Today’s goals:

• Discuss mobile apps: how they’re different from websites, how to make them, etc.
• Start looking at mobile app creation for Android devices

 Today’s featured website:

• http://appvswebsite.com/– It’s not just about money; pretend you have a big budget to see some of the differences between mobile apps and websites

  App vs website

• What are your favorite apps and why you like them so much?
• Can you name a mobile app that doesn’t also have a website? Can you name a website that also has a mobile app?
• Think about how you use your phone to do certain things. What apps do you use the most? Why? When do you use the browser? Why?
• How do you open an app? How do you go to a website?
• How do you navigate an app? How about a website?
• What is the difference between an app and a website?
• How do you choose what to make- an app or a website?
• What is a native app? A hybrid app? A web app?

 All About Androids

• What do you have in your pocket? Android or iPhone? Which do you prefer? Why?
• What do you already know about Android devices?
• What would you like to know?
• Questions for you (at your tables):
  1. Who makes Android software (the operating system)?
  2. Who makes Android hardware (the actual phones and tablets)?
  3. What came first, Android phones or iPhones?
  4. How many Android versions are there and what are their names (ex. Jelly Bean, etc.)
  5. How do you create an app for an Android device? What software application do you have to use and what language is used to program Android apps?
  6. What is the major difference between the Android app store (Google Play) and the iPhone app store?
  7. Which has a higher risk for viruses and malware, Androids or iPhones? Why?
• Android device fragmentation: the struggle is real
• What is Material Design? Let’s look at some examples: http://www.androidauthority.com/667397-667397/ and https://material.uplabs.com/

  MIT’s App Inventor

• You will follow the basic Hello Purr tutorial in which you make an Android app that has a photo of a cat that, when tapped, makes a meow sound.
  1. Go here and click create apps at the top right
  2. Sign in with your Google account
  3. Follow this tutorial
  4. When you finish, test your app on my old Android phone
  5. Change up the app by adding a new image and a new sound (you can find tons of free sound files here)
  6. If you already did Hello Purr and modified it, you will pick a tutorial from this list to create another app.  You can work on your own or with a partner.  When you’re done, check out how your app works on the Android phone.