MIT App Inventor Update

An update to MIT App Inventor was pushed out on 16 June, and users will see a pop-up screen alerting them to this on their first sign-in after that date. None of the updates described in the release notes should have an impact on existing Smart Skills apps. The new Pedometer component may be of interest for the development of exercise and fitness apps.

If you have installed the AI2 Companion App on an Android device in order to use the WiFi or USB 'live debug' methods, it will need to be updated to use the new features in this App Inventor release. If you installed the Companion App from the Google Play store, it will update automatically; if you installed it directly to your device, you will need to manually update to version 2.37 at appinv.us/companion.