Appinventor - finding the launch icon / starting appinventor

Could someone exp开发者_StackOverflowlain how to start Appinventor after installing?

I downloaded the file and placed in folder as indicated in the provided instructions but am unable to find the launching icon for the Appinventor editor.

http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

You need to sign up for an invitation. That is just the extras folder. Go to the main page, submit your email, and wait.

go to beta.appinventor.mit.edu and sign up if you haven't already. Download the setup provided in the 'support'. This download just supports functioning of the blocks editor and emulator (virtual device). there isn't any icon on your PC, you need to go to the earlier mentioned link and that is your workspace - all on the cloud.

earlier answer from Blaze: of course they can be placed on the Play Store. Why not?

There isn't an icon like say MS Word or Excel. It's based on the web. So you go to http://www.appinventorbeta.com/about/ and log in to your Google Account and start creating an app from there. All your projects are stored on the web, so you can work on them where ever you are.

This questions refers to Appinventor version 1 which had to be installed on the client. This version 1 is not available any longer, Version 2 is a web service and requires no installation at all.

The Appinventor main page is here: http://appinventor.mit.edu

and the Application for creating Apps here: http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu

You only need to register with a Google Account in order to start.

Maybe the whole question should be removed as it is some kind of misleading?

Just sign up for a google ID (if you don't already have one) and google it (or go to the more selection under the "More>>" menu)

I believe that the apps made by the AppInventor cannot be places on the Android Market, I know this from personal experience