rjones2
December 10, 2020, 7:52pm
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This questions is for Unit 3: App Design.
Is it possible to link an outside website that people can access when they use your app so the person can go to it for more information. For example, my student wants to link the team’s webpage so people can see their current schedule.
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Here is a link to a discussion thread that shows how to link a youtube video. Perhaps you can do something similar to link to a website.
There is a way, but it’s not really ready for prime time and difficult to control. The write command will add text to the screen starting at the top.
write("<a href='http://code.org/csp'> go to CSP! </a>");
Example Project – updated
We’re working on arbitrary HTML insertion which would let you do things like embed videos, but there are security risks/hurdles associated that we have to wrangle. You’ll notice if you experiment with inserting html with the write command that it’s pretty locked…
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rjones2
December 11, 2020, 7:45pm
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Thanks, I’m going to have my student to try it. If not, I have a plan B for her.