November 2019
Beginner
200 pages
5h 43m
English
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INDEX
A
AccelerometerSensor component, 166
ActivityStarter component, 168
adding a screen, 65
algorithms, 2
AlignHorizontal, 41
AlignVertical, 64
animations, 37
Any component blocks, 108
App Inventor
MIT AI2 Companion app, xxii
overview, xvi
AppName, 20
arithmetic operators, 39
arrays, 83
B
background images, 41
backpack, 130
backToTop procedure, 127–129
Ball component, 165
BarcodeScanner component, 166
“Beat the Bus” app
decomposing, 84–85
for each item loop, 103
laying out, 85–87
list variables, 88–89
LocationSensor component, 86
Map component, 85–86
overview, 84
programming, 87–99
Texting component, 86
Blocks Editor
“Beat the Bus” app, 87–99
Blocks pane, 3–4
Colors blocks, ...
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