Creating Android apps without coding and without programming by using the App Inventor tools. Slides from the Android Apps Workshop: http://appacademy.dk/foredrag/android-apps-workshop/

1. Android apps
without coding
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2. Kristian Langborg-Hansen
Partner at App Academy
Instructor | Speaker | Author
klh@appacademy.dk
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3. Architecture
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4. Installation
1. Java
1. Got Java?
2. If not, install
2. App Inventor
3. Google account
1. Got one already?
2. If not, create one (it’s free)
4. Start App Inventor
beta.appinventor.mit.edu
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5. Let’s make some apps!
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6. Money
• Different roads to revenue
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Paid app
Free app with ads
Free and paid version of same app (freemium)
In-app sales
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7. The road to Google Play
• Finalize with App2Market
• Remember an icon
• Take some screenshots
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8. The road to Google Play
• Create a publisher account with
Google Play ($25)
• Create an account with Google Wallet and
Google Merchant
• Write presentational texts
• Create sales material
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9. App Inventor or not
User interface
User driven
Android only
Programming logic
Rapid development
Space requirements
Multiple platforms
Existing knowledge in Java
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10. App Academy
Today’s samples and installation guide
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More info on App Inventor
www.appinventor.dk (eventually)
Contact:
klh@appacademy.dk
”At App Academy we believe, everybody
deserves the ability to program – and we would
love to help you learn it.” www.appacademy.dk
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