Something not working right? Visit the troubleshooting page, or check the App Inventor User Forum for help.

If you are updating a previous version of the setup software, log out and log back in before continuing to use App Inventor.

The installer confirms that the App Inventor Setup package was installed.

Youll need to install Windows as a Guest operating system, which requires a Windows license.

If asked, enter your password to confirm that you really want to install software. Virtualbox is a PC virtualization software.

On the Standard Install screen, click Install.

Read and accept the software license agreement.

The file is named AppInventor_Setup_v_X.X.dmg where the X.X is the version number.) If you get a message that you cannot install an application from an unidentified developer, control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu. (You may need to look in your browser's downloads folder.

Double-click the downloaded file to start the installer.

If you previously had the emulator installed, you may need to perform a hard reset.

Version 3.0: For macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) and up.

Open your Macs Terminal (or Command Prompt, if youre a Windows user) and then. Click the blue link below to begin the download. Better get comfortable, because the emulator takes a long time to load.

To get the Android emulator for your Mac, download and install the Setup Package.

How to get a emulator on mac