Overview of Components¶
Components are the basic building blocks of your app. The behaviour and look are of your apps are customised with components.
Component categories¶
For easier access of components, they are grouped into various categories.
- Screen
- User Interface
- Layout
- Media
- Drawing and Animation
- Maps
- Sensors
- Social
- Storage
- Utilities
- Dynamic Components
- Connectivity
- Monetization
- LEGO Mindstorms
- Experimental
Data Types¶
The properties of a component and parameters of a method or event may be of one of the following types:
Asset¶
An Asset type property can be set from the Designer by selecting an Asset from the uploaded assets for the app. From the Blocks Editor, it can be set using a Text block containing the path to that Asset.
Color¶
A Color found under the Color category.
Number¶
A Designer property of this type can be set by filling a number in the textbox From the blocks editor, the Number block can be found under the Math category.
Text¶
A Text is simply a string. It can have alphanumeric characters. For some properties and parameters, certain pre-determined Text are only allowed, which would be documented with them.