Can we develop an aia file in Android studio?

[SERKAN GÜL]

Android stüdyosunda bir aia dosyası geliştirebilir miyiz?

[SteveJG]

MIT App Inventor's source code is saved in an AIA file.  The file contains resources needed  by the app and instructions for the compiler.  The aia, when downloaded to a computer can be imported into the MIT App Inventor web compiler to create applications using the App Inventor 2 compiler. The AIA file is also used to export and import projects to and from a computer to the web program.  The aia file is actually a zip file containing the source code.     Other, third party versions of App Inventor also use the same basic format to save source code as a file.

MIT App Inventor uses the file to create an Android APK file, the Android executable.  This is the compiled  'program'  (app)  that runs in your Android device.

Android Studio does NOT use aia files.  Android Studio can create an APK file using a different system.  Android Studio cannot create an aia file .  Only App Inventor and third party apps like AppyBuilder and Thunkable (that use the same basic coding model) can create an aia file the will run on MIT App Inventor to produce an app.   AIA files created on one of the third party clones might run on App Inventor depending on what features are use when it is created on the third party compiler.   Aia files created on one version of App Inventor (it is OpenSource) might not compile properly on a different version.   If you build on a third party clone, do not expect the aia you generate to work on MIT App Inventor.

Regards,

Steve.