Problem in the server of MIT App Inventor to visualize Images

'm presenting a problem with the visualization of the images of my project. Already I tryed update the web page many time but the problem persists.
This error began today (11 of december of 2014) and not i'm the sole that have this problem because several people are presenting the same error loading the images and download the APK.

I suspect that is a ploblem with the servers of  MIT App Inventor, but if someone  know this problem report it.

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We now believe there may be a problem with Google Cloud which MIT uses for saving the images.

MIT are working the issue.  What we thought was a fix (replacing all the images in your Media file) using either a 

backup aia   or  deleting images from the Media and then replacing them or editing the Manifest file) do not seem to be 

working.

Again, the problem is not experienced by all users (we do not know why yet) and unfortunately you are one of the users 

that is affected.  The Technical Team is continuing to look at the problem.  Sorry but as far as MIT can tell, a 

part of the issue may be with where MIT stores the images, and MIT does not control that..

Watch the forum and the AI2 splash screen for announcements.   At the present time the issue with lost images is NOT solved. MIT is attempting to solve the problem.

We are sorry and as soon as we can figure out why some users are affected and fix the issue, we will post a solution.  Be aware, there were no changes to 

AI2 immediately prior to December 11.   Initially, high server loads were thought to contribute to the problem for some users.  MIT added an additional build server, then 

formulated what they thought would 'fix' the issue. What was though to be a fix seems not to be working.

If other users have a similar issue, please post to this thread (not a new thread); tell us what you observe and provide the name Project that seems to be giving the issues.

If you are developing and have an aia file of your project made prior to Dec. 11, keep it in a safe folder; it may be needed to help you later recover the Project.

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I'm facing the same problem from yesterday(11 December 2014).

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Yes, we're still trying to track this down.  I just reproduced it myself, and I know the dev team was able to find it, but fixing it is another story... may be a Google thing.  We're working on it as fast as we can... Just make sure you check the splash screen on AI2's UI when it opens for updates.  Nothing will happen tonight... the main developer went home for the night a few minutes ago, but will tackle this again tomorrow morning.

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I am having this problem, too.
I have a project (Name: Riichi3) with one sound file and 6 images. I build the apk several times today. Sometimes the sound is lost, sometimes one of the images is lost (and not the same image each time, look like completely random.) 

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Ted... please read the information accessed from the RED BOX on the main AI Splash Screen.  Refresh your browser tab, and when AI reloads, before clicking the continue button, click instead on the link in that read box.

Doesn't anyone pay attention to notices and things in front of them anymore?

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Thanks Enis, I did read that but looks like it is updated 2 days ago. I just want to give you some information on the current status. I really appreciate (and tried) all the suggestions but I was not lucky enough to get all my images and sounds in the build.

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Ted... if you replace them, do they get immediately lost or turned into 0 byte files again?

When you output your aia file, how many assets are zero'd out? (you have to create the AIA file, then rename it to a zip extension, then open it)  To create the AIA file, read my tips below...

For our App Inventor Tips, visit TwoDogApps.com by clicking here!

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Thank you Enis, the files randomly turn into zero bytes, whether i output using aia form or apk form.
I uploaded all of them again but some of them became zero bytes when i build. and if i refresh the page and rebuild/reexport the project, the zero byte files in the outputs will change.
Hope that helps you.

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I'll pass it on Ted... what's the name of the project?

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MIT App Inventor still has issues with the Google Cloud Storage, as mentioned in the red splash screen which results in missing assets, see also here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wQy_1uCsZDAXY51wElbMyfy8AJid_EOqklIX_ggzBJY/pub

What you can do meanwhile is 

1. wait until these issues are fixed, or

2. install a personal server and work completely offline. 

Krupong just updated AI2U, version 2.3 is now identical to the MIT App Inventor version nb139c as of Dec 13. Just download the 32 or 64 bit version here http://sourceforge.net/projects/ai2u/files/ai2u%202.3/, install it, start AI2U and your own personal server is up and running! Then just open your browser using the address http://localhost:8888 . That's all.

And btw. with your own personal server you also will be able to build projects larger than 5 MB. So what are you waiting for?

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Thank you Enis. The project is called "Riichi3". I will try Taifun's offline servers in the meantime.

I believe that the images and sounds are there, but somehow AI2 miss them. And AI2 misses different files each time you open (reload) a project.

Here is my experiment. I tried to download the assets from my project by clicking the file in the list on the designer page, and then click "download". I did this 10 times for the same image "mid1.png" (each time after a reload), I got the zero byte 4 times, but successfully download 6 times.

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Ted... you can found out what assets are missing by:

1.  Make the AIA file
2.  Change the extension from aia to zip
3.  Open the zip file and you'll see the list of files... the missing assets will have 0 bytes.

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