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Google Debuts 'App Inventor' Tool for Everyone

Jul 12, 2010, 7:39 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Google today made available a new service called Google App Inventor. Google App Inventor is a simple set of developer tools that allows most anyone to create basic applications for Android handsets. The web-based software uses blocks of code that are represented by icons and images, which users can then piece together to build applications. The blocks of code are associated with different functions and/or features of the Android phone, such as the camera, accelerometer, or GPS modules. Google intends for the software to be used by students and younger users, though the idea behind Google App Inventor is to provide anyone interested in creating applications for Android the toolset that matches their skill level. In order to use App Inventor, users must have a registered Gmail account. The development tool itself is web-based, but there is a small software download required to allow for USB syncing of the software to user Android handsets.

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