01-22-2014, 08:36 AM
App Inventor (FOR FREE)
A useful tool for building Android applications for mobile phones
Written by Alexandru Pintilie
App Inventor provides Android developers with a friendly environment for the creation of applications for the Android platform. It comprises a designer and a blocks editor for all the work behind the interface as well as an emulator for testing purposes. It also supports cloud-based storage of all your projects for easy access no matter where you might end up writing code and perform tests.
There are a few steps to be taken in order to create Android apps with the App Inventor and they include selecting the components to work with in the App Inventor Designer as well as the assembly of program blocks specifying the roles and behavior of the aforementioned components within the App Inventor Blocks Editor. This last operation is as visual as it can possible be with you putting blocks together just like in a puzzle game.
Moreover, the emulator is always connected to the editor, thus adding a block and connecting it to another instantly shows the result in the emulated screen. This can also be accomplished using a connected Android phone. The emulator alternative is constantly there though, just in case your mobile is not an option.
Firstly released as a Google project, App Inventor had a short lifespan under the IT mogul that lasted only about a year. The MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) took over the project and has maintained it since the end of the year 2011. Its mission since then is to democratize the Android app development “for and by all”.
App Inventor can potentially turn you into an active, analytical contributor of the mobile community. Its toolset alongside the provided workbench make it a friendly environment to start your Android app projects in and develop them into publishable stand-alone applications. With App Inventor, yesterday’s simple media consumer can become tomorrow’s Android app creator.
DOWNLOADLINK:
http://www.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownloa...35&t=0&i=1
A useful tool for building Android applications for mobile phones
Written by Alexandru Pintilie
App Inventor provides Android developers with a friendly environment for the creation of applications for the Android platform. It comprises a designer and a blocks editor for all the work behind the interface as well as an emulator for testing purposes. It also supports cloud-based storage of all your projects for easy access no matter where you might end up writing code and perform tests.
There are a few steps to be taken in order to create Android apps with the App Inventor and they include selecting the components to work with in the App Inventor Designer as well as the assembly of program blocks specifying the roles and behavior of the aforementioned components within the App Inventor Blocks Editor. This last operation is as visual as it can possible be with you putting blocks together just like in a puzzle game.
Moreover, the emulator is always connected to the editor, thus adding a block and connecting it to another instantly shows the result in the emulated screen. This can also be accomplished using a connected Android phone. The emulator alternative is constantly there though, just in case your mobile is not an option.
Firstly released as a Google project, App Inventor had a short lifespan under the IT mogul that lasted only about a year. The MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) took over the project and has maintained it since the end of the year 2011. Its mission since then is to democratize the Android app development “for and by all”.
App Inventor can potentially turn you into an active, analytical contributor of the mobile community. Its toolset alongside the provided workbench make it a friendly environment to start your Android app projects in and develop them into publishable stand-alone applications. With App Inventor, yesterday’s simple media consumer can become tomorrow’s Android app creator.
DOWNLOADLINK:
http://www.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownloa...35&t=0&i=1