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New to App Inventor? Please try the Beginner Tutorials before proceeding with the tutorials on this page.
These tutorials will help you learn about App Inventor and its various components. You can use use the filter to sort through tutorial topics by simply checking the appropriate boxes and clicking "Filter". To restore the default sorting, click "Reset".
NOTE: The list is sorted to show App Inventor 1 tutorials first. For App Inventor 2 tutorials, use the filter below or go to the main AI2 Tutorials page.
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No Text While Driving This tutorial demonstrates how an app can respond to text messages automatically. You'll build an app that sends back a response when a text message is received. The idea for the app came from University of San Franciso student Daniel Finnegan. |
Advanced |
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No Text While Driving (Part 2) You know that texting while driving is dangerous, so you've created and installed the No Text While Driving app on your phone. Now, when you drive you open that app and let it auto-respond to incoming texts. But the jingle of the texts coming in is killing you with curiosity-- wouldn't it be great if you could hear the texts spoken aloud? With Part II of the tutorial, you'll extend the app so that it speaks out both the message and who sent it. And since you're making some changes anyway, you'll modify the auto-response so it reports your whereabouts in the reply: "Sorry, I'm driving and I'm at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue". Before completing this tutorial you should complete part I. |
Advanced |
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No Text While Driving for AI2 Busy driving or in a meeting? Set this app to auto-respond to incoming texts by sending a reply text and also speaking the incoming text out loud. |
Intermediate |
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Oh My Spikes This tutorial by Saj Dutta shows how to create a complete game from scratch. The game is variant of the popular spikes games and uses App Inventor sprites. |
Advanced |
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Paint Pot Extended with Camera (AI2) This version of Paintpot allows you to draw circles and lines on a picture you take with your camera. You'll learn about the Canvas component, drawing, color, and the Camera component. |
Intermediate |
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PaintPot (Part 1) PaintPot lets you scribble in different colors by touching the screen to draw dots and lines. Concepts introduced in this project include: Canvas components for drawing; event handlers that take arguments, including touch and drag events; and Arrangement components for controlling screen layout. Part 2 extends the project to draw dots of different sizes, as an introduction to global variables. Variation: PaintPic extends this app to use the camera component to take a new picture for drawing upon. |
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PaintPot (Part 1) for App Inventor 2 PaintPot lets you scribble in different colors by touching the screen to draw dots and lines. Concepts introduced in this project include canvas components for drawing, event handlers that take arguments (including touch and drag events), and arrangement components for controlling screen layout. Part 2 extends the project to draw dots of different sizes, as an introduction to global variables. Variation: PaintPic extends this app to use the camera component to take a new picture for drawing upon. This version of the tutorial is for use with App Inventor 2. |
Basic |
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PaintPot (Part 2) for App Inventor 2 This is a continuation of Paint Pot (Part 1). Be sure to complete that tutorial before attempting this one. |
Basic |
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Photo Booth App This tutorial demonstrates how to develop a Photo Booth app. You’ll build an app that let’s you take pictures, assign pictures to canvases and share pictures via email. |
Intermediate |
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PicCall PicCall illustrates how to create applications that use the phone's functionality. This application lets you select people from your contact list and display their pictures. When you press a picture picture, the phone calls that person. |
Basic |