Author: David Wolber Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc." ISBN: 1491907231 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 362
Book Description
Yes, you can create your own apps for Android devices—and it’s easy to do. This extraordinary book introduces you to App Inventor 2, a powerful visual tool that lets anyone build apps. Learn App Inventor basics hands-on with step-by-step instructions for building more than a dozen fun projects, including a text answering machine app, a quiz app, and an app for finding your parked car! The second half of the book features an Inventor’s Manual to help you understand the fundamentals of app building and computer science. App Inventor 2 makes an excellent textbook for beginners and experienced developers alike. Use programming blocks to build apps—like working on a puzzle Create custom multi-media quizzes and study guides Design games and other apps with 2D graphics and animation Make a custom tour of your city, school, or workplace Control a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT robot with your phone Build location-aware apps by working with your phone’s sensors Explore apps that incorporate information from the Web
Author: Lorna Timbah Publisher: Lorna Timbah ISBN: 9671624006 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 57
Book Description
You want to make your own mobile app, but don’t know how to start? Struggling to learn programming? Don’t have time to learn? Struggle no more! Now you can build a mobile app with NO CODING! This step-by-step book with a focus on visual programming will help you jumpstart your mobile app development skills, and you will be able to create your first ever mobile app in just hours. As long as you know how to operate a computer and an Android smartphone, as well as able to read, write and count, you will be able to construct and build basic and fully functional Android apps, and even design a wireframe for your app to solve your problem! This book is ideal for both children and adults who have no prior knowledge of computer programming.
Author: Derek Walter Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional ISBN: 0133799271 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 241
Book Description
With MIT’s App Inventor 2, anyone can build complete, working Android apps—without writing code! This complete tutorial will help you do just that, even if you have absolutely no programming experience. Unlike books focused on the obsolete Google version, Learning MIT App Inventor is written from the ground up for MIT’s dramatically updated Version 2. The authors guide you step-by-step through every task and feature, showing you how to create apps by dragging, dropping, and connecting puzzle pieces—not writing code. As you learn, you’ll also master expert design and development techniques you can build on if you ever do want to write code. Through hands-on projects, you’ll master features ranging from GPS to animation, build high-quality user interfaces, make everything work, and test it all with App Inventor’s emulator. (You won’t even need an Android device!) All examples for this book are available at theapplanet.com/appinventor Coverage includes: Understanding mobile devices and how mobile apps run on them Planning your app's behavior and appearance with the Designer Using the Blocks Editor to tell your app what to do and how to do it Creating variables and learning how to use them effectively Using procedures to group and reuse pieces of code in larger, more complicated apps Storing data in lists and databases Using App Inventor's gaming, animation, and media features Creating more sophisticated apps by using multiple screens Integrating sensors to make your app location-aware Debugging apps and fixing problems Combining creativity and logical thinking to envision more complex apps
Author: Karen Lang Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 153622698X Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
With a foreword by Gitanjali Rao, Time Magazine’s inaugural Kid of the Year, this engaging guide from MITeen Press teaches anyone to design and publish their own apps—no experience necessary!—and introduces young app creators from around the world. Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile apps? App Inventor, a free and revolutionary online program from MIT, lets you do just that. With the help of this companion guide chock-full of colorful graphics and easy-to-follow instructions, readers can learn how to create six different apps, including a working piano, a maze game, and even their own chat app to communicate with friends—then use what they’ve learned to build apps of their own imagination. User-friendly code blocks that snap together allow even beginners to quickly create working apps. Readers will also learn about young inventors already using their own apps to make a difference in their communities, such as the girls from Moldova whose app helps alert residents when local well water is contaminated. Or the boys from Malden, Massachusetts, whose app lets users geotag potholes to alert city hall when repairs are needed. With this inspiring guide, curious young dreamers can become real inventors with real-world impact.
Author: Lyra Logan Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN: 1593279698 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 202
Book Description
Learn to build mobile apps for Android devices with MIT App Inventor, a visual drag-and-drop programming language like Scratch. You've swiped and tapped your way through countless apps, but have you ever created one? Now you can, thanks to Learn to Program with App Inventor. In less than an hour, you'll be able to build and run your first app! App Inventor is a free software for making Android apps. All you need is a PC with an Internet connection to build your app, and a mobile phone for testing. You'll use a simple drag-and-drop interface, which minimizes errors and avoids too much typing. A certified App Inventor Master Trainer, Logan breaks down each project into logical steps, lists the components you'll need, and then shows you how to create screen designs, control program flow with conditionals and loops, and store data in variables and lists. Once you've tested the app on your phone, you can test what you learned with challenges at the end of each chapter. You'll build cool apps like: * Hi, World!: Use your voice to send a text message * Practice Makes Perfect: Rehearse a speech or dance routine with this video recording app * Fruit Loot: Catch randomly failing fruit in this exciting game * Beat the Bus: Track a friend's journey using location services and maps * Virtual Shades: Take a selfie, then try on some virtual sunglasses Join the 6 million people who have tried App Inventor, and make the journey from app user to app inventor.
Author: Lakshmi Prayaga Publisher: Course Technology ISBN: 9781285733333 Category : Android (Electronic resource) Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides information on using the Android App Inventor to create mobile applications, covering such topics as sounds and images, animation, sensors, and multiple screens.
Author: David Wolber Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc." ISBN: 1449308813 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 386
Book Description
A guide to using App Inventor to create Android applications presents step-by-step instructions for a variety of projects, including creating location-aware apps, data storage, and decision-making apps.
Author: Derek Walter Publisher: Pearson Education ISBN: 0133798631 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 241
Book Description
This is a complete tutorial that will help readers make the most of App Inventor 2, even if they have absolutely no programming experience. Learning MIT App Inventor is written from the ground up for today's dramatically improved MIT version of App Inventor. Step by step, mobile expert and instructional specialist Derek Walter guides readers through every App Inventor 2 task and feature in plain, simple English.
Author: Jörg H. Kloss Publisher: Addison-Wesley ISBN: 0132906562 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 737
Book Description
Wi>Android Apps with App Inventor provides hands-on walkthroughs that cover every area of App Inventor development, including the Google and MIT versions of App Inventor. Kloss begins with the absolute basics of program structure, syntax, flow, and function, and then demonstrates simple ways to solve today’s most common mobile development problems. Along the way, you’ll build a dozen real Android apps, from games and geotrackers to navigation systems and news tickers. By the time you’re done, you’ll be comfortable implementing advanced apps and mashups integrating realtime multimedia data from all kinds of Web services with the communication and sensor-based features of your smartphone. Topics covered include Installing and configuring App Inventor Building modern, attractive mobile user interfaces Controlling Android media hardware, including the camera Saving data locally with TinyDB, or in the cloud with TinyWebDB Streamlining and automating phone, text, and email communications Tracking orientation, acceleration, and geoposition Integrating text-to-speech and speech-to-text in your apps Controlling other apps and Web services with ActivityStarter Building mobile mashups by exchanging data with Web APIs Testing your apps for diverse hardware with the Android Emulator Example apps, including multimedia center, online vocabulary trainer, finger painting, squash game, compass, geocacher, navigator, stock market ticker, and many more This book will empower you to explore, experiment, build your skills and confidence, and start writing professional-quality Android apps—for yourself, and for everyone else! Companion files for this title can be found at informit.com/title/9780321812704
Author: Edward Mitchell, MS, MBA Publisher: Edward Mitchell ISBN: Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 139
Book Description
MIT App Inventor 2 is the fast and easy way to create custom Android apps for smart phones or tablets. This guide introduces the basic App Inventor features - you can likely create your first simple app in about an hour, and understand the basic components of App Inventor in a full day. App Inventor 2 is free to use and you can use it for commercial applications too. App Inventor 2: Introduction is targeted at adult learners (high school and up) and shows how to design your app’s user interface with “drag and drop” interface controls to layout your app’s screen design. Then implement the app’s behavior with unique “drag and drop” programming blocks to quickly assemble the program in a graphical interface. This introduction covers the basics of the App Inventor user interface Designer and the Blocks programming editor, plus basic “blocks” programming concepts and tools for arithmetic, text processing, event handling, lists and other features. Updates and additional tutorials are available on the book's web site at appinventor.pevest.com
Author: David Wolber
Author: Lorna Timbah
Author: Derek Walter
Author: Karen Lang
Author: Lyra Logan
Author: Lakshmi Prayaga
Author: David Wolber
Author: Derek Walter
Author: Jörg H. Kloss
Author: Edward Mitchell, MS, MBA