCdO]

Thanks for the information.

I have 10 screens and a big image. I try to solve.

Your information is very important for me. I try to solve and contact tomorrow.

Thanks

[SCdO]

I have the project Hello Purr in my projects and the result of the export .aia project is "c\Users\John\Downloads\Hello_Purr.aia" and then "No se ha encontrado la aplicacion".

All my project's from APP INVENTOR 2 can't export in .aia format, but I can download de app in my movile and in .apk file.

Thanks

[SteveJG]

"Not found the application"    I am not sure what you are doing.  To export an aia, the project has to be loaded in your Projects and how to do that is described below.

An aia file is the source code, it downloads to the downloads folder on your PC.  Firefox and Chrome handle the download differently but they both send it to your PC's download folder. The aia file is good for sharing your code with a friend or for making a backup copy of your app.

If you want to load an aia into your Projects, you do the second part described below.... you import an aia file into the aia.

If you made a program in the original app inventor (now called app inventor classic), you can not important it into app inventor 2.  These are two different programs and the Classic files can not be used with AI2.

Sharing your app so that others can remix (.aia file)

Make sure you are viewing the list of all of your projects (if you are not, choose Projects | My Projects). Select the project you wish to share by checking the box next to it. Choose Project | Export selected project (.aia) to my computer to export the source code (blocks) for your project. The source code is downloaded in a .aia file.

If you send it to a friend, they can open it with Project | Import project (.aia) from my computer.