Android App Inventor makes it possible for people who are not computer programmers to build Android mobile applications. The App Inventor interface is designed to function like a puzzle where the designer clicks and drags blocks of information and connects them to other blocks. Plus the app can be tested in real-time using a USB-connected Android device before packaging it for the masses! Watch as Chad builds an Android application live and discusses some of the issues involved in creating a mobile application when using App Inventor. Chad will also start a conversation on the future possibilities of app development in order to determine its place in the growing mobile environment.

1. Chad Mairn, M.L.I.S.St. Petersburg Collegeslideshare.net/chadmairnPresented February 23, 2011 at HandheldLibrarian.org

2. Native Apps vs. Web Apps Source:http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/08/how-do-native-apps-and-web-apps-compare/Shortened URL: http://goo.gl/PyvJ

3. What is App Inventor? A web-based app development tool that allows non-developers to create Android apps. Using it is like putting a puzzle together.

4. App Inventor resembles … LEGO MINDSTORMS Scratch

5. Image source: http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/learn/whatis/index.html

6. Designer – add components (e.g., buttons, labels, sounds, text fields, accelerometer etc.)

7. Block Editor – adjust the app’s layout using drag-and-drop functionality in order to define the behavior of your app.

9. Extract USB driver to C:rogramndroidppinventor- extrassb_driver_samsunga

11. Unknown Sources box should be checked.

12. On Development screen, place checks next to USB Debugging and Stay Awake.

13. On Sound & Display screen make sure Orientation is not checked.

15. Select Resources Android App Inventor Tutorials: http://www.appinventor.org/ Google Labs: http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/learn/ Blocks Reference: http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/learn/reference/blocks/ FAQ’s: http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/learn/userfaq.html Stark, J. (2010). Building Android apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly.

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