Here I am, back as promised. Finally got the app done in App Inventor, and am pretty pleased with the results.

It does what I want well; send an ascii character over BT for each button pressed. Its supposed to be used as a numeric keypad for access control.

I would still be looking up Basic4Android (or other alternates) for a couple reasons, though.

1) Apps created with App Inventor cannot be installed to the SD card. (Not without a tweak, anyway)
2) The apk file size is not very compact; I've read it can be as much as 6 to 10 times larger than the same app developed in say, B4A.
3) Of course the degree of uncertainty regarding its new home at MIT; it goes off the Google site on the 31st.

Dave, your zip file would be the ideal starting point for me to get into B4A, thanks. Although it does look a bit daunting..

Regards,

Anand

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