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App inventor 2 : create your own android apps / David Wolber [and three others] ; editor, Rachel Roumeliotis ; cover designer, Ellie Volckhausen ; illustrator, Rebecca Demarest.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolber, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Google Apps.
- Android (Electronic resource).
- Application software--Development.
- Application software.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (360 p.)
- Edition:
- Updated for version 2.
- Place of Publication:
- Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- HelloPurr
- PaintPot
- MoleMash
- No texting while driving
- Ladybug chase
- Paris map tour
- Android, where's my car?
- Presidents quiz
- Xylophone
- MakeQuiz and TakeQuiz
- Broadcast hub
- Robot Remote
- Amazon at the Bookstore
- Understanding an app's architecture
- Engineering and debugging an app
- Programming your app's memory
- Creating animated apps
- Programming your app to make decisions : conditional blocks
- Programming lists of data
- Repeating blocks
- Defining procedures and reusing blocks
- Working with databases
- Reading and responding to sensors
- Communicating with the Web.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "Learn to build apps in the fastest way possible"--Cover.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 4, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781491907221
- 1491907223
- 9781491907214
- 1491907215
- 9781491906842
- 1491906847
- 9781491907238
- 1491907231
- OCLC:
- 896843746
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