Project 1 Instructions – Open appinventor.mit.edu on your computer

  1. Create a new app of your own creation, type in the project name Project1YName
  1. Think of a theme which you will develop a small info app – a place you would want to go on vacation.
  1. Go to the Internet and find an image to add to the background relating to your theme. Save to your drive.
  1. Upload file to your app. (designer view)
  1. Click on Properties of Screen 1 and make the following changes.

Component / Properties Change
Screen 1 / BackgroundImage – select image you downloaded
Scrollable option – No check mark should be visible
  1. Components to add in app listed below.

Component / Rename Component / Property Change
Button 1 / Fact Button / Change color of background
Font Bold
Font Size 15
Text – Fact of the Day
Button Shape – Rounded
Text Color – Choose a Color that works with your background color
Button2 / QuoteButton / Change color of background
Font Bold
Font Size 15
Text - Quote
Button Shape Rectangle
Text Color – Choose a Color that works with your background color
Text Box / Font Size 8
Hint: Type what you love about (your theme).
 on MultiLine
Text Alignment Center:1
Button 3 / TalkButton / Change color of background
Font Bold
Font Size 15
Text – Talk to Me
Button Shape – Oval
Text Color – Choose a Color that works with your background color
Screen 1 / Align Vertically – Your choice of what fits with your background image
Align Horizontally – Your choice of what fits with your background image
Talk-to-Speech (Found in Media Drawer)
Accelerometer Sensor (Found in Sensor Drawer)

Coding – go the Blocks Editor and program the components

Component / Code the Event / Message
Facty Button / when button clicked the Text- to-Speech component will Speak Message / Find an interesting fact on Internet that apply to your image theme and copy in the pink text button in the code.
Add 7 additional interesting facts that apply to you image theme using the make a list and pick a random item list
QuoteButton / when button clicked the Text-to-Speech component will Speak Message / Find a quote online from a book, movie, or TV show that apply to your image theme and copy in the pink text button in the event handler
TalkButton / When button clicked it will say what is in the textbox

Accelerometer Sensor / when tablet is shaken the Text-to-Speech component will Speak Message
/ Find a statement from the Internet that applies to your theme and type in event handler.
  1. Check your CamelLettering, spacing and spelling in all boxes
  1. Print Screen the blocks and designer view of the app and paste to Word. Name as header and Print. Make sure all codes are visible on screen.