{"id":1767,"date":"2015-04-09T16:44:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T16:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2015-04-09T16:48:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T16:48:09","slug":"droidscript-building-android-apps-using-javascript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/droidscript-building-android-apps-using-javascript\/","title":{"rendered":"DroidScript: Building Simple Android apps using JavaScript"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2Fdroidscript-building-android-apps-using-javascript%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/droid-script.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1768 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/droid-script-1024x608.jpg\" alt=\"DroidScript\" width=\"608\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/droid-script-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/droid-script-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/droid-script-900x534.jpg 900w, https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/droid-script.jpg 1236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say you want to tinker with making simple Android applications, but you don\u2019t have a lot of time. \u00a0\u00a0Perhaps you just love JavaScript and want to write Android Apps. \u00a0\u00a0Consider checking <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.smartphoneremote.androidscriptfree&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">DroidScript on the Google Play Store<\/a>. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.smartphoneremote.androidscriptfree&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">DroidScript <\/a>enables you to quickly build simple Android apps using JavaScript.<\/p>\n<p>I greatly appreciate DroidScript enabling you to edit programs directly from a Wifi connected desktop computer. \u00a0All you need is a desktop web browser. \u00a0\u00a0You don\u2019t need to install Eclipse, Java, simulators, Netbeans or anything. \u00a0\u00a0You press a button in DroidScript and the app fires up a web server on your Android device. \u00a0\u00a0From your web browser, you can start making new apps, exploring and running sample programs, and checking out the documentation.<\/p>\n<p>What features of Android can you access using DroidScript?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can use the GPS, Compass, Camera, and Accelerometer.<\/li>\n<li>DroidScript can do basic graphics functions.<\/li>\n<li>According to the documentation, you can send and receive emails and SMS.<\/li>\n<li>You can control Arduino and Lego NXT.<\/li>\n<li>On a personal project, I used DroidScript to send commands to an Arduino through serial communication.<\/li>\n<li>You can also fire up a custom web server so that your phone can respond to HTTP requests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think users will appreciate the effective samples and documentation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/droidscript_docs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1769\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/droidscript_docs-168x300.png\" alt=\"Docs screen\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/droidscript_docs-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/droidscript_docs.png 506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the young programmer, hobby programmer or someone who needs some quick code duck tape on Android, DroidScript is worth checking out. \u00a0If you need help, they have an active forum community at<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!forum\/androidscript\"> https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!forum\/androidscript<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Stories on InspiredToEducate.NET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning To Code<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a 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