Is there a console?

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As part of my debugging, I'd like to output variables to a console, as you can in other IDEs.
Obviously you can create labels and write the values to those, but is there a way of doing it without adding components to your app screen?

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use Do it to debug your blocks, see also tip 4 here https://puravidaapps.com/learn.php
see also Live Development, Testing, and Debugging Tools
Taifun

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Thanks Taifun.
I'll take that to be a "No" then. :cry:
Disappointing that what is simple in ordinary IDEs is a convoluted process in AI2 ... but hey ... it's not an ordinary IDE.

4

This is implemented in WxBit, Chinese version of App Inventor.
www.wxbit.com, unfortunately you need to have a QQ account to log in.

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You could output the values to a file........ :thinking:

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You can use the Log* methods in the Notifier component and then use adb logcat to view the logs.

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Well 'Do It' is very simple and shows exactly where the values are from, which simple output to a console does not.

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