Help test nb205

Hello everyone,

We are preparing the next release of App Inventor, nb205. The server at ai2-test.appinventor.mit.edu has been updated with the following changes:

  • New WebRTC library. In particular, if you are using older Android versions (especially Android 4.x and 5.x) we'd like confirmation that this version continues to work.
  • New procedure blocks now appear under a "More..." category
  • Fix an issue where dragging multiple blocks to the backpack would only add one block
  • Fix an issue where matrix block parameters did not align correctly with other blocks
  • Add missing documentation for the new procedure blocks
  • Add a new CloudDB data explorer tool under CloudDB properties

Please leave a comment with any bugs you encounter in this new version.

Cheers,
Evan W. Patton, Ph.D.
Lead Software Engineer, MIT App Inventor

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ai2-test.code... yet ?

My guess is we won't transition to a code-based backend for ai2-test until we turn off the infrastructure for ai2 this summer.

Good to see this being tidied up, I consistently fail to find the correct block for my procedures :wink:

If additional sectioning is possible, perhaps user generated procedure blocks could also have their own section?

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Regarding the Procedure branch ...
The name 'More' needs work. Purple color isn't enough.

If 'Anonymous Procedures' won't fit the pallette pane, I propose the term 'Thunks'.
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+thunk

The CloudDb editor is a work of beauty

I like being able to climb the tree and edit in place.

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The CloudDB Data Editor needs testing by some one who updates it from an IOT project (not me), presumably without the AI2 markup, to test its robustness.

Technically, “thunk” usually refers to a procedure that takes no arguments. “Closure” might be a somewhat better term, though, like thunks, they can, in theory, be named.

-Mark

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Closures it is

I found this on nb204b:

parameter is not recognized in anonymous procedure

Here's a possible test for the CloudDB data console, note for later when available...

Upload a matrix to CloudDB and see if it breaks the formatting on the console.

Results:


I should go try to recover that and see if it survived as a matrix ...

It look like a matrix.

Hey @ABG I didn’t think of Matrices; I’ll have a look.

Hi @Kevinkun

This issue is fixed in this PR

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