App Inventor Looks to Make Application Creation Easy as Pie

As Android smartphone market share continues to grow on a daily basis, it falls behind in only one area: the number of available apps. So, Google has now created a new tool to help boost this number. This tool, entitled “App Inventor”, works as follows (according to Google): “To use App Inventor, you do not need to be a developer. App Inventor requires NO programming knowledge. This is because instead of writing code, you visually design the way the app looks and use blocks to specify the app’s behavior.”

The tool was tested in schools across the US, so apparently it really is child’s play!

Many are already arguing that that will lead to an increase in quantity, but a decrease in quality when it comes to Android apps. However, others think it could have long term positive effects for the search giant. Pete Cashmore, of Mashable.com, said: “We’ll see thousands of new Android apps, but will they be of a “cookie cutter” nature, offering very little value? There is, however, an upside in the long term: If App Inventor is so simple that schoolchildren can make apps, some those same children will soon become coders themselves and perhaps choose to develop apps for Android rather than iOS.”

Personally, I think this can only help Google in the long run. This is bound to get more laymen interested in application development and the Android marketplace. And who knows, a schoolteacher or retail manager might be the next great application developer, once they learn more about the process! Great ideas come from everyone, especially the people who use smartphones on a daily basis, developer or not. Additionally, this tool sounds very cool and offers lots of options, so we should see some great products come out of it.

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