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Latest revision as of 13:36, 14 May 2020
The process to deploy MIT AppInventor involves downloading the setup file and deploying via a BCX Custom Package Tasks.
Download
Download the setup file from:
http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/content/windows.html
Next, you need to copy the file to your packages$ share or distribution point
eg \\servername\packages$\EXE\AppInventor
If the installation file has been downloaded from the Internet it now needs to be unblocked.
How to unblock files downloaded from the Internet for Deployment.
Create Package Task
You can now create a custom package task to deploy AppInventor using the command syntax below:
\\servername\packages$\EXE\AppInventor\appinventor_setup_installer_v_1_2.exe /S
Note: - It must be a capital S for it to install silently
Sometimes it may be necessary to edit the run-emulator.bat in the application folder, and amend %homepath% to be %homeshare% to prevent the application trying to write to the C: drive.
It is also necessary to enable access to the command prompt for the user to be able to run the scripts needed for the emulator.
After adding the task, only assign to a few individual testing stations to test deployment