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App Inventor 2 Essentials

You're reading from  App Inventor 2 Essentials

Product type Book
Published in Apr 2016
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781785281105
Pages 248 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Setting the background image


In this chapter, you will gain experience in using the media tool to include images in your app. All the apps include some sort of artwork (logos, icons, photos, and so on), so learning to include image files will come in handy. We've decided to create a pool party for our EventApp tutorial, and to keep with the theme, we will set the background image for Screen1 to a water image. It is extremely important to note that you cannot use just any image, logo, or artwork from the Internet in your app. Artwork (this includes photography) is copyrighted, and if you use someone else's artwork without permission (and without paying for it), you will be violating copyright law. Thus, we are taking the time to explain how to find usable, free artwork. Google makes it easy to find artwork that is free to reuse or remix.

  1. Type in the topic you are looking for in the Google search bar. In this case, we will type in pool. Press return on your keyboard or click on the blue magnifying...

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