Monthly Archives: January 2014

Android Development Tutorial

Android Development for Beginners 5

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Android Development for Beginners 5In 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 and weather.com. All together I show how to display images from the internet, take pictures, retrieve images from the gallery, store pictures in TinyDB, resize your app to fit any device and more. The blocks used can be found under the video below. Continue reading Android Development for Beginners 5 →

Android Development Tutorial

Android Development for Beginners 4

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Android Development for Beginners 4In 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 in the video follow below the video to help. Next time I will create an app that will show how to display audio, video, images and more locally and across the internet. Continue reading Android Development for Beginners 4 →

Android Development Tutorial

Android Development for Beginners 3

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App Inventor ActivityStarterIn 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, email, Google Maps, YouTube and more.

I’ll also cover using lists, event handling, sliders, notifier, check boxes and much more. All the blocks I drew in the video follow below the video to help. Continue reading Android Development for Beginners 3 →

Android Development Tutorial

Android Development for Beginners 2

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app inventor blocks editorIn 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 Sensor, global variables, changing label text, working with strings, Sound, Buttons, Event Handling, Text to Speech, Vibration, Accelerometers, Orientation changes, Dialog boxes, executing activities, and so much more. Continue reading Android Development for Beginners 2 →

Android Development Tutorial

Android Development for Beginners

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Android Development for BeginnersThe 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 can make with App Inventor.

I’ll cover how to install App Inventor and then use it to make an app that uses GPS, Opens Dialog Boxes, Opens other apps, vibrates devices, plays sounds, converts text to speech, uses the accelerometer, adapts to screen orientation and more. Continue reading Android Development for Beginners →

Inkscape Video Tutorial

Inkscape Video Tutorial 8

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Inkscape BitmapsWelcome to the last part of my Inkscape Video Tutorial. In this video I will cover most every tool that I previously didn’t cover. As well I provide samples of the most popular Inkscape Raster Extensions.

Specifically I will cover linking vs. embedding images, Patterns, Clipping, Masking, Make a Bitmap Copy, Tracing and more. I also provide a cheat sheet below you can use after you watch the video. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial 8 →

Inkscape Video Tutorial

Inkscape Video Tutorial 7

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Inkscape Filter EditorIn this part of my Inkscape tutorial I will finish up covering the Inkscape Filter Editor. If you missed the previous part of this tutorial watch it first because I cover how to fix a common Filter Editor bug.

I cover how to use the Inkscape Displacement Map, Image, Morphology, and Convolve Matrix parts of the Filter Editor. We will create neon signs, ripple water, sharpen, emboss and more. Continue reading Inkscape Video Tutorial 7 →