What's New
Air Code Enhancements
- Introducing auto-complete support!
- All your projects are now directly available in VSCode's explorer view. Create, rename projects, and collections straight from VSCode
- New Codea Reference section in the sidebar with a "Find reference..." command
- Ability to rename symbols and display Lua errors directly in VSCode
- Enhanced stability with fixes for crash issues, filename case sensitivity, saving large files, and more
Dropbox Update
- Support for the Dropbox asset pack and sync has been removed. Access your Dropbox.assets folder via the Files app.
- What replaces Dropbox? Well...
External Asset Folders
- Introducing "External folder references" for your assets. Seamlessly integrate top-level folders with assets from iCloud, local storage, Dropbox, and other locations
UI and Functionality Improvements
- Now with an option to disable warning messages in the output console using viewer.showWarnings = false
- Improved "Add To" menu with more destinations
- Case-insensitive search in references
App Description
"It’s kind of like the Garage Band of coding." – Wired
"Codea for iPad is a super slick way to write and run programs on your iPad." – Gizmodo
Codea lets you create games and simulations — or just about any visual idea you have. Turn your thoughts into interactive creations that make use of iPad features like Multi-Touch and the accelerometer.
We think Codea is the most beautiful code editor you'll use, and it's easy. Codea is designed to let you touch your code. Want to change a color, or an image? Tapping will bring up visual editors that let you choose exactly what you want.
Codea is built on the Lua programming language. A simple, elegant language that doesn't rely too much on symbols — a perfect match for iPad.
Here's how you use it: type your code. Press play to watch it run. Interact with it. Get creative.
FEATURES
• A fully featured 2D and 3D renderer
• Lots of great example projects to learn from, including games
• Touch your code: tap colors, images and sounds to adjust them
• Export your finished projects to Xcode to produce real apps
• Complete in-line reference documentation accessible from keyboard
• Intelligent syntax highlighting and auto-completing code editor
• Import your own assets from Dropbox
• Full 2D and 3D physics engines for complex motion
• Add parameters so you can tweak variables at runtime
• Interact with accelerometer and multi-touch on your device
• Generate retro-game sound effects
• GLSL Shader Language support with live shader editor
• Bluetooth keyboard support and keyboard shortcuts
• Air Code: code live from your PC using WiFi
• Much, much more
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Join the forums at https://talk.codea.io to ask questions, share ideas and get help when you need it
• If you need help or wish to get in contact with us, please use the support link on this page
App Changes
- April 24, 2012 Initial release
- May 26, 2012 New version 1.4
- June 23, 2012 New version 1.4.1
- July 25, 2012 New version 1.4.3
- August 16, 2012 New version 1.4.4
- September 02, 2012 New version 1.4.5
- September 21, 2012 New version 1.4.6
- February 16, 2013 New version 1.5
- February 16, 2013 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
- February 18, 2013 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
- March 02, 2013 New version 1.5.1
- April 20, 2013 New version 1.5.2
- June 30, 2013 New version 1.5.3
- July 15, 2013 New version 1.5.4
- September 10, 2013 New version 1.5.5
- March 31, 2014 New version 2.0
- December 08, 2014 New version 2.1
- February 03, 2015 New version 2.1.1
- February 26, 2015 New version 2.2
- March 17, 2015 Price increase: $9.99 -> $14.99
- March 21, 2015 New version 2.3
- April 27, 2015 New version 2.3.1
- December 05, 2015 New version 2.3.2
- June 13, 2019 New version 2.7.6
- June 19, 2019 New version 2.8
- August 16, 2019 New version 2.8.1
- September 24, 2019 New version 3.0
- January 07, 2020 New version 3.0.1
- July 15, 2020 New version 3.2.4
- October 27, 2020 New version 3.2.6
- December 10, 2020 New version 3.2.8
- August 06, 2021 New version 3.4.2
- September 16, 2023 New version 3.8
- November 15, 2023 New version 3.9