App Inventor For Android
July 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
Now you to can become an App developer for Android! Googlelabs has released App Inventor for Android to make it easy for anyone to drag graphical blocks of code around to create an application. The graphical blocks represent the different functions and capabilities of a smartphone.
For instance, one tester of the App Inventor used the GPS locator, timer, and database querying blocks to produce an app that told his friends where he was every 15 minutes.
A Gmail account is required for anyone wanting to use the tools and users must apply via a web form. Tutorials are provided to help people get started with the tools.The tool may well prompt a spike in the number of apps for Android phones which, statistics suggest, are already enjoying a healthy growth.Figures gathered by Android app site AndroLib predict that the number of applications will pass the 100,000 mark by the end of July 2010, a ten fold increase compared to this time last year. However, it still has less than half the number of apps available for Apple’s iPhone.
After recently adding the Incredible to our families lineup of devices, I am eager to test this tool out for myself. I see great potential for creating study questions for students using audio and images. The potential for using Android devices in education will more than likely increase after “devolopers” get their hands on this tool.
Please see Google Labs website for more info.
