Making Android apps just got a whole lot easier

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Topic # 64287 12-Jul-2010 20:44

http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

Awesome, simple copy and paste links into the software to create your own weird apps or soundboards

Few days old, some how I missed it last week :(

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Reply # 350403 12-Jul-2010 20:55

Just have in mind you have to apply and there's no guarantees you will be accepted. Also it seems they are giving preference to educators and students at the moment.

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Reply # 350517 13-Jul-2010 09:15

freitasm: Just have in mind you have to apply and there's no guarantees you will be accepted. Also it seems they are giving preference to educators and students at the moment.

Oh didn't see that, thank goodness I work at a Uni, hope I get accepted

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Reply # 350521 13-Jul-2010 09:27

It actually has been released to general public, only the form is misleading.

I will give it a try, if accepted.

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Reply # 350524 13-Jul-2010 09:36

Hmmm, just what I am looking for, there is a wee app that I want that would be very useful for me.

Working in buildings in Welly city every day parking is an issue, and I normally use txt a park, that way all my parking fees appear in my business phone account so makes life easy (ie dont need to keep the ticket for a recipt, instead the spent tickets just clutter the floor).

However I find it a pain to open the message app, find the last thread to 7275, then the real pain is by default the querty keyboard comes up and I have to faf around to get the numerics up, then I am left on with just the little numbers at the top to input the code into.

So a simple app that just pulls up a dialog box with a large numeric pad and a done button and a large entry screen to show what I am entering bang press the done button and it looks after sending a txt to 7275.

I think I will be looking at giving this ago.

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Reply # 350525 13-Jul-2010 09:37

Yeah the form is very misleading, looking forward to hopefully being offered a part in it. Want to do a few Android apps for the growing number of phones here on Campus, have already seen an influx of Android devices connecting to our wireless. And in our office, up from 0 android phones last month to 7 this month...working on converting the rest of the iPhone lovers here

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Reply # 350537 13-Jul-2010 10:31

cyril7: Hmmm, just what I am looking for, there is a wee app that I want that would be very useful for me.

Working in buildings in Welly city every day parking is an issue, and I normally use txt a park, that way all my parking fees appear in my business phone account so makes life easy (ie dont need to keep the ticket for a recipt, instead the spent tickets just clutter the floor).

However I find it a pain to open the message app, find the last thread to 7275, then the real pain is by default the querty keyboard comes up and I have to faf around to get the numerics up, then I am left on with just the little numbers at the top to input the code into.

So a simple app that just pulls up a dialog box with a large numeric pad and a done button and a large entry screen to show what I am entering bang press the done button and it looks after sending a txt to 7275.

I think I will be looking at giving this ago.

Cheers
Cyril

Now that would be useful. Keep us posted on how you get on with this. :)

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Reply # 351275 14-Jul-2010 10:14

This is an interesting move by Google. It has got me making comparisons with the old Apple/Microsoft battle in the 80's when Apple retained control of its operating system and Microsoft licensed all in sundry to use DOS.

Now Apple retains control over the Iphone/Itouch/Ipad applications including platforms that can be used to develop apps for them, while Google does the opposite and now even empowers plebs like me to have a go.

I wonder if history is going to repeat. Either way it is going to be fascinating to watch.

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Reply # 354539 21-Jul-2010 16:38

I received confirmation that my application was accepted... But the LG GW620 I have here is not listed and doesn't have the drivers needed to plug it.

What a piece of low quality support hardware, LG...

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