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Meet ' Sable ', A closed community app I created with my phone Have you ever wondered if it was possible to create your own app without any coding experience? Well I've got some great news for you... it's possible. It's actually very easy and you can do it using your own phone. Yes, I'm talking about a real app. You can literally create an app in minutes and I'll show you exactly how.  Depending on the nature and complexity of your app, this can take from just a few minutes up to several weeks.  As our lives become more digital we find ourselves spending more time using our mobile devices. This makes apps an integral part of our lives. So in addition to being a cool skill to have, app development also allows you to easily solve common problems and in some cases, can provide a comfortable living. For the record, I was a finance major and I had no prior programming experience when I started. Using my phone I've created numerous apps and some are on the Pla

In today's tutorial we will cover how to create your own accounting app using Sketchware. Sketchware is an app that lets you create your own app without any coding. Sketchware uses a simple drag and drop feature and the awesome part is that you can do this on your mobile phone. You can download Sketchware here If you're just getting started with Sketchware you can check out more tutorials on how to create your own apps here . This tutorial will help you understand how the listview works. This is probably one of the most important lessons you will cover as the concept can be adapted and used in numerous scenarios.  Duration: This should take about 2-4 hours depending on your speed. STEP 1: CREATE A NEW PROJECT Start by creating a new  Sketchware project . If you are not sure how to create a new activity check out this link  to help you get started with Sketchware. After creating my new project I can then move on to the next step. STEP 2: CREATE YOUR LAYOUT To create my layout

  In this tutorial we will cover how to create a PDF with many pages. The code automatically converts linears into pages of your pdf file. Start by adding a button to save the linears as PDF files.  The next step is to navigate to that button's onClick event. In your onClick event, create a string variable with the name "path". If you're not sure what a string variable is, or how to create one, please check out this article . Then place your blocks as shown in the blocks above. In the first ASD block, use the following code: try{ android.graphics.pdf.PdfDocument document = new android.graphics.pdf.PdfDocument(); android.graphics.pdf.PdfDocument.PageInfo pageInfo = new android.graphics.pdf.PdfDocument.PageInfo.Builder( 1720, 1190 , 4).create(); android.graphics.pdf.PdfDocument.Page page1 = document.startPage(pageInfo); View content1 = linearpage1 ; content1.draw(page1.getCanvas()); document.finishPage(page1); android.graphics.pdf.PdfDocument.Page page2 = documen

 There are times when you might want to show data in visual format. This tutorial will show you how to create an animated line chart using Sketchware. The image below shows how the final result will look. Step 1. Create a more block with a view variable named " layout ", a listmap variable named " list ", a number variable named " radius " and another named " margin " Add an add source directly block in the moreblock. Inside the block place the following code: final LinearLayout viewGroup = (LinearLayout) _layout;         viewGroup.removeAllViews();         viewGroup.setPadding(0,0,0,0);         viewGroup.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);         viewGroup.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM);         viewGroup.post(new Runnable() {             @Override             public void run() {                 final float length = _list.size();                 final float group_height = viewGroup.getHeight();                 final float child_width = (viewGr

As suggested by some of you last week, we will be building a simple Social media app as well as some simple games as we go. When Building a social media app one of the key steps is to anticipate who your users will be and then creating a system to harness any key information. This can be easily done during the sign up or sign in process. In this lesson we will cover how to create a login Screen. We had touched on this some time back but for the benefit of those who joined us a bit later we will cover it in more detail.  In a nutshell, this is what we will learn  • How to show and hide widgets • How to use the firebase auth component to create a user  • How to create a simple algorithm that checks if a user has filled in the login form correctly.  Prerequisite Create a firebase account for your app Before getting started you will need to create an Account on Google's Firebase  platform. Simply visit https://firebase.com and use your gmail account to sign up for one. This is free to