App Inventor Emulator

[Bryan Tacuri]

Anyone else having problems connecting to the emulator? When i first connected to the emulator it made me update the software which i did. After that i started over again to see if my project runs correctly but all i see is a blank screen. If anyone knows how to fix please let me know.

[SteveJG]

The problem possibly is your Project Bryan.  A simple test,  making a very small new Project; placing a Button on the Designer screen; and then doing Connect > Emulator   will test if the emulator is working properly.   Do you see the Button?  You should see the button.  Hopefully your emulator is  working as intended. Not?   Let us know.

A persistent white screen on the emulator is generally indicative of issues with the user's Project code; most likely attempting to load lots of images or sound files at app start but it can be many other things.  What is possibly wrong with your Project?  We have no idea.   You told us nothing about it, you did not post screen capture jpg or png images of your screens.  You can get help with your project by providing more information.

Here is the big guess, This advice might help            https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mitappinventortest/fLiMEfPh09Q/1Ia0AaQEXogJ          

Please read the thread.   It contains an extensive list of things that can go wrong with an AI2 Project.   Almost anyone of the issues could result in a white screen at loading.  A guess is that your aia file exceeds 5Mb or as mentioned, loading lots of resources.  What is the file size of the aia file you should have already created  ( to ensure you do not lose all your coding to a simple mistake in coding or to back out of a coding problem to a point where the Project worked correctly)?

Have you made an aia previously?    Any of the issues mentioned in the article feel familiar?     Let us know what you find.

Regards,

Steve.