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Pocket Code: Learn programming on Windows Pc

Developed By: Catrobat

License: Free

Rating: 3,7/5 - 31.678 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.2.4
Size 23.3 MB
Release Date December 03, 22
Category Education Apps

App Permissions:
Allows access to the vibrator. [see more (15)]

What's New:
HotfixThanks to all contributors!Contribute as a developer, designer, educator, in marketing or in many other roles: https://catrob.at/contributing [see more]

Description from Developer:
Program, play, and share your own games, animations, interactive art, music videos, and many kinds of other apps, directly on your phone!

Pocket Code allows you to create, edit, e... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Pocket Code: Learn programming and install on Windows PC. Pocket Code: Learn programming is free Education app, developed by Catrobat. Latest version of Pocket Code: Learn programming is 1.2.4, was released on 2022-12-03 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000,000. Overall rating of Pocket Code: Learn programming is 3,7. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 31,678 users, 6,329 users had rated it 5*, 16,675 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Pocket Code: Learn programming on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Pocket Code: Learn programming on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Pocket Code: Learn programming on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Pocket Code: Learn programming using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Pocket Code: Learn programming" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Pocket Code: Learn programming on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Pocket Code: Learn programming" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Program, play, and share your own games, animations, interactive art, music videos, and many kinds of other apps, directly on your phone!

Pocket Code allows you to create, edit, execute, share, and remix Catrobat programs in a visual programming environment and programming language. You can remix programs that others have made and share them with your friends and the world. All public Catrobat programs can be downloaded under a free open source license to maximize learning, remixing, and sharing.

Feedback:
If you find a bug or have a good idea to improve Pocket Code, write us a mail or go to the Discord server https://catrob.at/dpc and give us feedback in the "🛑app-feedback" channel.

Community:
Get in touch with our community and check out our Discord server https://catrob.at/dpc

Help:
Visit our wiki at https://wiki.catrobat.org/

Contribute:
a) Translation: Want to help us translate Pocket Code into your language? Please contact us via translate@catrobat.org telling us for which language you would be able to help.
b) Other contributions: If you can help us in other ways, please check out https://catrob.at/contributing --- We are all pro-bono unpaid volunteers working in our free time on this not-for-profit free open source project aiming at increasing computational thinking skills in particular among teenagers all around the world.

About us:
Catrobat is an independent non-profit project creating free open source software (FOSS) under AGPL and CC-BY-SA licenses. The growing international Catrobat team is entirely composed of volunteers. The results of many of our subprojects will be made available in the months and years to come, e.g., the ability to control more robots, or to create music in an easy and fun way.
Hotfix

Thanks to all contributors!
Contribute as a developer, designer, educator, in marketing or in many other roles: https://catrob.at/contributing
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to record audio.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.