Mandatory updates on a application with little to no support and buggy releases. Far as i can tell they just didn't bother to test whether it actually worked on the emulator. An installer package is available for Windows or Mac. Tried all the above on top of which I uninstalled the app from the emulator but that just caused it to loop waiting for the companion app to start rather than installing the newer version. As another option, App Inventor has an Android emulator that puts a simulated Android screen on. Has anyone else experienced this and has any ideas for me? Thanks very much for your help.I also ran into the same problem today.
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I have tried restarting, uninstalling and reinstalling and am running it from my admin account. Learn to build mobile apps with App Inventor for Android, then learn how. So basically I have re-ran the newest version of the setup, tried running the emulator as normal and then connecting to it, however it just says 'now the companion will be updated, click OK to update' and nothing happens after that! I am stuck in an endless loop where this will not update. Hi all, sorry to keep this thread going! Appinventor has been working for me on RM CC4 for the past few weeks, but it seems they have decided to update the software (yesterday) and it won't work unless you update it! There is a link here for more info Time to Update the Companion Explore MIT App Inventor
