App Inventor
MIT revives the Android App Inventor

MIT revives the Android App Inventor

05 March 2012 by Discuss (4)

If you’ve got a great idea for an Android app but are somewhat lacking in the coding skills requires to create one, Google’s Android App Inventor is a great way to get your hands dirty. At least it was, until Google pulled the plug on the service last year, giving registered users time to download …

Android App Inventor gives users till December 31st to download creations

Android App Inventor gives users till December 31st to download creations

09 November 2011 by Discuss (0)

We’ve known for a while that the Android App Inventor, an Android coding tool for the somewhat less than technical, is headed for the big web server in the sky. Today Google sent out a reminder and told users that they have until the end of the year to download the apps they’ve created, then …

Google App Inventor Discontinued, Will Become Open Source Instead

Google App Inventor Discontinued, Will Become Open Source Instead

09 August 2011 by Discuss (2)

Many of you may not know much about App Inventor. This was a tool that was very exciting when it was first announced by Google Labs and it was made available to the public last December in a beta test. Basically Google created a program that would help users with zero coding skills or knowledge …

Google App Inventor now open for all

Google App Inventor now open for all

16 December 2010 by Discuss (3)

Google’s App Inventor has exited its closed-beta, meaning the drag & drop Android app creator tool is now open to anybody with a Google account. Announced back in July 2010, App Inventor requires no real programming knowledge, instead using preset functionality blocks that can be shuffled around to create software. Despite that simple premise, the …

App Inventor gets early developer thumbs-up

App Inventor gets early developer thumbs-up

15 July 2010 by Discuss (0)

Google’s App Inventor software for quickly creating Android smartphone apps is already pulling in positive reviews, and early concerns about the flexibility and general capabilities of the development kit look to have been relatively unfounded.  Robert Oschler has been in touch to describe his experience with App Inventor: he put together a chat-bot style text …

Google App Inventor makes Android app creation drag & drop

Google App Inventor makes Android app creation drag & drop

12 July 2010 by Discuss (3)

Google has unveiled App Inventor, a straightforward way for would-be developers who lack programming skills to create software that will run on Android smartphones.  Similar to the create-your-own-game software of many years ago, App Inventor uses preset functionality blocks that together represent pretty much everything that an Android phone is capable of; by shuffling those …