How to make Android app with Andromo?
Step by step: create an Andromo app
Before you can create an app you need to register with Andromo.com by
picking a username and password, and providing an email address. After you've
registered, log in and edit your public profile. You should also get a gravatar
if you don't already have one. You can also change your password and email
address from here.
Once registered, you can start building your app. Begin by entering a name
for your app, which you can change later. This lands you at Andromo's tabbed
app creation control panel. The first step is to describe your app by editing
its name, entering a description and a version number, and categorising it
under one of the Google-approved categories.
To help people find your app and to distinguish it from other apps, you can
(and should) also upload a custom icon for your app in this tab, replacing
Andromo's default icon. You can find lots of free icons on the web or you can
create your own. Just make sure the icons are in the dimensions and file format
mentioned on the website.
Customise the app
1. Pick a theme
Andromo lets you customise various aspects of your app. Head to the Styles
tab where you can choose the background colour of the app as well as the colour
of the headings, date and various other pieces of text. You can either enter
the hex colour code or pick it up from the colour picker. Make sure you click
the 'Save Changes' button before moving on.
2. Action Bar
This is the bar at the top of your app. It requires four colour schemes for
the four elements it displays. The first is the single colour or a two-colour
gradient background. Then there's the font colour for the foreground text.
Pressing the action bar will display a drop-down list of activities in your
apps, and your can alter their colour schemes as well.
3. Dashboard
This is the main interface of your app and therefore has lots of
customisable elements. You can select a single colour or a two-colour gradient
for the background, or a textured image that will fill the screen irrespective
of the phone's orientation. Additionally, you can upload images for the
background – one for the portrait mode and one for landscape.
Add content to your app
1. My Projects
Log into your account and create an app if you haven't already done so. To
continue working on an existing project, go to the My Projects section, which
lists all your apps. Navigate to the app you want to edit and click on the
'Edit' button underneath it. This will bring you to the app-creation control
panel where you can review your app's description.
2. Select an activity
Next, define the functionality of your app by adding various activities
from the Activities tab. So, if you're a Star Trek fan, your
app can have the Facebook activity to point to your Star Trek fan
page, and the website activity to point to the official website, as well as the
Audio Player activity to play the theme music and different sounds from all the Star
Trek series.
3. Customise the activity
After you've picked up an activity, say Audio Player, customise it. That
includes naming it, uploading an icon for it and selecting a background image.
Since you need both an audio player (to play themes) and a music board (to play
Klingon pronunciations), add multiple audio player activities, then upload the
relevant audio files for each.
4. Arrange activities
By default the activities appear in your app in the order in which you
added them. To rearrange the order of the activities, modify their Order column
value in the Activities tab. Activity with the lowest number is displayed
first. Click on the 'Edit' button next to the activity you want to move and
specify the new number in the Position field.
5. Advertising
After you've added and arranged all the activities, head to the Ads and
Analytics tab to customise the advertising options. You can choose from three
ad modes. The first will show Andromo ads. The second option will split the ad
space with ads served by your AdMob account. Or, you can turn off ads
altogether by switching to the Gold Upgrade Package.
6. Build and showcase your app
That's all there is to it. Now head to the Build tab and ask the service to
turn your app into an Android app. When your app is built, you can download it
from the emailed URL, then share it with others. You can also share the app
with other Andromo users by adding it to the Andromo Showcase, from under the
Showcase tab.
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