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Create Android apps with App Inventor [Video]

By : Brandan Jones
Book Image

Create Android apps with App Inventor [Video]

By: Brandan Jones

Overview of this book

<p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">AppInventor enables the democratization of information technology. You no longer have to be a programmer with years of experience to create your own Android app. All you need is a good idea, a browser, and some simple software for your own Android device or computer to create an app. </span></p> <p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">In this course, we’ll walk through creating an app step-by-step. We discuss the user interface components: sequence, selection, and iteration, parsing simple text, performing computations, and more. </span></p> <h2><span class="sugar_field">Style and Approach</span></h2> <p><span class="sugar_field"><span id="trade_selling_points_c" class="sugar_field">In this video, you’ll learn to use AppInventor by creating a sample app, following step-by-step instructions.</span></span></p>
Table of Contents (7 chapters)
Chapter 4
Advanced App Inventor
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Section 2
Create an Image for a Button
A professional app will have a uniform color theme and buttons with images that embrace that theme. In this video, we discuss where to find inspiration to determine a color theme, and where to go to create buttons. - Understand the sample colors using the eyedropper tool in Microsoft PaintTM - View similar colors on a color wheel - Create the app icons using Android Asset StudioTM