App Inventor Services: this "services" service is obsolete

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#1

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whenever I am trying to build apk file it shows **Server error: could not save one or more files. Please try again later! **

Actually my app works fine in MIT AI2 but what I intended to do is to just add a background feature in my app by STICKY TASK that is only available in Beta version ,
but unfortunately this throw an error saying **Server error: could not save one or more files. Please try again later! **

what I'm supposed to do please suggest anyone
Thanks and Regards
Akash

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#2

“Beta version” ??? Do you mean ai2-test ?
This may not be setup for building apks ?

Sticky Task ???

Also your images are not present…

#3

@Akash_Biswas

Sticky Tasks > the server at : http://services.appinventor.mit.edu/ has been abandoned as not practical. This server was a test bed for the possibility of AI2 using background Services. It does not work anymore.

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Unfortunately it is still possible to link to the background apps Services/Tasks server . MIT probably should disable the link.

Regards,
Steve

#5

Hello, it looks like MIT has definitively shut App Inventor Services website (http://services.appinventor.mit.edu/). Unfortunately, the server is at the moment unreachable and I had some projects there, now I am in need to modify them, but I can’t. Does anybody have any news about that project or can he suggest an alternative way to build up background services in App Inventor? Do you know if MIT plans to hopefully restore that website on-line again? Thank you all.

#6

Sorry Salvatore, the services server is shut-down permanently

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since May 19th. There is no alternative way to build apps that run in the background using App Inventor 2. The services site is not available any more. If you saved an aia of your Project, you can re-build it on the main server but without background capabilities.

The above notice has been posting on the site for over a year.

To build a service app, consider the professional Android Studio, B4A or Delphi Community Edition compilers. All are free and buld service apps.

Regards,
Steve

#7

Hi Steve, thanks for your feedback.
Wow, it was actually very longtime I did not have connected to that server, so such news has been a sudden and sad surprise for me...
Unfortunately, App Inventor Services was in my opinion the only good, suitable and effortless way to build up background running tasks, without to be forced to develop code in Java (that I personally dislike).
I will have however a look to the platforms you kindly suggested. Do you know if App Inventor Services somehow exists as off-line project, like App Inventor 2 Ultimate project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ai2u/)?
Thank you again and regards.
Salvatore

#8

Android Studio language is Java; B4A is a VisualBasic like language, Delphi Community Edition is object Pascal.

I don't know. Probably a stand alone version does not exist. If one existed there probably would be links. The code required to build your 'own' services might be in the archives for https://mit-cml.github.io/appinventor-sources/

#9

Hello, it looks like MIT has definitively shut App Inventor Services website (http://services.appinventor.mit.edu/). Unfortunately, the server is at the moment unreachable and I had some projects there, now I am in need to modify them, but I can’t. Does anybody have any news about that project or can he suggest an alternative way to build up background services in App Inventor? Do you know if MIT plans to hopefully restore that website on-line again? Thank you all.

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#10

Correct, the services server is shut
It is highly unlikely that it will ever return
It may be possible to recover your projects (not that you can use them for background services, if modified in AI2)

#11

Hi Tim, thanks for your feedback.
I really hope in your words. Unfortunately, App Inventor Services was in my opinion the only good, suitable and effortless way to build up background running tasks, without to be forced to develop code in Java (that I personally dislike), so I really hope it could be soon restored.
Do you know if App Inventor Services somehow exists as off-line project, like App Inventor 2 Ultimate project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ai2u/)?
Thank you again and regards.
Salvatore

#12

You could download the services branch and compile it on your own computer.

The branch can be found here:

The README has all the instructions needed to compile the sources.