Transfer Kodular Projects to Niotron

[Husain]

Hi,

I am transferring all my projects (around 10 or so) from Kodular to Niotron. However, there are many components that are there on Kodular and not available to Niotron. What is the easiest and fastest way to transfer those projects?

Best,
Husain

[Pablo_Almeida]

Check the components that you use in Kodular and don’t exist in Niotron and remove them from the project before importing the aia to niotron, otherwise it won’t work.

If the component exist in both builders but have different name you can edit the .aia file and change component name and so it will work. There are tutorials about it in the internet, but basically you will have to edit the .scm and .bkm files to change the name of the component from the name used in Kodular to the name used in Niotron…

By the way, I made a guide a few days ago listing the components that Kodular has and niotron not and the other way around, may be it can help you too.

Kodular components not present in Niotron or with different names

Hi there, friends. One of the biggest problems for us Niotron users is to import our old projects from Kodular to Niotron. Sometimes simple things like a space component prevent us from importing a project that took months to create and force us to lose a long time recreating it here in Niotron. To help myself and others, I decided to take some time (a lot more than I expected) to make a list of components that exist in Kodular but doesn’t exist in Niotron or that exist in both builders with di…

In the guide there is not a list of blocks present in each component, so even if the component exist in both builders it is possible that the .aia won’t perfectly work. If it is a small project it is easier to restart the project from scratch, specially if you will have to remove a component that is very used in your project in Kodular

[Husain]

Hi Pablo

Thanks for sharing the information

I am sure there is an easier was, as my apps were built with complexity. Perhaps programmatically editing the AIA file but uncompressing, modifying, then compressing again. But we would need a guide for that.

Best,
Husain

[Pablo_Almeida]

@Husain

Perhaps programmatically editing the AIA file but uncompressing, modifying, then compressing again

Yes, thats’s what I said here:

@Pablo_Almeida

If the component exist in both builders but have different name you can edit the .aia file and change component name and so it will work

You can do this with the space component for example. In the topic I sent you there is the list of components that can be edited using this method.

@Husain

But we would need a guide for that.

here are many guides about it already. Just search for EDIT AIA. here or in app inventor or others builders comunitiies

[vvv.valera.valera]

I’ve already done something for this automation.

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