How do I view a source code?

[111341]

I built the app using blocks. Is there any way to look at the source code?

[Kumaraswamy]

Go to www.appinventortojava.com and login then when you create your app, click on Build then Java bridge, then select Java file or Project and java files will be saved.

[deanart2012]

Does this even still work these days?

[vknow360]

It is quite old but only available solution.

[Patryk_F]

Works but not dependent on appinventor. You can create a project there and convert to jave. Unfortunately, this project is based on the old version of app inventor and there aren't many components and methods that are currently in app inventor.

[Peter]

@111341

the source code

The blocks are the source code. You can look inside the aia file if you want. That is a zip file.

AIA file structure

Some text used and adapted from “ENCOURAGING COLLABORATION THROUGH APP INVENTOR” By Katherine Kyle Feeney [aiafilestructure] App inventor allows users to download/export the project files (or source file) for their projects, which can then be reloaded. The aia-file is a zip-file with a different extension. In some cases you will have to rename the aia-file to a zip-file to open it with an archive manager. The assets folders hold all files that have been uploaded to the project as an asse…