README.ios.md

MIT App Inventor for iOS

Prerequisites (Mac OS X)

• Xcode 14 or higher
• macOS 12 or higher

(optional) To automatically install the companion app on a connected, authorized iOS device, install ideviceinstaller via Homebrew:

brew uninstall ideviceinstaller
brew uninstall libimobiledevice
brew install --HEAD libimobiledevice
brew link --overwrite libimobiledevice
brew install --HEAD  ideviceinstaller
brew link --overwrite ideviceinstaller
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/db/lockdown/

Building

Build iOS:

ant ios

To build components and reinstall the companion:

ant ioscomps

To build only the Android version of the companion (MIT App Inventor open source):

ant android

To build the webapp for Google App Engine:

ant webapp

Testing

To run tests:

ant iostests