Hey, everybody! Today, I want to share with you a new(ish) way to port Scratch projects: apps! There are other methods to doing this, but I will share with you the easiest one.

Requirements

Scratch account
Github account
Adobe Sign-in key


Instructions

Make a Scratch project that can be controlled without any keys (mouse only!)
Copy the project ID
Fork https://github.com/karatebuilderboy/Scratch-to-Phonegap and plug the ID into Index.html
Go to config.xml and enter an ID. App id's are usually domain names written backwards. EX: edu.mit.scratch
Change out the other fields in config.xml
If you want, you can specify an icon in config.xml using http://docs.phonegap.com/phonegap-build/configuring/icons-and-splash/
Login to Phonegap Build and import the Github repo
Enable hydration
Build the app. Android and Windows phone will work, but iOS requires a key
Done! You can now submit the file to whatever app store you want (after testing)!

If you have any questions, let me know. Thanks!

Here's an example repo: https://github.com/karatebuilderboy/Launcher for the app https://www.amazon.com/Ecodium-Launcher/dp/B01J7ZJAA4/ref=sr_1_1?s=mobile-apps&ie=UTF8&qid=1469794344&sr=1-1&keywords=launcher+easy

This is one of the greatest porting options on Scratch I have ever seen in my 2+ years around. Thanks!

Cool stuff! Loving my “Better Pen App” app.

Oh no! Low battery. Sorry OCD peeps.

gigawert wrote:

This is one of the greatest porting options on Scratch I have ever seen in my 2+ years around. Thanks!

You're welcome! Have you made any apps yet?

PullJosh wrote:

Cool stuff! Loving my “Better Pen App” app.

Cool! Some of my apps lag a fair bit. Is yours lagging a lot?

karatebuilderboy wrote:

gigawert wrote:

This is one of the greatest porting options on Scratch I have ever seen in my 2+ years around. Thanks!

You're welcome! Have you made any apps yet?

No, but soon.

karatebuilderboy wrote:

PullJosh wrote:

Cool stuff! Loving my “Better Pen App” app.

Cool! Some of my apps lag a fair bit. Is yours lagging a lot?

No, but the project I used is extremely simple. I'd imagine the majority of the lag comes from phonegap.

PullJosh wrote:

karatebuilderboy wrote:

PullJosh wrote:

Cool stuff! Loving my “Better Pen App” app.

Cool! Some of my apps lag a fair bit. Is yours lagging a lot?

No, but the project I used is extremely simple. I'd imagine the majority of the lag comes from phonegap.

Yeah. Or the fact that Phosphorus has to fetch the project from its Scratch page…

Bump

Could you tell me some other ways to make an app out of a Scratch game? Or if you don't want to could you tell me where I could find out?

CreeperCraft64 wrote:

Could you tell me some other ways to make an app out of a Scratch game? Or if you don't want to could you tell me where I could find out?

This is a little bit broad

Icey29 wrote:

CreeperCraft64 wrote:

Could you tell me some other ways to make an app out of a Scratch game? Or if you don't want to could you tell me where I could find out?

This is a little bit broad

A Scratch game that could be used on mobile devices. Mainly IOS.

Hey! (Sorry to self advertise) I made my own one that doesnent need a lot of stuff! You can check it out here.

-SuperScratch- wrote:

Hey! (Sorry to self advertise) I made my own one that doesnent need a lot of stuff! You can check it out here.

That isn't a way to make a game into an app, though.

Wooh! Just published a tutorial on this:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/116055504/

Can you play the app without wifi? Is the coding really inside of the app? I wondered this because you have to include the project ID in the code.

CreeperCraft64 wrote:

Can you play the app without wifi? Is the coding really inside of the app? I wondered this because you have to include the project ID in the code.

You need wifi to initially start the app. I've been working on a new version where you take the source code of the page the project is on and putting it in github, so that Phosphorus can reference that file instead of the website, which is coming along nicely. Also, Hydra, the auto-updater, requires wifi.

karatebuilderboy wrote:

CreeperCraft64 wrote:

Can you play the app without wifi? Is the coding really inside of the app? I wondered this because you have to include the project ID in the code.

You need wifi to initially start the app. I've been working on a new version where you take the source code of the page the project is on and putting it in github, so that Phosphorus can reference that file instead of the website, which is coming along nicely. Also, Hydra, the auto-updater, requires wifi.

So that means you just need to connect to wifi once to play it, and then you can play it offline whenever you want?

Nice!

happyland440 wrote:

Nice!

Thanks!

I might try this, I need to make a game that will actually work in Phosphorus.