Hi I have been working with app inventor and Iam trying to make a tiny wings port with this tool.
What I have accomplished so far
1) I have the tiny wings charactor heading downward angeled left when screen starts
2) When the tiny wings charactor lands on the ground , he bounces upward at angle
3) When you press the screen the tiny wings charactor will make a quick dive down.
4) I have a score thats triggered when the bird collides with the ground
5) Reset button to reposition the tiny wings bird.
Need immediate help with
1) Making the screen scroll to the right
2) Making platforms appear as screen goes to the right
3) Who to contact so I can make a larger file size game, so that I can add the music
4) If there is anyone who can make music and sound files smaller and compressed, can I get your email address ?
Need future help with
1) Restart and reset game
2) Change animations
Goal
To show how you can make great games with app inventor by making a tiny wings type clone game. I want app inventor to be put on the map and to further promote app inventor. Anyone who helps with the project will recieve credit and project will be promoted on twitter and facebook when its done. I made an apk so you can test it out the progress so far on your device. I will update the apk as I add more to it.
I havent progressed to far so you can try the alpha version here .
Are there any developers who are experianced with app inventor or just really good coders I could use your help. I just need a couple of things to make this project complete and will give credit to those who help me. Thanks for your time!
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Ok I thought the development forum was for any developer related subject. Now I know to post all questions here for the future.
Hi, im taking a look at the game you have sofar, now im not a pro dev but been dabbling in the arts of app inventor for a few months now, the problem is making games do what you want them to, even when your logic seems fair its not always easy to figure out what the issues are,
ill try figure out how to import the apk to app inventor, i dont think you can produce the sorce code from app inventor, however if it looks easy enough to fix i may need a map of your block editor and which components are used!
you can do this by taking a screen shot of your project open onscreen, i can quickly replicate this on my app inventor.
ill let you know what i think once i test this!
thanks
puggz
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Tested the apk, ike the little bouncy sound, reminds me of angry birds lol
I think the main problem your going to have is making the screen move when the target passes the screen value, quick and dirty ways to do it woud be having multiple screen arangments 12345etc when the target reaches a point on the screen arangment have it switch screen, how to do thes yet is only my basic theory's would need to mess around with the layout for this, another theory could be using thr clock timer to set screen changes, would mean calculating the time needed to pass to next screen, i think this might be a complex task..
another way would be to use an animation to move the screen a sprite function of sorts could work adding landing blocks as sprites to move with screen would need to be done too,
The problem with this its fine for a few sprites but get too complex and it will lag the app to hell,
Since there is no hardware acceleration involved, the trouble with the screen just now is it fills out to the parent, ie the devices set resolution, you could make the resolution wider and enable scrolling, this would in effect mean you could scroll left and right, up and down to the screens set resolution, it wouldent be an automatic procedure, but alot of finger swipeage.
for a basic game i think this might do the trick, just depends really on what you wish it to do really
i have ripped the main elements from the apk, all i would need is screen shots of the block editor and components used in app inventor, and settings used, or a screen shot of this too would be helpfull,
i can mess around with this idea if you like, i cant promise anything amazing but i should beable to atleast work out what needs to be done and if its possible to do in app inventor, certainly in a real sdk its possible
Ill play around with what i have for now, and workout how to implement a moving screen canvas
i think this is the easy part, getting the fixed landing blocks to be in sync may be the issue, anyways
no harm in trying huh!
thanks
thanks for trying and keep going bro you are making our dreams come true:angel:
OK, so i am making an android launcher.
The UI
well, it will be very similar to the windows phone UI, swiping left and right between the home screen and vertical, 4 column app drawer. so the app drawer will work like the defualt vertical one on stock android. but the home screens will move vertically, swiping up/down will go to the next screen.
i think, to make the app drawer/home screen left/right swiping work, i need to have a linear layout fragment, (im working in eclipse) so that the screen would be larger than the actual screen, it will simply show PART of the fragment which will be the home screen. i need to find out if that could work.
anything else i need to know for making this app.
i have practicaly no experience but i can learn quickly. the android tutorials are not helping much for this type of app, for some reason i cant import already built android launcher into eclipse.
thanx for all the tips and help.
Thought of a name???
~RR
Sounds cool
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You haven't even finished the project but have started its thread? I don't think that's allowed here.
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System.out.println("Sent from my SGY");
first of all im only a 17 year old highschool who is doing this for senior project, a year long project with a "learning stretch" so i need all the help i can get.
im just wondering, does anyone know anything that could help me. anything at all.
so like bits of code that could help the system recognize the app as a launcher, so when i press home, it asks me if i want to use it.
second: how can i create a 2 page layout, i was thinking a linear layout fragment could work, so it would act as a big screen that can be moved, but then vertical scrolling could become limited.
third: how can i get the vertical app drawer to appear in the fragment.
fourth, how can i make home screens, and make them work vertically, and add widgets and stuff to them.
that is about all i need. if anyone can help, thanks alot
i will not be asking for donations and the app will be free to all when it is done
(want a credits page. ok just tell me)
app name, hmm... i was thinking Dual Launcher (cause it works with two screens vertically side by side. but im still thinking
thanx for thinking this is at least a good idea.
russian392 said:
first of all im only a 17 year old highschool who is doing this for senior project, a year long project with a "learning stretch" so i need all the help i can get.
im just wondering, does anyone know anything that could help me. anything at all.
so like bits of code that could help the system recognize the app as a launcher, so when i press home, it asks me if i want to use it.
second: how can i create a 2 page layout, i was thinking a linear layout fragment could work, so it would act as a big screen that can be moved, but then vertical scrolling could become limited.
third: how can i get the vertical app drawer to appear in the fragment.
fourth, how can i make home screens, and make them work vertically, and add widgets and stuff to them.
that is about all i need. if anyone can help, thanks alot
i will not be asking for donations and the app will be free to all when it is done
(want a credits page. ok just tell me)
app name, hmm... i was thinking Dual Launcher (cause it works with two screens vertically side by side. but im still thinking
thanx for thinking this is at least a good idea.
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Idea is a great one. I'm a noob at apk development so i've no idea about launchers. Just a tip, don't make it two screens side by side. It may look good on tablets, but not on smartphones. And FYI, i'm 16, in 10th grade, and have developed my first app .
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System.out.println("Sent from my SGY");
ok. look, dont be rude, you had your first time making an app, was it frustrating, probably, same here, since im making a luancher.
im trying to make the launcher simple as can be because i already know this is gona be hard, cause i have no coding xp.
so if you can help out with some starting codes, that would be great. i have to give credit though because its a project at school lol.
if i can get the 2 screens sliding left and right, im basically good to go, the rest i can handle.... probably
i had another idea.
modifying the cupcake launcher and adding side buttons to the bar, they would move with the app drawer sliding up too.
We are being taught Java at school since 9th grade, so i just had to learn some new things because i knew basic Java. And yes, it was very frustating. I can't help you with the codes if you don't even know basic Java (you said you didn't have any coding xp). There are many tutorials on the net, first learn some Java, practise it and then you're good to go. The learning will hardly take a week, if you're a quick one.
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System.out.println("Sent from my SGY");
I have the name for your launcher...
Super Launcher
Hw about ....star launcher???
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I have the name for your launcher...
Super Launcher
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U think...?
Its a really minimal launcher, it doesn't even have a wallpaper.
But I'll keep that in mind.
If all goes well, I will have a paid version latter on.
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Maybe you should think of the name and other stuff once you've actually got a beta going
I'm sure you'll think of a name by then
Good luck
if you need help with a website or anything I can help just pm me
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russian392 said:
U think...?
Its a really minimal launcher, it doesn't even have a wallpaper.
But I'll keep that in mind.
If all goes well, I will have a paid version latter on.
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Minimal Launcher
May i ask if its possible to import a apk file with eclipse and edit it?
yken said:
May i ask if its possible to import a apk file with eclipse and edit it?
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You can import individual XML and java/.class files but I tried to do a whole project.
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inaudibly said:
Maybe you should think of the name and other stuff once you've actually got a beta going
I'm sure you'll think of a name by then
Good luck
if you need help with a website or anything I can help just pm me
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I'm not supposed to be making any money from this project, so j could pay for a website, beside I know how to make one. But than anyway.
I need codes and use full info for coding the app, not a name right now gys
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Here is what I have planned out.
1.linear layout with fragment, in.
.XML
2.split up the 2 fragments and make them desperate
3.add vertical 4 column app drawer to right side frag, and enable widgets and icons to be put on left frag.
Make the frags recognize swipe gestures so u could move screens (java)
Done
All I need is the codes. I have some, but they are not helping much. They r confusing.
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russian392 said:
Here is what I have planned out.
1.linear layout with fragment, in.
.XML
2.split up the 2 fragments and make them desperate
3.add vertical 4 column app drawer to right side frag, and enable widgets and icons to be put on left frag.
Make the frags recognize swipe gestures so u could move screens (java)
Done
All I need is the codes. I have some, but they are not helping much. They r confusing.
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Not trying to be offensive, but let me get this straight...
All you need is the codes? That's like most of the work. Sure, I'm all for asking for some help, but read some tutorials -and try making some simple apps first to get used to the logic. Learning the hard way by taking examples and figuring them out works, but only if you have already made some research and have prior experience.
My advise: learn first, try later.
GermainZ said:
Not trying to be offensive, but let me get this straight...
All you need is the codes? That's like most of the work. Sure, I'm all for asking for some help, but read some tutorials -and try making some simple apps first to get used to the logic. Learning the hard way by taking examples and figuring them out works, but only if you have already made some research and have prior experience.
My advise: learn first, try later.
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Absolutely right.
People here is not helping you because you are not looking for a little tech help with the code, actually you're asking someone else to make your launcher.
Also, learning java takes a week or less? Sorry guys, this is simply not true. No offence, being able to make a small app does not mean you know the Java nor you're a developer. No way, you have to study, follow tutorials and, at that point only, asking people for some help with codes makes sense.
Guys I have just learned android and I am a beginner.
I want to create a quiz application.
For that I need suggestions.
Basically I need lots of help at theming gui.
Resources , websites , icons , templates ,etc.
Also is there any good website where I can find hd icons,backgrounds , creative(catchy) images for quiz.
My basic idea is to use xml parsing .
However, I am not aware how to use xml parsing for quiz app.
My idea is say 5 questions , 4 radio buttons.
When user selects correct answer , radio button checked gets green and entire radio button is highlighted in green.
Else incorrect answer gets highlighted in red and correct answer in green.
Please please help me guys.
I don't why nobody replies to my post.
Also regarding marathi font not even a single reply.
It really feels dejected .
Please guys help me if you can.