Create an Android app that has a practical use.
Requirements:
- Must include an element beyond what was included in the calculator assignment (text input, text output, math, button)
- Must have a use – app can’t be a game or a bunch of random stuff.
Possible Ideas for going beyond the calculator app:
- Use lists and listpicker
- Use gyro input
- File input/output (save information in tablet’s local storage)
- webtinyDB (save information in the cloud)
- Timer (wait a certain time, perform a task every so often)
- Use a canvas that contains sprites to make a graphical display
- Use social to make an app that sends texts (note: the tablets don’t have a texting plan, so this would require the use of a personal Android device)
Use Driver – Navigator practices to design this app with a partner.
Short version of driver – navigator:
- Create the app on one computer
- Driver controls the mouse and keyboard and thinks out loud if they create a code idea
- Navigator evaluates the code as it is being written, suggests better ways of coding, catches mistakes, and critiques the code
- BOTH partners are productive and have their brains turned on
- Switch roles every so often