Import from App Inventor
Updating an app on the Google Play store | Importing an unpublished app project |
Sign into App Inventor
Select the project you would like to download
Click on the “Projects” tab on the top left of your screen.
Select “Export selected project (.aia) to my computer.”
The code for the app is now downloaded to your computer. It is a file that is titled <your_app_name>.aia. Note: rename the file to rename the project.
Click on the “Projects” tab on the top left of your screen
Click “Export Keystore”
Sign into Thunkable
Click on the “Apps” tab on the top left of your screen
Click “Upload legacy app project (.aia) from my computer”
Select the project that you previously downloaded
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Click on the Apps tab on the top left of your screen
Click “Import Keystore”
Select the android.keystore file that you downloaded from MIT App Inventor
Package the app (.apk file) by going to the "Export" menu on the Thunkable toolbar
Select "App (save .apk to my computer)." A pop-up box (seen below) should alert you that your download has begun. Note: The other option (provide QR code for .apk) produces a scannable QR code that will download the app for two hours. You can share this code with others, but they have to use it within 2 hours of your generating it.
You can also download the apk directly from your apps home page by clicking on the download arrow next to any app project.
You can now go to Google Play Publishing Home and follow the steps to publish your app to Google Play. Make sure to edit your app version number.
For more details, you may want to start with Introduction to Publishing on Google Play and Google Support on Uploading to Google Play.
Sign into App Inventor
Select the project you would like to download
Click on the “Projects” tab on the top left of your screen.
Select “Export selected project (.aia) to my computer.”
The code for the app is now downloaded to your computer. It is a file that is titled <your_app_name>.aia. Note: rename the file to rename the project.
Sign into Thunkable
Click on the “Apps” tab on the top left of your screen
Click “Upload app project (.aia) from my computer”
Select the project that you previously downloaded
