Generally, WhackAMole or games that allow users to draw funny pictures on their friend’s faces are the kind of titles beginners take on when they start developing apps. Android developers can now create various applications easily with the help of the App Inventor app.
Users can go beyond just developing fun games with this app. They can try their hand at developing apps that inform and educate too. App Inventor also helps create applications like quiz apps that motivate users and their friends to study. Additionally Android’s text-to-speech abilities aid in calling out questions loudly.
The mechanism of an App Inventor is not complex and can be used by just about anyone. This is mainly because the App Inventor does not require users to write codes and helps users visually plan the layout of the app and utilize blocks to direct the app’s behavior.
The software also includes blocks for programming, blocks for storing information, blocks for repeating actions and blocks for performing actions under specific conditions. If users know how to write web apps, they can write Android apps that communicate with websites like Amazon and Twitter.
Apps created by developers are capable of storing data created by users in a database. The App Inventor also helps users create apps like make-a-quiz that lets teachers save questions in a quiz for students to answer.
Various other applications can be created like those that help remember a parking spot, apps which identify the location of friends or colleagues at a concert or conference. Users can also develop tour apps for schools, workplaces, museums and similar environments.
Users can write apps that exploit the phone features of an Android smartphone. Users can write an app that occasionally texts ‘missing you’ to loved ones. Apps that read incoming texts aloud can also be created with App Inventor.
Android users can avail of the beta version of App Inventor through Google Labs.