Your App is Out of Date

[mohammad farfour]

Hello I am facing a problem using the emulator when connecting to emulator first the application in emulator get crashed and then a message is showed in app inventor site that said  ""Your Companion App is out of date. Click "OK" to start the update. Watch your emulator's screen because you will be asked to approve the update."" and then after waiting some time the emulator showed message that the there is error parsing package . uninstalling and installing appinventor emulator doesnt solve my problem knowing that the installed emulator is the latest version please Help !!!

[Kel Mohror]

"Out of date" warning for me as well. Using MS Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1 and a public library WiFi. 

The Emulator is displayed but stalls when "waiting for blocks." Is connection speed the cause? I only have infrequent limited access to internet via WiFi. Last week the Emulator was functioning; when I updated MS Security Essentials, aiStarter went away. Would getting a ChromeBook enable using Emulator?

[Mohammad mhdroid]

I am using a home network with a high speed internet and windows 10 

[Taifun]

see here http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/support/troubleshooting.html

Taifun

[TimAI2]

Can you try another emulator ? or Companion App on your device?

Look in the FAQ for alternatives (see below)

If you haven't done it already....

Read:  The FAQ  TUTORIALS  USING IMAGES  BLOCKS  COMPONENTS  EXTENSIONS  LISTS 

[Mohammad mhdroid]

I have done all the troubleshooting and they said to download the latest version of emulator in my case and i did that but the problem still

[Mohammad mhdroid]

when connecting via usb cable using my android phone the testing is working normally on my phone but the emulator is crashing and error that app is out of date 

[Evan Patton]

It might be the case that antivirus software is breaking the downloaded APK. Try temporarily disabling any AV or web monitoring software and rerun the update process. Don't forget to turn the AV back on after the process finishes so that you are not vulnerable.

If this still doesn't work, we'd like to understand how the file might be getting corrupted. Please go to Help > Companion Information and click on the link there to download the APK to your computer. You can then email it to me at ewpatton (at) mit (dot) edu and we can inspect it for corruption.

Sorry for the inconvenience,
Evan

[Kel Mohror]

I get the Emulator home page, Taifun-

on a public WiFi, but the Emulator stalls here. I will Go to the troubleshooting page.

[Kel Mohror]

Neither of the two FAQ sections listed "Emulator" "Emulator Alternatives" or "Alternative Emulators", Tim. The lone WiFi entry was regarding an extension. Just now thought to see if "Connectivity" is listed.

Kel

[Abraham Getzler]

The out of date message relates to the Companion app,

which rides along in the stock AI2 emulator,

or can be gotten in the Google Play Store for use in a device.

The emulator itself is not the problem for this message.

The Companion app needs to be kept current with the

current online AI2 version at the web site.

Updating the Companion requires answering prompts

both from the AI2 web site and the Companion app.

Unfortunately, the Companion and emulator might

cover the Windows browser pane containing the AI2 prompts,

preventing you from seeing the prompts and stalling

the update procedure.

Be sure to drag the emulator windows off to the side,

to expose any AI2 prompts during the update process.

See this YouTube video I just posted to the FAQ ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ULuTJR7nuQ

(second half of video deals with the Companion Update)

ABG

[TimAI2]

@ Kel

Beg to differ, in Part 1 A-M

[Mohammad mhdroid]

i solved the problem through downloading the latest apk of mit ai2 companion app using the emulator and then installing it in the emulator , always the re is crash the first time the emulator will run but  now it is working thank you all for your help