The App Inventor TextBox control supports both single line and multi-line input; the TextBox control default to single line mode – and you may not have realized it can support multiple line text input too! In single line input, text is entered using the on screen keyboard, followed by the Enter key (or you can use … Continue reading Multiline text input in App Inventor
If you have questions about App Inventor or App Inventor programming, try posting your questions on the Facebook page “wall” and also here in the comments (I will be working to have the comments cross linked between this web site and FB eventually). Also check out these two online forums: Android Forums : App Inventor MIT App Inventor Support … Continue reading Have App Inventor questions?
As you develop your App Inventor program using the Blocks editor, do you find your blocks overlapping and crashing in to one another on the screen? You know, like this: You can drag the blocks on the screen so they no longer overlap, but dragging each block is tedious (time consuming). But there is an easy way to automatically re-arrange the … Continue reading Blocks Editing Tip: Arranging and collapsing blocks in the editor
MIT App Inventor – now available with Chinese or Spanish Interface – More Languages to Come | Explore MIT App Inventor. Click the link, above, to learn how to select your desired language for the App Inventor interface. —- Separately, Part 1 of my App Inventor Bluetooth tutorial may be published on Friday. Because the … Continue reading MIT App Inventor – now available with Chinese or Spanish Interface
Chances are, if you are writing App Inventor apps for Android, you already have an Android smart phone or tablet. If not, Amazon has slashed prices on their Amazon Fire Phone, 32GB (Unlocked GSM) and their Amazon Fire HD 7 tablet (but do see NOTE below!): NOTE – the Fire HD runs Android but its not a fully … Continue reading Inexpensive Android tablet and smart phone available
Help yourself to faster programming by purchasing my App Inventor 2 Guides from any of the following vendors – thank you very much! Detailed descriptions of all the books are below, including Table of Contents and some sample chapters. Where to Buy App Inventor 2 Introduction (Volume 1 e-book) Step-by-step guide to easy Android programming Buy … Continue reading App Inventor Books