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CPSC 110-08: Computing on Mobile Phones
Fall 2011
No Text While Driving Tutorial
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CS Principles
This activity addresses the idea that computing is a creative activity
and focuses on the following learning objectives:
- IAI: The student can use computing tools and techniques to create artifacts.
- IB3: The student can use computing tools and techniques for creative expression.
- IC4: The student can use programming as a creative tool.
Preliminaries
This lesson assumes your phone has the ability to send and receive text messages. For the
CPSC-110 course pre-paid SIM cards with a limited amount of texting will be provided for the
lab phones.
This tutorial is described in Chapter 4 of the App Inventor text.
This lesson introduces a number of new App Inventor components:
- Texting: This component processes incoming and outgoing text messages.
- TinyDB: This component allows us to store the automatic response in a persistent database.
No Texting Tutorial
The No Text While Driving App
relieves the user of having to respond to text messages received while driving (or bicycling, running, etc.). It
allows the user to create an automatic reponse and then sends that message to the sender whenever a message is
received.
Hands-On
Install the SIM card in your phones and follow along with the tutorial. By the end of class, we should
all have a version of this app working on our phones.