App inventor for android and similar tools
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This document discusses and compares various tools for building Android apps. It provides information on App Inventor, DroidDraw, DroidBreeder, MobiForms, PhoneGap, Titanium, XMLVM, J2MEPolish and other tools, describing their key features, programming approaches, platforms, and licensing. Many of the tools allow developing cross-platform Android apps using languages like blocks, HTML, JavaScript or Java.
App inventor for android and similar tools
- 1. App Inventor for Android and Similar Tools Friedger Müffke 29 July 2010
- 2. Tools to Build Apps for Android App Inventor Educational DroidDraw Layout Editor Droidbreeder native Browser-based MobiForms PhoneGap Graphical Titanium XMLVM Professional J2MEPolish Eclipse-based QtDesigner Cross-platform BlueJ/Greenfoot Adobe Flash Professional Bondi/JIL Development Terminal console free Runtime required 29 July 2010
- 3. App Inventor for Android http://appinventor.googlelabs.com ● For Teaching, based on ● Open Block Library/Scratch Language and ● Kawa Language Framework ● Designer ● Block Editor ● Connector 29 July 2010
- 4. App Inventor: Designer ● WYSIWYG editor for layout ● Visual and non-visual components ● Written in Scheme language Let's open the IDE 29 July 2010
- 5. App Inventor: Blocks Editor ● Programming part ● Prefedined blocks (logic, procedures, ..) ● Access to screen components ● Puzzle like programming 29 July 2010
- 6. App Inventor: Limitations ● Do file I/O ● Create a custom object and instances of it ● Copy and paste stuff ● Easily print your program (some people like to) ● Access the phone’s capabilities list ● Use Bluetooth ● Delete stuff without saying “Yes I’m sure” (from Mark Murphy) There is a long wishlist by app developers on [email protected] 29 July 2010
- 7. DroidDraw / Layout Editor Generate XML for Layout 29 July 2010
- 8. DroidBreeder ● Free, by Axxessio ● Generates full source code ● Extended projects wizzard ● Settings ● GPS ● Maps ● Database ● Connection ● GUI 29 July 2010
- 9. MobiForms ● Generate full apps ● 99 GBP ● Database centric ● Cross-Platform Java-VM required 29 July 2010
- 10. Phone Gap ● Open Source, free ● HTML and Javascript ● Cross-platform browser-based with interface to device ● Sony Ericsson WebSDK, etc... 29 July 2010
- 11. Titanium ● Open Source, free SDK, paid services ● Cross-platform Android and iPhone ● Generates native source code from HTML/JS 29 July 2010
- 12. XMLVM ● Open Source, free ● Tool chain, no IDE ● Converts ● Source Code to XML ● XML to Java byte code 29 July 2010
- 13. J2MEPolish ● Open Source, free ● Cross-platform generates native apps ● Java-based development 29 July 2010
- 14. Runtime required Runtime Tool Qt for Android Qt Designer Java Applet Runner BlueJ/Greenfoot Flash/Air Adobe Flash Professional HTML Widget Runner Jil/BONDI Development AES Terminal Console 29 July 2010