App Inventor apps for iOS

[Devanshu_Acharya]

Are apps created with APP Inventor compatible for running on Apple Mobile Platforms?If not, what can be done to make them run flawlessly on both Android and iOS platforms equally?
As I read on a website named StackOverflow it is not possible to run .apk files on the iOS platforms...

[Point]

Appinventor for ios?

The build functionality is currently in a closed beta. We'll be opening it up to more folks as we continue to test. We are hoping to release it sometime this summer.

[Devanshu_Acharya]

What is the meaning of Closed Beta? (I'm a total newcomer to app building...)
Thank you for ur answer.

[Peter]

@Devanshu_Acharya

Closed Beta

That means only selected users are able to try that out.

[Devanshu_Acharya]

Thank you @Peter.
Waiting for the feature of apps to become available for all users!.
@MIT and @PowerUsers

[Chiko]

MIT y PowerUsers ... como va este tema?
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[TIMAI2]

The answer is probably, when it is ready, it is still being tested and awaiting approval from "Apple"....

[Ferran_SIMON]

Hello everybody,
It's possible to have a realistic forecast to delivery an Ai2 version with the option to generate IPA files for iOS?
BR Ferran

[TIMAI2]

@Ferran_SIMON

possible to have a realistic forecast

The definitive answer, I believe, is no.

The most realistic forecast is "soon"....

[Ferran_SIMON]

Ok. I will wait.
Thanks

[Anke]

@TIMAI2

The most realistic forecast is "soon"...

Unfortunately, "soon" is very relative and stretchy.

No voice when using AI Companion

For iOS, the compiled app is an IPA file. Unfortunately, there is still no public build server for iOS at the moment. However, it was announced for the fall semester of 2021. I don't understand what you mean by that. On which device are you testing? (Device name & Android version?).

MIT App Inventor for iOS: Now on the App Store

That's correct. The compiling functionality is still in a closed beta although the hope is to make it available before the start of the fall semester.

[ewpatton]

We were supposed to have a meeting last month with Apple but unfortunately it was cancelled. We still need to follow up with them about that.

[Godo365]

Closed beta

How could I get in that group of users who can try the beta version?

[Anke]

@Godo365

How could I get in that group of users who can try the beta version

I was already running late in Oct 2019 while still trying to register for it.

MIT App Inventor for iOS version 0.9

Unfortunately I have not realized yet that there is a beta test version for iOS. I have created some of my Android apps (AI2, Kodular) also for iOS (Xcode 11 / Swift 5). So I have some experience with Xcode & Swift and I know the problems that can occur when switching between Android and iOS, especially regarding (auto) layout (constraints / stack views) or frameworks like AVFoundation (for media files and the different audio formats supported by iOS) etc. I’d like to test how (well) App Inven…

[Ferran_SIMON]

This is great news. Thank very much Mr. Patton to you and your collaborators for the efforts that make in improving this great collective project that is AI2. Having milestones gives the users much hope for the project and also predisposes us to help in whatever way we can.