What is the current status of Snap on mobiles & tablets?

Help with Snap! Snap! Editor
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A while ago I think the advice for Snap was don't do it, and the advice for NetsBlox was it's fine with a current Chrome browser

What is the advice today if the context requires heavy use of mobile devices as the computing platform (underprivileged school kids in India)?

Thanks!

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Tablets/iPad only, phones are not supported. 80-85% of what I make/play on Snap! I have used my iPad. I’m using it right now. Tablet also works pretty well.

Btw: Safari and chrome have worked for me on iPad

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Thanks @earthrulerr

It would be lots of assorted mobile phones running mostly Android. Would that be a non-starter?

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I believe no phones will work solei because of the UI/IDE. The whole, including the community site, has no phone UI built. I would suggest iPads and Laptops or alike.

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Android might actually be better, because it doesn't have the audio issues that ios has.

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Someone should make a mod sometime to support mobile phones

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but i dont think its ideal to do snap or scratch in general on phones anyway, or programming.

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In 1st world countries you'd be right. In 3rd world areas there is no choice, and those students can be very determined & creative on phones. But I agree with @joecooldoo : the Snap UI would need a mod to be usable there e.g. one or two panels at a time (palette, scripting, stage + corral) instead of all three. There may be other subtler issues with Snap + mobile.

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I understand, it will be hard to do, but possible. I wouldn’t know how to make this mod, but we can start a collaboration to make Snap! phone comparable.

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I think it would look like the output on the top, code in th3 bottom, a arrow button to open and close pallets on the editor area (bottom).

I can make a rough draft if you want for design.

I would like to help with the design of the extension:)

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It is possible to code in Snap! using an Android; although, it can be a bit difficult trying to maneuver on a small screen. But it is possible! I was able to create two projects/games on an android. Not all browsers work well, but Chrome seems to work great!

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Yeah, I have used snap on an android tablet. My experience s that it is incredibly hard to tap and hold for right-click, well, at least compared to my ipad.

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