Book description
A step-by-step introductory guide to mobile app development with App Inventor 2
About This Book
- Get an introduction to the functionalities of App Inventor 2 and use it to unleash your creativity
- Learn to navigate the App Inventor platform, develop basic coding skills and become familiar with a blocks based programming language
- Build your very first mobile app and feel proud of your accomplishment
- Follow tutorials to expand your app development skills
Who This Book Is For
App Inventor 2 Essentials is for anyone who wants to learn to make mobile apps for Android devices ? no prior coding experience is necessary.
What You Will Learn
- Perform technical setup and navigate the App Inventor platform
- Utilize the interactive development environment by pairing a mobile device with a computer using Wi-Fi or USB
- Build three apps: a game, an event app and a raffle app
- Create the user interface of the app in the Designer and program the code in the Blocks Editor
- Integrate basic computer science principles along with more complex elements such fusion tables and lists
- Test and troubleshoot your applications
- Publish your apps on Google Play Store to reach a wide audience
- Unleash your creativity for further app development
In Detail
App Inventor 2 will take you on a journey of mobile app development. We begin by introducing you to the functionalities of App Inventor and giving you an idea about the types of apps you can develop using it. We walk you through the technical set up so you can take advantage of the interactive development environment (live testing). You will get hands-on, practical experience building three different apps using tutorials. Along the way, you will learn computer science principles as well as tips to help you prepare for the creative process of building an app from scratch. By the end of the journey, you will learn how to package an app and deploy it to app markets. App Inventor 2 Essentials prepares you to amass a resource of skills, knowledge and experience to become a mobile app developer
Style and approach
Every topic in this book is explained in step-by-step and easy-to-follow fashion, accompanied with screenshots of the interface that will make it easier for you to understand the processes.
Table of contents
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App Inventor 2 Essentials
- Table of Contents
- App Inventor 2 Essentials
- Credits
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewer
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Unleashing Creativity with MIT App Inventor 2
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2. Setting Up MIT App Inventor 2
- The initial setup
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Connectivity setup
- Downloading the AI2 Companion app
- Connecting your computer and Android device with WiFi
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Connecting the emulator or connecting using a USB cable
- Step 1 – installing the App Inventor setup software
- Step 2 – launch aiStarter
- Step 3 – opening a project and connecting to the emulator
- Step 4 – setting up your device with a USB cable
- Step 5 – connecting your computer and device (authenticating if necessary)
- Step 6 – testing the connection
- Summary
- 3. Navigating the App Inventor Platform
- 4. Fling App – Part 2
- 5. Building an Event App
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6. Introduction to Databases
- Creating a database
- Designing the RSVP screen
- Setting up Google Authentication
- Sharing the Fusion Table with the service account email
- Connecting the app to the Google Fusion Table
- Pushing data to the Fusion Table
- Ensuring empty rows are not inserted
- Viewing the guest list
- Coding the blocks – requesting data
- Coding the blocks – receiving data
- Sharing the Event App
- Summary
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7. Learning About Loops with a Raffle App
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Creating the project and building the GUI
- Creating a new project
- Creating the User Interface (UI)
- Programming the behavior of the Digital Raffle app
- Creating and initializing the variable and list
- Receiving text messages from participants
- Adding the phone numbers of all the participants to the list
- Selecting a winner
- Notifying the winner
- Notifying everyone else
- Using loops
- Clearing out the list and variable
- Summary
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Creating the project and building the GUI
- 8. Expanding Your Mobile App Development Skills
- Index
Product information
- Title: App Inventor 2 Essentials
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2016
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781785281105
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