Extract text from AIA files
To convert your AIA file to another format, you need MIT App Inventor or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "App Source Archive" file type, you need software like MIT App Inventor or a similar tool.
The .AIA extension represents two distinct file types that often confuse users due to their proprietary nature. Most commonly (97%), it is a source code archive created by MIT App Inventor, a cloud-based tool for building Android applications. These files are actually ZIP archives containing the Block language logic (.bky), interface design (.scm), and media assets required to build the app. The primary constraint is that an .AIA file cannot be installed on an Android device directly; it is strictly a project container. To use the app, users must convert the .AIA to an APK (Android Package) via the App Inventor platform. For developers wanting to inspect the code outside the MIT ecosystem, renaming the extension to ZIP allows for manual extraction of assets, though the logic remains difficult to edit elsewhere.
In a graphic design context, an .AIA file may be an Action file for Adobe Illustrator. These are automation scripts used to record and replay a series of editing steps. These files are proprietary and offer no utility without the specific version of Illustrator they were authored for. Users often seek to convert the results of these actions to portable formats like PDF, SVG, or PNG for broader distribution, as the action file itself is useless for viewing the final design.
Convert.Guru analyzes your AIA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted ZIP, APK, AIX, PWA, EMPTY PROJECT, PDF, TXT, PROPERTIES, HTML, SWB, INO, APKS and PNG files.
If you want to convert AIA file to APK, PDF, AIX, ZIP, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS or PHP, you can use MIT App Inventor or similar software from the "Android App Project Source" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to AIA, try MIT App Inventor or another comparable tool in the "Android App Project Source" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our AIA converter.