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Android Development for Beginners - Part 2: App Inventor Blocks Editor

Derek Banas via YouTube

Overview

Learn Android app development through a comprehensive 36-minute video tutorial focusing on the App Inventor Blocks Editor. Explore essential concepts including location sensors, global variables, label text manipulation, string operations, sound integration, button functionality, event handling, text-to-speech conversion, vibration effects, accelerometer usage, orientation changes, dialog boxes, and activity execution. Follow along with provided block diagrams to easily replicate the code examples. Gain hands-on experience by building an app, adding icons, enabling GPS, initializing components, handling location data, implementing vibration and screen orientation changes, and connecting to the AI Companion for testing custom apps.

Syllabus

Intro
Adding an Icon
Building the App
App Inventor Designer
Enable GPS
Initializing
Provider
Notifier
Initialize
Activity Starter
Location Data
Vibration
Screen Orientation Changes
Size of Zombie
Division
Connect AI Companion
Install Custom Apps

Taught by

Derek Banas

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