Ray Pastore, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Instruct ional Technology – UNCWwww.raypastore.com

HOW TO BUILD MOBILE APPS FOR IOS

AND ANDROID

Development: Apple vs AndroidNative App ToolsCross Platform ToolsDrag and Drop Tools

PRESENTATION TODAY

Developer https://developer.apple.com/ $99 per year iPhone/iPad or Mac Can only be made on Macs University Program

https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/university/ Can share apps, publish to personal ipod/iphone/ipad

Xcode https://developer.apple.com/xcode/ C/C++ Must have Mac to use

Review Process Ease of Use

Very diffi cult Experienced Programmers only

APPLE

Developer http://developer.android.com/index.html $25 per year No need for university license, can publish apps to devices

and even publish on web for free. License only needed if publishing to app store

Eclipse http://www.eclipse.org/ Java

No Review ProcessEase of use

Not as diffi cult as Apple But programming required

Can get by with a basic understanding

ANDROID

Let’s take a quick look atApple - XcodeAndroid - Eclipse

NATIVE APP TOOLS

Best cross platform tools? HTML5 and Flash

HTML5 vs Flash?HTML5

PhoneGap (now owned by Adobe) http://phonegap.com/

Dreamweaver/HTML programming Publish to apple, android, windows, blackberry Must use Xcode or Eclipse to use PhoneGap, its an extension of

them

Adobe Flash Publish to apple and android

CROSS PLATFORM TOOLS

Apple Gamesalad - http://gamesalad.com Free to publish in iOS but $299 for full package Works with android too just need to pay the fee

Android MIT App Inventor - Free http://appinventor.mit.edu Curriculum Guide: http://teach.appinventor.mit.edu/

Other tools Tons of other tools out there however these are some of the

most popular Most of the other tools (not all) have a catch, such as a fee to

actually publish even though free to create or have ads. Look for more of these tools in the future but please read the fine

print.

DRAG AND DROP TOOLS

What are my options for testing use or classroom use? iPods iPads Android Tablets

HARDWARE

Tons of resources on all of these tools on my blog @www.raypastore.com

RESOURCES