App Inventor for Android: Build Your Own Apps – No Experience Required! - Softcover

Tyler, Jason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119991331 ISBN 13: 9781119991335

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Synopsis

Create Android mobile apps, no programming required! Even with limited programming experience, you can easily learn to create apps for the Android platform with this complete guide to App Inventor for Android. App Inventor for Android is a visual language that relies on simple programming blocks that users can drag and drop to create apps. This handy book gives you a series of fully worked–out apps, complete with their programming blocks, which you can customize for your own use or use as a starting point for creating the next killer app. And it′s all without writing a single line of code. Don′t miss the book′s special section on Apps Inventor Design Patterns, which explains computer terms in simple terms and is an invaluable basic reference. Teaches programmers and non–programmers alike how to use App Inventor for Android to create Android apps Provides a series of fully worked–out apps that you can customize, download, and use on your Android phone or use as a starting point for building the next great app Includes a valuable reference section on App Inventor Design Patterns and general computer science concepts Shows you how to create apps that take advantage of the Android smartphone?s handy features, such as GPS, messaging, contacts, and more With App Inventor for Android and this complete guide, you′ll soon be creating apps that incorporate all of the Android smartphone′s fun features, such as the accelerometer, GPS, messaging, and more.

About this title

About the Author

Jason Tyler is passionate about technology and people. Jason teaches technology professionally to help people achieve their goals using the power of technology. He plays with technology because he loves the empowerment that technology can bring, and also because he is attracted to anything shiny. Jason is a lifetime student who considers a day wasted if he is not awed by something. His passion for technology has lead him to hold multiple certifications from Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA, and ITIL. His passion for people led him to seek a B. A. in theology. Jason is an avid and dedicated photographer, sailor, and gamer. Of all the things he is, Jason is proudest to be the husband of Rebecca and the father of Liam and Declan.

From the Back Cover

Build your own Android Apps – piece by piece! App Investor for Android is a complete, hands–on –guide to creating your own apps with Google’s App Inventor –a powerful tool that allows even non–programmers to create mobile applications for Android–powered devices. Inside, you will learn programming and mobile OS concepts while creating fully functional, useful, and fun applications for the Android platform. Using App Inventor’s drag–and–drop interface, you will create apps that take advantage of Android device features including the accelerometer, GPS, messaging, contacts, the Web, and more. Insider you will learn how to Set up App Inventor and connect your phone or emulator Use the App Inventor Designer to create your app’s look and feel Work with the App Inventor Blocks Editor to ass functionality to your app Build a chat client using App Inventor’s Bluetooth capability Create your own games Design your own Twitter app App Inventor for Android shows you to create fully–functional apps that you can build, download, and use on your Android phone right away. Best of all, the apps come with complete source blocks, fully explained in easy–to–understand terms, which you can customize or use as a model for building your own Android applications. Please visit www.wiley.com/go/appinventorandroid to download project files.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119991331
• ISBN 13: 9781119991335
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464