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MIT App Inventor (https://appinventor.mit.edu)
App Inventor is actively managed and developed by
MIT’s Mobile Learning Lab. It provides a graphical
interface where you can combine various elements to
develop your app. It provides elements that let you add
functionality to your app without any prior experience
of coding.
CREATING AN APP
Let us create a simple app to change the colour of the screen when a button is tapped or clicked. We
will use Thunkable app maker for the example.
1. Open a web browser and type the URL ‘http://thinkable.com’ in the address bar of the browser.
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The home page of Thunkable website opens.
2. Click on the Sign up button to create an
account, using your email address.
Once the signing up process ends, the
main page of the app maker opens.
3. Click on the Start Building button. 3
The Create New Project dialog box
opens.
4 4. In the New Project Name text box, type a
name for the project. In the Category box,
select one or more categories for the project.
5. Click the Create button.
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