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Simulating Tabs layout with App Inventor

I've been using Eclipse to go through the tutorials on the main Android dev site and tbh it's all a bit too much and things don't work and I've no idea why. For example; I even ended up copying and pasting the example code for the grid view tutorial and even the code in the tutorial doesn't work.
I'm not a programmer really, I just dabble in PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML and I've done a bit of ASP and VB in the past.
But this is a whole step up and when these things go wrong I've no idea, at all, how to fix them. If there was a good Android programming book out there I'd get it but they all have terrible reviews.
So I'm going back to using App Inventor and tbh all I want is a tabbed layout, or a grid where you can select to go to a new screen. My app is mostly info and if I were writing this in JavaScript, CSS and HTML I could do it in a day. Ideally I'd have tabs, to choose a section, and then buttons on the tabbed pages to choose the info. Like a reference set I suppose.
I can't find any code examples for multiple screens so can anyone tell me how to simulate this with App Inventor?
If it were a webpage I'd just alter the visibility of divs and then have links within the divs. It's actually a very, very simple concept...

No one knows? Seriously?

The App Inventor doesn't allow for tabbed displays, and I haven't really seen a viable way to simulate tabs.
I would suggest using Titanium Appcelerator, you build the app in Javascript, through it's API, and it'll compile into a working Android app
There's a free version, and a Paid version, but really all you need is the freebie

PhoneGap and Corona - how do they work?

PhoneGap and Corona are both cross platform mobile app development environments, but how do they do what they do?
Well I'm a PhoneGap Build user and I recently DLed the PhoneGap add-ons for my Eclipse dev environment. With PhoneGap you code your app in HTML5, CSS£ and JavaScript and it turns it all into an Android app for you.
I think I've worked out that PhoneGap takes your web pages and just wraps them all up into what is essentially a stand-alone website that acts as an app.
It's a nice idea if you want apps that are purely information, like some of the medical apps for healthcare professionals, but it's not so nice for smoothness and transitions or even interface elements e.g. you can simulate a Tabbed layout but it's not as neat or a smooth as a real Eclipse coded Java-xml Android Tabbed layout.
PhoneGap can repackage your web "app" for iOS, Andoird, BlackBerry, Sybian and webOS! That's one big bonus.
Now does anyone know how Corona works? Seems it's only for iOS and Android and I'm wondering what the underlying structure is. Anyone know?

No one knows?
It's be useful for developers to have insight into this. Afaik Phone gap don't have this info in their docs, I've just worked it out.
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Corona is more of a Game Engine I think
It's basically it's own API/SDK/Engine. You code works within that. It looks like it uses lua script but I'm not sure.

Phonegap and other cross platform tools
Hi pizza_alarm
There are basically 3 types of multi-platform approaches:
1) the super-simplistic. These are not really programming at all, but simple tools to auto-generate an app using rss feeds, and other fairly generic settings.
2) browser-hybrid. Most of the serious contenders would fit this category, even though some claim to be in the 3rd. They use html + css to describe page layout, and some (like phonegap) allow full access to any browser-supported scripting, like javascript. At build time, a pre-compiled "player app" is bundles with your web app
3) native compiler. These let you build your app in a intermediate coding language, which then gets recompiled for each platform. Many of these still use the techniques described in item 2.
We have recently published a free comparison between all the serious contenders (items 2 and 3 in my list). Tell us what you think:
(I don't have permission to post the URL - but if you google "triballabs cross platform" you will find it)

Sorry - I meant to add that we use phonegap. One of the bits we like most about it is that you get all the source code, so if you need to enhance the basic "player" app it is very easy to do. Obviously you need to code these native, in Java or Objective-C or whatever your platform calls for

I use Corona since 2013. I have made this game Stronghold. It's easy to use, but there is a lot of limit, no multi threading, few plugin, few quantity of documentation, the app always do imagesheet in 32bits. We have to pay for many things. Like remove the launcher image (actualy it's write corona sdk XD)

[Q] Cross Platform App Development

Hi team,
The problem definition is I have to implement a mobile app which will allow the user to sign a pdf document by him and that same document can be signed by multiple users also by using same device.
I have gone through different API's present in the market for this Like HelloSign, Docusign but these APIs do not work on all the platforms.
So I digged out and found PhoneGap and Xamarin frameworks.
So my question is can I develop a cross platform mobile app with multi user signature support for single document ?
And if its is doable then which
Has anyone gone through this problem before ?

[SDK] [Library] Going global without localization?

It’s a well-known fact that the most important requirement of successful international distribution of an app is to be available on local languages.
But it does not mean that you should localize your app at all!
We developed a plugin for android apps that makes possible to translate the app by its users themselves on the phone. There are always fans of your app who pleasures to contribute in anything regarding your app. They will translate the app. All the other users can download and use these translations through the same plugin.
You can understand it easily by downloading the demo android app which already contains the plugin. (“App localization demo” on GooglePlay)
The plugin is free, you can download here or can see it on GHithub.
Any question and feedback is welcome.

app translation on phone demo
See the app demo http://www.transround.com/?utm_source=xda&utm_medium=mktglocalization&utm_campaign=goingglobal
gyuri bp said:
It’s a well-known fact that the most important requirement of successful international distribution of an app is to be available on local languages.
But it does not mean that you should localize your app at all!
We developed a plugin for android apps that makes possible to translate the app by its users themselves on the phone. There are always fans of your app who pleasures to contribute in anything regarding your app. They will translate the app. All the other users can download and use these translations through the same plugin.
You can understand it easily by downloading the demo android app which already contains the plugin. (“App localization demo” on GooglePlay)
The plugin is free, you can download here or can see it on GHithub.
Any question and feedback is welcome.
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It should be interesting! I am developer from Ukraine, and now we have a problem that localization for about 4-5 lang, what we need it's very costly. I can't beleive that it will work, but i will try it...Thanks for sharing.

Hello, I downloaded your game, it should work if the app is native and all the phrases on screen use standard android resource handling. In case you have any issue you can contact me directly too.

Very impressive, I'm just a beginner. I loved the idea of your game!

Will it work with games compiled with Haxe OpenFL?

Unfortunately this time cross-platform developments are not supported, only Android.
However resources translated on Android version can be used on other platforms as well.

We prepared a plugin for Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA to provide automated integration of Nativer SDK. It is available on Github:https://github.com/Transround/Native...android-studio and in IntelliJ plugin repository http://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7637?pr=androidstudio
In case you use Android Studio or IntellJ, you can make your app translated to 70+ languages and be ready for further translation by your users within a few minutes. Try it – you only risk only 5-10 minutes of your time to discover an exciting and suprisingly effective new technology.

Mobile App Development Platform

Hello guys, I have a query about Mobile App Development Platform. What is the best and easiest Mobile App Development Platform that I can use in creating a mobile app? Is it open source or I need to pay for it? tnx guys.

Appery is a cloud-based mobile app builder that you can use to create apps for Android, iOS and Windows Phone, and includes Apache Cordova (Phone Gap) with access to its built-in components.
Since the builder runs in the cloud, there's nothing to install or download, and it's easy to get started quickly. It includes a visual editor using drag and drop components to build the UI. You can connect to any REST API and use it in your app, and instantly add a cloud database and backend to your app if you need to store data.
You can add powerful functionality with the Appery plugin catalog, or create your own custom private plugins to use in your apps. Collaboration is simple, allowing you to share your mobile project with development teams, business users and customers in real time.
Price: Plans start at Free and go up to $180 per month for Premium

Thanks 4 the info @MihaelYank

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