Cowbell

You will create an app that shows a picture of a cowbell in a button and when you click the button it will play a cowbell sound. You can also make the sound play when you shake the phone.

Ages: All Rating: Easy Time to complete: 30-45 minutes What you should already know: nothing What you will learn: How to create a new project How to add a button to the screen and upload an image for it. Buttons are user interface components that you can click on to trigger an event. You then create a program (set of blocks) that handles the event. How to add a sound to the project and upload the sound file. How to play a sound when a button is clicked. This is also called handling an event. How to use the phone emulator to test your app. How to use a connected phone to test your app. How to use the accelerometer (tilt sensor - like in a Wii remote) to play a sound when you shake the phone.

If you want to skip step 1 (creating the user interface and uploading the media files) then download the project zip file from https://www.dropbox.com/s/pusq978wref1943/Cowbell_Starter.zip. Then go to App Inventor at http://beta.appinventor.mit.edu and go to the list of projects page (My Projects). Then click on More Actions > Upload Source. Pick the Cowbell_Starter.zip file and it will upload the Cowbell_Starter project. Enter the project and click Save As and save it with a different file name like "Cowbell". Then you can start at step 2 by clicking here.

Mark Guzdial took the picture of the cowbell and recorded the sound.