App Inventor Videos

The following videos from the original appinventor.org site were created by USF Professor David Wolber to accompany the App Inventor 2 book

I Have a Dream (Chapter 1)

  • Part 1 Intro

  • Part 2 Build your first app: clicking on MLK plays "I Have a Dream"

  • Part 3 Add complexity to the app in a big way: Malcolm X speaks!

Hello Purr (Chapter 1 - alternative)

Paint Pot (Chapter 2)

  • Part 1 Intro

  • Part 2 Build the user interface

  • Part 3 Draw Line and Circle

  • Part 4 Add code so that the user can draw in different colors.

  • Part 5 Add code so the user can draw circles of different sizes.

  • Part 6 Add Camera

  • Part 7 Add Slider

Android Mash (Chapter 3)

  • Part 1 Intro

  • Part 2 Build the basic game

  • Part 3 Professor Wolber introduces a challenge

  • Part 4 Add scoring, end game and restart to the game

No Text While Driving (Chapter 4) 

  • Part 1 Intro

  • Part 2 Build a simple auto-responder

  • Part 3 Speak the text aloud

  • Part 4 Let the user set the response message

  • Part 5 Add option to choose whether text spoken aloud.

  • Part 6 Save the custom message in the database

  • Part 7 Code it so the input form appears on a button click

  • Part 8 Improve the user interface

Presidents Quiz (Chapter 8)

  • Part 1 Intro

  • Part 2 Design the user interface

  • Part 3 Define the questions/pictures and program the Next button so the user can navigate

  • Part 4 Complete the navigation code

  • Part 5 Let the user answer, then check it

  • Part 6 Turn the quiz into multiple choice

  • Part 7 Change it so there are different answer choices for each question.

Pong

  • Part 1 Code it so a ball moves downward (animated)

  • Part 2 Code it so the ball moves in a random direction downward to start the game.

  • Part 3 Code it so the ball bounces off edges and the paddle

  • Part 4 Code it so the user can drag the paddle horizontally

  • Part 5 Code it so you get a point every time the paddle hits the ball

  • Part 6 Code it so game over when ball hits bottom edge

  • Part 7 Code it so there is sound effects for paddle, edges, and game over

  • Part 8 Code it so the user can check a box to turn sound off (or on)

Stock Market

  • Part 1 Create an app that shows current Google stock price

  • Part 2 Parse the returned data to show only the price

  • Part 3 Change the app so that the user can enter any stock symbol

Logo

  • Part 1 Learn about algorithms and brushing your teeth

  • Part 2 Professor Wolber introduces the Logo Challenge

  • Part 3 Create procedures for drawing squares of different sizes

  • Part 4 Professor Wolber introduces the 2nd Logo Challenge

  • Part 5 Create procedures with parameters to draw polygons

Broadcast Hub (Chapter 11)

  • Part 1 Professor Wolber describes the BroadcastHub app

  • Part 2 Refactor the app using procedures

“How to” Videos

  • A YouTube playlist of “How to” videos from the old appinventor.org site, based on the App Inventor 2 book can be found here.