B4A is now free! (gratis). Build app for Android and iOS in text mode

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Hello friends,

B4A is an IDE to build app for Android, before it was called Basic4Android. The code is made in text mode with a syntax similar to that of Visual BASIC 6.0. Until now it was priced at about $ 50, but now it is 100% free (gratis).

B4i, is to make app for iOS.

In these pages I have put examples so you can see how to do it.

http://kio4.com/b4a/4_tres_iguales.htm

http://kio4.com/b4a/9dadosa7.htm

http://kio4.com/b4a/19mascara.htm

http://kio4.com/b4a/index.htm#indice

Regards.
Juan Antonio Villalpando

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Hmmm…WIndows only?

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Linux with Wine (not beer Dos Equis :relaxed:)

or Virtual Box

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Thanks for telling us.

I had bought B4A a while before finding Scratch and AI2,
but its lack of a Designer and pay-to-upgrade-versions
relegated it to shelfware.

It might be useful for things AI2 can’t handle,
under Activity Starter control.

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In the first versions it worked correctly with Services, I don’t know if it works so efficiently now.
(2011) https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/service-modules.7542/

(2018) https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/background-location-tracking.99873/#content

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I tried B4A but could not use the developer IDE on my MAC, because it runs only on Windows. You should also know that you need a MAC to build the load modules for iOS yourself. Otherwise you can have the load module built by the B4A for you.