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BBCBasic Live

Richard Russell2 apps · 9.5K installsToolsFreecom.rtrussell.bbcbasic

BBC BASIC Programming Language

Total installs
7,332
exact · Play shows 5,000+
Installs / day
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measured after our second crawl (about a day)
Rating
3.9★
78 ratings · 14 reviews
Released
24 Feb 2023
3.6y ago
Last update
25 Mar 2026
v1.44a · 7mo ago
Countries
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Permissions

7 in 4 groups
5 Sensitive0 Notable2 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Record sound using your phone's microphone
  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

  • Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO
OtherRoutine2

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
BBC BASIC is the programming language originally specified and adopted by the British Broadcasting Corporation for its groundbreaking Computer Literacy Project of the early 1980s. This is an advanced, cross-platform, implementation with many enhancements over early versions. As well as extensions to the language it supports anti-aliased 2D graphics, 3D graphics, shader programming and includes a 2D physics engine. Its multimedia capabilities include stereo music, sound effects and video. It supports networking and the accelerometer. Nevertheless it maintains a high degree of compatibility with the BBC Microcomputer, including SOUND, ENVELOPE and MODE 7. For full details and user manual visit https://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcsdl/

What's new

Added eight new 'dark theme' IDE backgrounds. Provides access to the SD card, if one is fitted. Long-press in keywords.bbc, starcmds.bbc and vducodes.bbc copies to the clipboard. Added graphics/illusion.bbc and sounds/dubois.bbc example programs. *FX 20 restores User-Defined Characters to their default appearance. VDU 26 zeroes the @panx% and @pany% variables.

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