Did someone managed to run BLE MIT APP on an IoS
device? I get Runtime Error
Error from Companion: error: undefined variable. (irritants: yail/edu.mit.appinventor.ble.BluetoothLE)
I tried an MIT app with BT Classic just now on the Ipad but it does not work also.
Can the MIT INV team not add BLE ,TCP, andMQTT as standaard components to APP INV?
MIT APP INV is great for students and teachers but all communication with IOS devices seems impossible. We can not force all students to use Android
It is possible, but a lot of work, so it's not going to happen overnight. In the case of IOS, everything is difficult, Apple have their own way of doing things and are different to Google - who also have their own way of doing things.
Money is not the answer - the team has been expanded. MIT cannot just add functionality to App Inventor and make it available as they can for Android - It has to go through Apple first and there is a lot of competition for Apple's time.
With regards to MQTT, that is nothing special, there are many similar database platforms - for education, App Inventor's own TinyWebDb is available for IOS Apps.
.... other similar platforms make similar claims of course. Essentially, they are databases in the Cloud. The Web component is available for iOS so you should be able to communicate with any Cloud-based platform, including MQTT.