App inventor
Tonight I played with app inventor for android.
At the same time i got my new droid X.
Overall a good day.
About app inventor:
I gotta say, it's pretty sweet.
Setup was a breeze.
The tool consists of two views: Fist is the app inventor. This is a browser based layout tool where you set up your UI and pick the visual and non-visual components.
The second part is the "block editor" where you do all of your wiring and make things work.
block editoracceleromter
Overall it's pretty easy to get started and to understand. I can't wait to see the creative things people come up with.
I decided to play with the accelerometer.
I was able to pretty easily and intuitively set up a view that displayed the different accelerometer properties in real time. I also added logic to count steps.
It was super easy to do. the packaged apk file is available for download here.
Playing with Rokon part 2
Playing around with more rokon examples.
I love it! the touch handlers are super simple to use. Rokon will definitely be a great way for me to get used to android. I continue to be impressed with how easy everything is to get going. I can say that with android in general.
I don't feel somehow gimped like i did in iOS.
I'm looking forward to working with the accelerometer class.
After playing around for a bit I may create a tutorial on the accelerometer an give it to the rokon guys if they want to post it.
About Nelson
Nelson is a New York City based developer who is passionate about mobile. Nelson is working bridging the gap between the physical world and your mobile device.