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Offline CraigDS

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App programming
« on: May 30, 2020, 01:42:28 pm »
Looking to build a really simple app (single fixed page, few buttons to select a purchase, then a pay button which would then instruct you to use the payment terminal.

Have some basic knowledge but never built a full app before. Anyone got any links to good online resources for learning this stuff? Would be going on an android device only.
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Re: App programming
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2020, 12:04:45 am »
Maybe something like this https://www.androidauthority.com/android-app-makers-672412/ to get you started then maybe Android Studio if you progress.
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Re: App programming
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2020, 02:01:16 pm »
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Re: App programming
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2020, 03:09:09 pm »
Quote from: Claire. on May 31, 2020, 02:01:16 pm
How's your JS? https://www.nativescript.org/

Or React native

And if you are not react friendly but have JS experience Cordova / Adobe PhoneGap does the same thing.
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Re: App programming
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2020, 04:15:03 pm »
You could also look at Ionic which also uses Cordova. Can use Angular, React, Vue or plain JS. Angular is better documented than the rest.

There is a free plan for their Appflow, that allows you to build the app in the cloud on their server. It means you would not have to install Android Studio, gradle etc for the build stage. You just have to generate the keystore and provide that.
You can also do in App Updates using their deploy feature, that uses a .git workflow. Just means you can send updates direct over the internet rather then re-submit back to the play store (as long as you fundamentally do not change the app ).

https://ionicframework.com/pricing/compare

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Re: App programming
« Reply #5 on: June 1, 2020, 06:32:45 am »
Thanks for the advice - will give the links a read.

It really is only a simple app (it’s more to test an idea / proof of concept before I pay someone to build out the features) so hopefully can get my head around writing it.
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Re: App programming
« Reply #6 on: June 1, 2020, 08:50:23 pm »
Quote from: Craig 🤔 on June  1, 2020, 06:32:45 am
Thanks for the advice - will give the links a read.

It really is only a simple app (it’s more to test an idea / proof of concept before I pay someone to build out the features) so hopefully can get my head around writing it.
Maybe prototyping would be a simpler and better alternative?
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Re: App programming
« Reply #7 on: June 8, 2020, 08:06:54 pm »
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Re: App programming
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2020, 02:25:36 pm »
Don't know if there's just more of these appearing or I'm noticing them but codecademy have launched a skill path for a basic android app: https://www.codecademy.com/learn/paths/introduction-to-android-with-java - can get a free week's trial.
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Re: App programming
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2020, 07:25:04 pm »
Cheers for those, will take a look at them both now  ;D
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Re: App programming
« Reply #10 on: September 3, 2020, 11:54:43 pm »
Stack Overflow is helpful for alot of the programming small tasks and debugging. I think udemy have alot of courses for app development, as a whole. Youtube videos is also helpful for learning individual programming concepts to complete a task, and they have code demonstrations too.

If it's just prototyping I think Proto.io is pretty useful for like drawing out how it looks etc.
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Re: App programming
« Reply #11 on: November 9, 2020, 11:03:54 am »
If you're wanting to build an app on Android then Java is your language and if iOS is your platform Objective-c or Swift. I recommend using BaaS providers such as Parse for your projects in the beginning. Simply google 'iOS app tutorials' or 'Android app development tutorials' and you should be on your way to learning to program. I study programmin in college right now and I also use some help of this service https://assignmentshark.com/ for javascript homework help.
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Re: App programming
« Reply #12 on: November 9, 2020, 01:54:24 pm »
If I wanted to develop an app that transferred a small file via bluetooth, would I have to learn to code that or is there something that I could use to define my requirement and the code would be created for me? Like an Android/Java visual basic?

(You can tell that I'm a noob can't you?!)
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Re: App programming
« Reply #13 on: November 9, 2020, 11:25:47 pm »
Quote from: Mark Walters on November  9, 2020, 01:54:24 pm
If I wanted to develop an app that transferred a small file via bluetooth, would I have to learn to code that or is there something that I could use to define my requirement and the code would be created for me? Like an Android/Java visual basic?

(You can tell that I'm a noob can't you?!)


https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/create-bluetooth-android-application-using-android-studio/


For instance.

Guides all over the interweb on pretty much anything you can think of
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Re: App programming
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Re: App programming
« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2020, 12:22:44 pm »
Also, here's a free Udacity course on Microsoft Power Platform, which is a low-code/no-code platform for building apps or automated workflows. It looks to be around 6 hours of "lecture" time but there'll be more than that time to spend in actually doing labs and stuff.

I haven't used Power Platform very much other than for data vis, but I know they use it quite a lot at my brother's work.
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Re: App programming
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2020, 03:40:27 pm »
Could have a look at https://bubble.io


A no-code platform to build apps quickly.
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