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After debugging it is published én fn online Mobile App store such as Google Play and is available for everyone to download land use p thus made is tested on emulators, These emula Bane of the top mobile apps used in 2016 and 2017 Along with their uses are: and Snapchat (Instant Communicat Translate (Universal translator), Venomo (Money send Bed), Google drive (Cloud storage), Maps, Google Play. P Physical exploration game), Inst. Streaming), Flipkart and Am: tion), Google Allo and Messenger (messaging), ing app), Weather (Weather risma (Photo editing), Pokémon ‘agram and Facebook (Social Networking), YouTube 4z0n (Online shopping) and Paytm (Digital wallet) €an be developed using any free app development software. Some of. the tools to an android app are as follows aE (Android IDE) using HTMLS/ C/C++ \pp Inventor using blocks Sap using HTMLs Pythonjavascript X using Basie 1 OF SIMPLE APPS ag MIT App Inventor 2 to vue an android mobile app. { based service that allows vn and share mobile apps ept of blocks fist app, download the MIT ‘jatallerand run the installer ie installation. Alternately to ne, go #0 te URI gad «gor mitedu or g0 £0 MBE MIT vatior website and click on erates sn with your existing Gmail id ved. If you do not have @ Gmail en up and ereate 2 ne account jog in with the Gmail Id and d Fig, 7 Create app 4 the terms and conditions. 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Click on the button to hear the text Once tested the app can now be built and exported as an .apk file either to the ‘computer where the project is created or directly to the mobile on which we want to execute, Click’ ei Build and from the drop-down screen, Click on App * code for .apk) to transfer it in the desired mobile © © C(O a2appmventormteduseuasassinnee pa “Ap wentor2 ‘Ap (save r PP { Save apk to my computer ) socks Sewer neue» choose # athe apk file oF (gy Amann 6, The feature of {ay speech syntesiset app which is aB16 12oneal mples of social networking type of Apps. ple view ofthe components inthe app. ents are placed within the screen of the viewer it in the blanks, Based on the content and usage f are native mobile apps, a ‘ools allow people to design and code across laos and ‘i apps can be of native, hybrid and _ isa video streaming app. is for deleting unneeded blocks. he extension for a app development file is the full forms, Answer the following Questions, 1. What is an App? 2. Name and explain any three types of App. 3. What is a MIT app inventor? 4, Name the four parts of the workspace, 5. Explain the two types of components. 6, What are built-in blocks? Nhat are the two ways in which we can test and execute the app.he given elues, One of the built-in Type of port of am f App. One @ Where you assem sf the biggest P networking website ks of MIT IDE bloc nobile or computer ble the blocks into ayment Wallet APP: program ding system ation APP ‘unneeded BIOCKS 7, tnstant Communic g, ris used to deteVa c. {2 appinventor mit edu 1 New Project Gi f h the help of User Interface elements from left panel wc in Blocks to do action on “Login” button, & By Clicking on Login button a Message will be speak out, Message will be ‘Welcome! You have successfully logged in’ Create App for Android and generate -apk file to install it in mobile device.