Mobile Apps development

What is Android?

• Android is among the most popular operating systems aimed towards mobile devices such as smartphones, and is currently the most widely used platform for smartphones.

Developer Tools

• The Android Development tools is a plugin for Eclipse that comes with a full Java IDE for building, debugging and testing through Eclipse or C++.

ADK Features:

• On-device Java debugging• Development on any Android device• Support for code written in C++• Drag and drop Android User Interface• Visual refactoring• Graphical User Interface constructors

MIT App Inventor

• MIT App Inventor is an online program used for easy creation of android apps via a web browser. It uses a drag and drop graphical interface to create apps for android systems. MIT App developer is used to select components for apps using the App Inventor Designer, and uses the App Inventor Block Editor to create program blocks that regulate program behavior. It is supported for Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux.

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• App Inventor manages work by storing user information in the App Inventor servers. You can use the Android emulator or a connected android device to test your work as you develop the application.

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Designer

• The App Inventor Designer is the browser-run page where general components are selected, and where the User Interface is designed.

Blocks Editor• The Blocks Editor is the Java run editor where the

behavior of the app and it’s components is programmed and regulated.

The Built-In palette contains the standard block sets for any app.

The Advanced palette contains blocks for higher level apps

The My Blocks palette contains blocks more relevant to the components chosen in Designer

Sources

• http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/content/what-app-inventor.html

• http://developer.android.com/tools/index.html