We’re getting close to releasing a new update for MIT App Inventor. ai2-test.appinventor.mit.edu has been updated with most of the changes that will be going into this release. The release identifier is nb181 and will include a companion update (test version is 2.55t1u).
Some highlights of this release include:
Deleted projects go into a separate Trash area similar to the Windows Recycle Bin or macOS Trash Can. App inventors can restore their projects from the Trash area (or permanently delete them).
Autoloading of projects can be disabled using the option under the Settings menu. One can also append ?autoload=false in the URL to disable autoloading in case a large project prevents App Inventor from properly starting.
Ability to manipulate the properties of multiple components by shift-clicking them in the designer. The properties panel will only show those in common, and changing a property in this mode will change it for all selected components.
Four new sensor components for devices that support them: Barometer, Hygrometer, Light Sensor, and Thermometer.
Some default setting changes for new projects: Sizing will be responsive by default and ShowListsAsJson will be true by default
The full change log where you can leave comments is located here:
Cheers,
Evan W. Patton, Ph.D.
On behalf of the MIT App Inventor team
ai2-test has been updated to address some feedback received in the initial round of testing. This new version includes:
Ctrl/Cmd now used for multi-select rather than Shift
Fixed an issue with wrong tooltips showing for components
FusiontablesControl has been moved to internal so it can no longer be added to new projects (existing projects will be unaffected until Google officially turns off the service)
Block PNG exports will now have transparent backgrounds
Buildserver will scale icons down and produce round icons for Android versions that support it
ai2-test has been updated again to address further feedback identified, as well as a few things that weren’t quite ready for the last round. We anticipate a release date of 2019-12-18 for this version barring any major issues. This update includes:
[Feature] Consolidated pedometer methods by removing resume and pause (use start and stop instead) (Thanks @bartmathijssen)
[Feature] Switched to using textareas for some designer properties to allow for more text (Thanks @bartmathijssen)
[Feature] Added a PageLoaded event for the WebViewer
[Documentation] Updated documentation to a Markdown based system and updated the theme to reflect latest App Inventor website