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In this video I completely finish the Android weather app. I show how to make App Inventor wait for an operation to complete before proceeding. We also will allow the user to pull up latitude and longitude data when they enter their city and state. We use that data to...
Samsung Smart App Challenge 20...
A few days ago I did a video on the winner of the Samsung Smart App Challenge. Since everyone seemed to like it I decided to cover the other 9 winners in just one 9 minute video.
The winning apps are available for download here. I also did a tutorial on the Samsung...
Android Development for Beginn...
In this part of my App Inventor video tutorial I pretty much finish the Android Weather app. I cover how to create a dynamic interface, pull data from a web service, work with colors and cover logic in App Inventor. This is basically a large review of everything I have...
Android Development for Beginn...
In this video I’ll focus on creating App Inventor interfaces. I’ll take the vector art I made in the last tutorial and convert it into a App Inventor interface.
I create regular non-App Inventor interfaces in pretty much exactly the same way. Here is the...
Samsung Smart App Challenge 20...
Last year I did a big promotion for the Samsung Smart App challenge, so I thought it would be fun to take a look at who won and why they won. The main goal of those developers that participated was to develop apps specifically for the S4 device, but also to incorporate...
Android Development for Beginn...
In this part of my App Inventor tutorial I will start covering Android interface design. I want the weather app we have been creating in parts 9 and 10 of this series to look very nice.
Here I’ll show you how I created the layout and I’ll also walk you...
Spicy Bean Curd Recipe
Here is my Spicy Bean Curd Recipe. I love this recipe because it doesn’t lose its wonderful flavor as you increase the heat in the dish. I also love it because it can be made in 10 minutes and it has many flavors and textures you don’t find in most meals....
Android Development for Beginn...
In this tutorial I’ll walk you step-by-step through the process of using App Inventor to Parse JSON data. You have to watch the last tutorial to understand this one.
I’ll pull JSON weather data from Weather.gov and show how App Inventor organizes that data....
Android Development for Beginn...
This is the first video in a series in which we will make a professional weather app for Android. In this video I will show how to parse JSON Data with App Inventor. I also cover the App Inventor Web component, using Location Sensor, converting JSON data into an App...
Green Curry Eggplant Recipe
In this video I present my Green Curry Eggplant Recipe. This is a very spicy recipe if you get a nice and spicy jalapeño. I loved this recipe so much that I had to find alternative ingredients that were available to me year round.
I’m sure this video will get...
Android Development for Beginn...
In this part of my tutorial I’ll show you how to make an Android toolbar and then show how to switch between screens in App Inventor.
We’ll finish up the icons we made in the previous tutorial. You can download them here. Then I’ll shrink them to size...
Android Development for Beginn...
In this tutorial I’ll show you most of what you need to know for drawing Android buttons for your interfaces. I’ll be using a free program called Inkscape to draw 6 buttons. I did my best to cover all of the most common techniques you will need in this one...
Cheese Polenta Recipe
I have received numerous requests to make more cooking recipes so to day I’ll show you my cheese polenta recipe with mushroom sauce! I absolutely love delicious food that I can make quickly. It took me under 13 minutes to make everything you see in this video....
Android Development for Beginn...
In this tutorial I decided to make an Android Beat Box App. It could also be converted into a voice note app, or anything else that would benefit from being able to record and later play back sounds.
I’ll specifically cover how to use the Android SoundRecorder,...
App Inventor Java Code
I have been asked numerous times to show the App Inventor Java Code. So here is a zipped archive for all the class files. You can take those classes and easily open them with a program called JD GUI. There are versions of it for every OS.
I got the code pretty easily...
Android Development for Beginn...
In this tutorial I thought it would be fun to make 2 apps. I make an app that grabs weather map data dynamically and displays it. I also make an app that shows how to use the camera, image picker and TinyDB with App Inventor.
I got the maps from the Weather Underground...
Android Development for Beginn...
In this tutorial I’ll finish up the app I made in the last part. I’ll continue to cover event handling, sliders, and notifier. I’ll also cover how to open other App Inventor apps, browsers, email, Google Maps, YouTube and more.
All the blocks I drew...
Android Development for Beginn...
In the next 2 parts of my App Inventor video tutorial I will take a step back and cover a bunch of topics in general. I’ll spend a lot of time showing how to use the App Inventor ActivityStarter. We’ll see how to open other App Inventor apps, browsers,...
Android Development for Beginn...
In this part of my Android development tutorial for beginners I will focus on the App Inventor Blocks Editor. I did my best to cover as much as possible in this one video. I also have pictures of the blocks below to help everyone easily copy from them.
I cover Location...
Android Development for Beginn...
The time has come to cover Android Development for Beginners. After reading hundreds of comments it has become clear that well over 80% of the apps everyone wants to make can be made using a tool called App Inventor. Over the next few videos I will cover everything you...
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The most common question that I get is How I Make YouTube Videos. I have held off on making this video because I’m definitely not an expert at making videos. I didn’t want anyone to think I thought I was either.
However, the past few videos have been about answering common questions so I decided...
The most common question that I get is How I Make YouTube Videos. I have held off on making this video because I’m definitely not an expert at making videos. I didn’t want anyone to think I thought I was either.
However, the past few videos have been about answering common questions so I decided...
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Spicy Bean Curd Recipe
Here is my Spicy Bean Curd Recipe. I love this recipe because it doesn’t lose its wonderful flavor as you increase the heat in the dish. I also love it because it can be made in 10 minutes and it has many flavors and textures you don’t find in most meals. The Bean Curd (Tofu) is delicate and yet...
Here is my Spicy Bean Curd Recipe. I love this recipe because it doesn’t lose its wonderful flavor as you increase the heat in the dish. I also love it because it can be made in 10 minutes and it has many flavors and textures you don’t find in most meals. The Bean Curd (Tofu) is delicate and yet...
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I’ve decided that my next tutorial series will be really big and will answer many of the questions I receive. The only problem is that most people either want to see an Android / Games Tutorial, or a J2EE / Application Development Framework Tutorial?
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I’ve decided that my next tutorial series will be really big and will answer many of the questions I receive. The only problem is that most people either want to see an Android / Games Tutorial, or a J2EE / Application Development Framework Tutorial?
I can’t do both because they will each take at...
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In this video I completely finish the Android weather app. I show how to make App Inventor wait for an operation to complete before proceeding. We also will allow the user to pull up latitude and longitude data when they enter their city and state. We use that data to pull current weather data. We teach are...
In this video I completely finish the Android weather app. I show how to make App Inventor wait for an operation to complete before proceeding. We also will allow the user to pull up latitude and longitude data when they enter their city and state. We use that data to pull current weather data. We teach are...