micro:bit
by Micro:bit Educational Foundation
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Version 2.8.8 đž 18 Mb
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Updated December 11, 2020
Get creative, get coding, get connected - The official app for micro:bit.
Features micro:bit
The best bitsâ˘âCreate games on your phone then âflashâ them on to your micro:bit to get playing â no wires or cables needed!â˘âSnap a selfie by connecting your phone or tablet, and use your micro:bit as a remote control â˘âNever miss your mates again â now you can code your micro:bit to wake up and tell you when youâre getting a call or textWhatâs in the app?
There are four areas to explore:Discover takes you to the official website where you can find code ideas from other micro:bit fans.
Thereâs loads of cool stuff to try out.Create Code allows you to use the micro:bit MakeCode editor.
You can also go back and edit code youâve already created.Connect is where you can go to pair your phone or tablet to your micro:bit.
Choose the device youâd like to connect to through a secure Bluetooth pairing.Flash is where the fun begins: send a program from your phone or tablet and see it on your micro:bit!Permissionsread phone status and identity - This permission is used to allow the micro:bit to read basic state information of the phone.
The user can write code on the micro:bit to react to these different states e.g.
whether the display is on or off or a call or SMS message is receivedreceive text messages (SMS) - The micro:bit can react to different events on the phone and vice versa.
This permission allows the user to make the micro:bit react in the event the user receives an SMS message.
The message contents and details are not used or stored by the application.take pictures and videos - The user can programme the micro:bit to send events to the phone to launch the camera or take a picture or video.approximate location (network-based) â The application has to find and connect to the micro:bit over Bluetooth low energy.
Scanning for Bluetooth low energy devices needs the approximate location service.modify or delete the contents of your USB storage and read the contents of your USB storage - The application will save scripts, photos and any content you may have created to your USB storage.
The application must be able to read, write and delete these files.full network access and view Wi-Fi connections - The application needs access to the internet to access the micro:bit website so that the user can download code samples, access the code editors and to send usage statistics.access Bluetooth settings and pair with Bluetooth devices - The application can discover, pair and connect to the micro:bit over secure Bluetooth.draw over other apps - The user can program the micro:bit to display alerts on the phone or find the phone.control flashlight, control vibration and prevent phone from sleeping - This permission is used to send a visual cue that a photo or video is being captured, to send events to make the phone vibrate and to prevent your phone from sleeping when it is flashing your micro:bit.
"- Bug fix for pairing mode on older devices
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What Our Users Say
Don't just take our word for it. Here's what our users have to say about our Android app.
"Great...I just have no words"
Vasu Pillay
"This is for microbit V2 not v1"
alice woodall
"No es posible la conexiĂłn por medio de Bluetooth, tambiĂŠn dice que es offline, pero no funciona con tablets o celulares. Siempre es necesario internet o datos. Frustrante y se pierde mucho tiempo. đ"
Lorena Elizabeth Guerrero Zambrano
"Useless front end for microbit website, except this app manages to break the ability to import hex files stored on the tablet. Pairing is impossible to achieve, so no actual direct microbit programming anyway. Better off using a tablet browser for kids programming experiment, then use computer to drag kids hex files directly from tablet onto microbit. Baffling this is so difficult for Samsung to sort out."
Mike Matthew
"Left a good review at first, immediately after this dumbass app broke my microbit. Better get a refund"
ItâsUnbreakable YT
"desperate with this application, especially for bluetooth connections"
Achmad Khusaeri
"I wish I could say something good about this app, but it just didn't work. Trying to backspace required me to press backspace over and over again just for one letter."
Nathan Thompson
"Cant get it to work. It pairs but doesn't flash a program over bluetooth."
Jermy tippel
"Not working correctly đ. Can't pair a micro:bit"
T work
"Good"
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