Mobile Development, Day 5

Hopper section: Friday, March 27, Lovelace section: Monday, April xx.

Plan for the Day

• Opening circle
• Calendar review
• Discussion: Open Source
• Level 1
  • Review publishing logistics
  • Building an .apk file
  • Exporting the source code (.aia file)
  • Publish your 8-Ball projects to the Newton GWC site.
  • Build a new project!
    • Dream up a cool Android app
    • Sketch out the screens and their appearance
    • Identify the major functionality and components needed
    • Run your idea by an instructor
    • Start building.
  • Try one of these if you have trouble coming up with an idea:
    • Share text and/or files from your app to GMail, Twitter, etc.
    • Collect your friends addresses and plot them all on a map
    • Where's my car? Click when you park, find on a map later
    • Arcade game: Space Attack, Whack-a-Mole, Mars Rover lander.
    • Shared take-out order creation -- great for a party.
    • Check on my stocks: create a portfolio, get real-time values for it.
    • Dance plotter: put the tablet on the floor, dance around, see a trace of your steps
    • Metronome: count out beats, emphasize a down-beat, adjust the tempo
    • Ear trainer: Play out notes or chords, ask the user to identify them.
• Level 2
  • Continue work in the Mobile QuizApp
  • If you finish, start working on an AppInventor QuizApp
  • Sharing time - 5 project presentations from students who will miss April 3.
  • Show the app in action
    • Display the code that implements it.
    • Call out the two most important blocks.
• Closing circle

More AppInventor resources

• Visit the AppInventor Development Studio
• See the Technology Links page for system tours, connection help, descriptions of blocks, recipes, and app ideas.