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App Inventor 2 Essentials

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App Inventor 2 Essentials

Overview of this book

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
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
App Inventor 2 Essentials
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Setting the background image


In this chapter, you will gain experience in using the media tool to include images in your app. All the apps include some sort of artwork (logos, icons, photos, and so on), so learning to include image files will come in handy. We've decided to create a pool party for our EventApp tutorial, and to keep with the theme, we will set the background image for Screen1 to a water image. It is extremely important to note that you cannot use just any image, logo, or artwork from the Internet in your app. Artwork (this includes photography) is copyrighted, and if you use someone else's artwork without permission (and without paying for it), you will be violating copyright law. Thus, we are taking the time to explain how to find usable, free artwork. Google makes it easy to find artwork that is free to reuse or remix.

  1. Type in the topic you are looking for in the Google search bar. In this case, we will type in pool. Press return on your keyboard or click on the blue magnifying...