Android App
Today I wrote my first Android app. Although it's a basic school assignment, it taught me a lot about making mobile apps. I attempted to learn how to make them a few years ago but gave up without figuring out how to get the code to run on my phone. Seeing "hello world" print out on a virtual device was not very thrilling. Today, I did my app testing directly on my Pixel 4a device. I also figured out how to install it so that I can show it to people everywhere I go, even if they don't really care.
Now that I have a better understanding of how to make Android UIs (which seems to be the real magic behind these apps), I'd like to make a mobile version of my old bill management program. I am not sure if my mom will use it, but it's worth a shot. Other than that, I don't really have any good ideas for mobile apps at the moment. It seems like everything I want to make has been done already, so I need to find something I am passionate enough about to improve.
Keeping Up
This week unlocks the last 2 modules for this class. It's crazy to me how fast these courses go, but in a way I am glad I don't have to spend too much time in any single class. In preparation for the final assignment, I have decided to finish this week's assignments early. An interesting thing I realized as I was making my app is that I approached it with the MVC pattern in mind. It seems that this class has met its intended purpose of helping me learn how to design software in a more professional manner.
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