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Starting AppInventor

Starting AppInventor. Working Connections 2012. Components of AppInventor. AppInventor Designer Build the GUI AppInventor Blocks Editor Programming with Blocks Simulator or Device Download and test on your own device Use an online emulator. Just drag tiles. Get Setup.

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Starting AppInventor

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  1. Starting AppInventor Working Connections 2012

  2. Components of AppInventor • AppInventor Designer • Build the GUI • AppInventor Blocks Editor • Programming with Blocks • Simulator or Device • Download and test on your own device • Use an online emulator

  3. Just drag tiles

  4. Get Setup • All you need is a Gmail Account • http://appinventoredu.mit.edu/ • Do the Install once then everything is web-based • So let’s install….

  5. Basic Concepts • GUI Building • Buttons • Check Boxes • Lists • Text/Labels • Non-Visible items

  6. More than Basics • Canvas • Databases • Media • Social • Other

  7. Making it Work – Blocks Editor • Built-ins • Logic • On the fly creation • Math • other • MyBlocks • Methods • Attributes

  8. Trying it out • Emulator • Device

  9. Let’s Build our first app! • Instead of Hello World, lets do Hello Kitty! • Picture and Sound Files (zip) is on Wiki page for today • Let me show you what it will do • Then we will walk through building it together

  10. MyVirtualPet App

  11. Next App: Scribbling • Demo • Build It: See handout and follow along

  12. Scribbler Extensions • See if you can add • Wipe • Snapshot • Change line width • Save

  13. Next App: Mad Penguin • Demo • Build It: See Handout and follow along

  14. Some More Apps to try • These are from a curriculum built in UK • Can be found at • http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/1035_MobileAppDevelopment.html • Virtual Map Tour • Wiff-Waff • Coin Toss

  15. Free Play • Try to add some variations to our existing apps • Use the extensions in the last handout for more ideas • Explore AppInventor Blocks and objects • Build something new

  16. Solutions - Scribbler

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