Aptly: Making Mobile Apps from Natural Language
<|reference_start|>Aptly: Making Mobile Apps from Natural Language: We present Aptly, an extension of the MIT App Inventor platform enabling mobile app development via natural language powered by code-generating large language models (LLMs). Aptly complements App Inventor's block language with a text language designed to allow visual code generation via text-based LLMs. We detail the technical aspects of how the Aptly server integrates LLMs with a realtime collaboration function to facilitate the automated creation and editing of mobile apps given user instructions. The paper concludes with insights from a study of a pilot implementation involving high school students, which examines Aptly's practicality and user experience. The findings underscore Aptly's potential as a tool that democratizes app development and fosters technological creativity.<|reference_end|>
@article{patton2024aptly:,
    title={Aptly: Making Mobile Apps from Natural Language},
    author={Evan W. Patton, David Y.J. Kim, Ashley Granquist, Robin Liu, Arianna
  Scott, Jennet Zamanova, and Harold Abelson},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.00229},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2405.00229},
    primaryClass={cs.HC cs.AI cs.PL}
}