App Inventor has introduced “copy and paste” of code blocks. Now you can copy blocks of code within a current screen, or from one screen to another screen, or even between projects. This is great news!
Look for the “backpack” icon at upper right of the blocks Viewer screen:
Select a block or blocks with the mouse pointer, and then click and drag the selected blocks into the backpack. A copy of the blocks are placed into the backpack and your original blocks also remain in the editing window.
Click on the backpack icon and it displays the code blocks currently stored in the backpack:
Click on the code block in the backpack (at right) and drag it into the Blocks Viewer. That is all you need to do to copy blocks.
Use this feature to copy blocks within your current screen, or to copy blocks from one screen to another screen, or to copy blocks from one app to another app.
You can put several blocks into the backpack, and then select only the ones you wish to copy over to another blocks Viewer.
How do you empty the backpack? It seems the only way to empty the backpack of saved items is to close the editing windows, go back to the MIT App Inventor home page (http://appinventor.mit.edu/) and select the Create apps! button to re-enter the designer and blocks editor.
Regardless, this is a GREAT NEW FEATURE! Thanks MIT App Inventor team!
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RT @AppInventorPlus: App Inventor introduces copy and paste of code blocks!: http://t.co/7TqaeQacCR #Android #Appinventor #STEM
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RT @AppInventorPlus: App Inventor introduces copy and paste of code blocks!: http://t.co/7TqaeQacCR #Android #Appinventor #STEM
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Great!!!! At last
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Well well well….what do ya know? It’s almost like the wishes of every single person that ever used AI2 finally came true!
Now all we need are some more components for making cooler apps 😉
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They have user developed components feature in Beta test 🙂 More is coming!
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They have user developed components feature in Beta test 🙂 More is coming! http://appinventor.pevest.com/?p=958#comment-28206
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Oh really? It doesn’t seem like that long ago… I diligently searched for this creature after hearing vague rumors of it’s existence but, alas, it proved to be an elusive foe!
I shall now go forth and claim my victory!
Thank You, kind Sir, for your assistance!
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hmmm..perhaps I spoke too soon
I’m on FB and you’re responding from your blog. I realize now that when you do post…a link is auto-added to the post on FB….showing it’s origin.
Silly me 🙂
When you mentioned AI2 beta and new components…directly followed by said link… I mistakenly assumed that the two seemingly connected statements belonged together 😦
Oh well… can I ask you this?
Have you, yourself, used any of these new components or the AI2 beta program you mentioned?
I don’t suppose you have a link to the AI2 beta that you’re willing to share do ya?
For the life of me…I can’t seem to find it and, frankly, I’m starting to doubt it’s existence
Signed,
the discouraged ghost chaser
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Here’s their description of the components Beta – http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/blogs/hal/2015/08/app.html – they have a publicly available test server set up too.
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I have not used any of the Beta components myself, yet. I did download the entire GitHub source code repository a while back but have used it only to understand what was going on inside AI to answer questions I had that are not documented anywhere.
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Dios escucho mis ruegos, GRACIAS DIOS!!
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