1. App Inventor
You are going to use App Inventor to make an application for your phone
Smart Phone ‘s can hold many entertaining apps due to the amount of sensors built into the phone

3. App Inventor

10. Disadvantage of using it
Name of sensor
What it is used for
Advantage of using it
Disadvantage of using it
Touch screen
Means you can control the screen with your finger or pen type instrument
Intuitive to use. Quicker to access information when using this type of device
Need a conductive and resistive layer under the screen which means only 75% of the screen light will get through
TYPE_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE
Means you can measure the temperature of the room
Can tell you to when to turn the heating up or down. Can prevent hypothermia
It may give you alerts when you don’t want them.
TYPE_GYROSCOPE
Means you can tilt your screen. It does it automatically
You don’t have to turn around manually, it does it on its own
It can get annoying when you don’t it to turn round and it does
TYPE_PROXIMITY
Means the phone can tell whether you are holding it to your ear.
It can increase or decrease the sound, depending on the phones position
It may not be as accurate as you want
TYPE_TEMPERATURE
A sort of better version of the type ambient temperature
TYPE_ACCELEROMETER
It can detect whether the phone is being tilted or shaked
It can measure the force you’re applying to the phone
It may measure the force when you don’t want it to
TYPE_LIGHT
It measures the light or brightness on the screen depending on where you are
Allows you to control the screen brightness
May automatically reduce the brightness when you don’t want it to

11. Disadvantages of using it Type of relative humidity Type orientation
Name of Sensor
What it is used for
Advantages of using it
Disadvantages of using it
Type of relative humidity
It measures the average humidity in the room
Allows you to monitor the humidity in the room
It can be too weak and not always accurate
Type orientation
Allows you to move your screen around
It can help you flick your screen around
It may do it when you don’t want it to
Type pressure
It measures ambient pressure in a place
It monitors air pressure changes
It is quite unnecessary