TechSupp Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Was going to start looking at App Inventor and seen a few technical issue messages on here, so what are peoples thoughts on running it, will have to use the emulator for whole class work so just looked at that install option. Any gotchas to look out for or issues, did see java issues keep cropping up, or any advice on installing it on a network (vanilla 2008 R2 with W7 clients).
robjduk Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 Long story short, its requires students to be able to run command line prompts among various other annoyances. I think most of us on here would like to see it fired into the sun however teachers seem to love the thing.
NotSoFast Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 Ai2 is all web based so if you don't use the emulator it's fine. If you have a few devices with the companion app installed it works beautifully for clubs or smaller groups.
TechSupp Posted October 31, 2014 Author Posted October 31, 2014 Unfortunately I'll have to suck it and see with command line access I think, as we dont have enough devices for kids to work in pairs even, so using the emulator is a necessity not an option. Do they all need a google account or just one for everyone, read somewhere about needing one (or more?). Shame for the issues as it looks on the surface quite Scratch like which is the big plus link, I'm primary based so this may be a leap into the unknown.
NotSoFast Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 You could always try an alternative apk player rather than the emulator. This worked well enough for us, combined with a couple of devices.
abaumber Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 You could always try an alternative apk player rather than the emulator. This worked well enough for us, combined with a couple of devices. Any suggestions for alternative players?
NotSoFast Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 We used Bluestacks. It's clunky, but was good enough for basic testing.
TechSupp Posted October 31, 2014 Author Posted October 31, 2014 Interesting, never thought of that, will have a look at that as an alternative then.
TechSupp Posted October 31, 2014 Author Posted October 31, 2014 Just looked and seems a good alternative, how did you install it over the network and did you just stay with the free version (no probs with the adverts etc?)
NotSoFast Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 I know it was the free one, but I had nothing to do with the installation. Sorry.
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