by Brandan Jones | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release Date: May 2017 | ISBN: 9781788297844

Anyone can create Android apps with AppInventorAbout This VideoCreate an Android app quickly, even if you've never programmed beforeUse a lightweight, browser-based development environmentCreate a fully featured app for the Play Store, or a simple prototypeIn DetailAppInventor enables the democratization of information technology. You no longer have to be a programmer with years of experience to create your own Android app. All you need is a good idea, a browser, and some simple software for your own Android device or computer to create an app.In this course, we'll walk through creating an app step-by-step. We discuss the user interface components: sequence, selection, and iteration, parsing simple text, performing computations, and more.

1. Chapter 1 : Getting to Know the App Inventor
   • The Course Overview 00:07:31
   • Why App Development? 00:04:36
   • Why Use App Inventor? 00:05:48
   • What Is an IDE? 00:10:16
   • Introduction to Web-Based IDE 00:07:11
   • Installing the Emulator 00:06:55
2. Chapter 2 : Getting Started with App Inventor
   • Sequence, Selection, and Iteration 00:11:06
   • Variables 00:11:01
   • Changing Screen Background Color 00:08:35
   • Save Project Source and Generate APK 00:09:11
   • Deploying your App on the Google Play Store 00:14:17
3. Chapter 3 : Decisions and Iteration
   • Variable Type – List 00:10:42
   • Iteration 00:10:22
   • If Tests 00:09:29
   • Procedures 00:07:04
   • Advanced Procedures 00:08:40
4. Chapter 4 : Advanced App Inventor
   • Audio 00:12:16
   • Create an Image for a Button 00:15:08
   • Add Image to a Button 00:08:56
   • Invoke the Camera 00:09:43
5. Chapter 5 : User Interactions with App Inventor
   • Mobile Usability Case Study 00:19:47
   • Layouts 00:09:33
   • Call One Screen from Another 00:09:23
   • Pass Data between Screens 00:13:37
6. Chapter 6 : Advanced UI Movements and Graphics
   • Example Concept – Learn Chemistry 00:22:46
   • Advanced Layouts 00:09:01
   • Using Ball and Canvas 00:10:24
   • Detecting Collision Events 00:11:00
7. Chapter 7 : Storage
   • Saving Data in TinyDB 00:13:13
   • Select a Random Item from TinyDB 00:09:03
   • Compare Lists 00:20:20
   • Firebase 00:12:01
   • Wrap Up 00:11:20