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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

Distributing your app


We are sure you've noticed, either in an app store or on your device, that all the apps have icons. This small image enables users to easily recognize one app from another. Before sharing your app, you will want to upload an icon. This could be some artwork that you used in your app or a logo if you have created one. You can easily upload this image in the Properties panel for Screen1 under the option Icon. You will find it midway down the panel of options.

The App Inventor Gallery

Whether you've made an app with the help of a tutorial or from scratch, you have the privilege of sharing your app with others. There are many ways to do this. The easiest way is from within App Inventor itself with the Gallery.

Viewing the Gallery apps

You may have noticed a menu item called Gallery, as shown in the next screenshot:

If you click on the Gallery button, you can peruse many remarkable apps that other people have shared. Not only can you view apps to get inspiration, but you can...