Android Apps with App Inventor: The Fast and Easy Way to Build Android Apps

ISBN: 0321812700

Author: Kloss, J

Condition: New

Wi>Android Apps with App Inventor provides hands-on walkthroughs that cover every area of App Inventor development, including the Google and MIT versions of App Inventor.Kloss begins with the absolute basics of program structure, syntax, flow, and function, and then demonstrates simple ways to solve todays most common mobile development problems. Along the way, youll build a dozen real Android apps, from games and geotrackers to navigation systems and news tickers. By the time youre done, youll be comfortable implementing advanced apps and mashups integrating realtime multimedia data from all kinds of Web services with the communication and sensor-based features of your smartphone.Topics covered includeInstalling and configuring App InventorBuilding modern, attractive mobile user interfacesControlling Android media hardware, including the cameraSaving data locally with TinyDB, or in the cloud with TinyWebDBStreamlining and automating phone, text, and email communicationsTracking orientation, acceleration, and geopositionIntegrating text-to-speech and speech-to-text in your appsControlling other apps and Web services with ActivityStarterBuilding mobile mashups by exchanging data with Web APIsTesting your apps for diverse hardware with the Android EmulatorExample apps, including multimedia center, online vocabulary trainer, finger painting, squash game, compass, geocacher, navigator, stock market ticker, and many moreThis book will empower you to explore, experiment, build your skills and confidence, and start writing professional-quality Android apps-for yourself, and for everyone else!Companion files for this title can be found at informit.com/title/9780321812704