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Beginning Android Development

Lawrence Sing Wong LawrenceSWong@gmail.com metawave.wordpress.com. Beginning Android Development. Goals. Android Ecosystem Android Platform Hands-on Android Development Resources. Introduction. Android - An Open Platform for Mobile Development Open Handset Alliance Android Stack

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Beginning Android Development

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  1. Lawrence Sing Wong LawrenceSWong@gmail.com metawave.wordpress.com Beginning Android Development

  2. Goals • Android Ecosystem • Android Platform • Hands-on Android Development • Resources

  3. Introduction • Android - An Open Platform for Mobile Development • Open Handset Alliance • Android Stack • Native Apps vs Web Apps

  4. Open Platform for Mobile Development • Open Source • Royalty-free : Free as in beer • Free to fork : Free as in speech • No approval needed for Android Market • Free to download from multiple sources • but..

  5. OHA • Members • Google • NARMHP

  6. Android Stack • Diagram • Platform built upon Linux • 1 process per application • Java, c/c++ • Vs iOS, WinPhone7, MeeGo, Symbian, Bada

  7. Android and Java • NOT JavaME • Dalvik JVM instead of JVM • - register-based vs stack-based • - more efficient and compact implementation. • Reuse through Intent

  8. Getting Started • Downloads • Android SDK Features • Hello World Example

  9. IDE • Eclipse 3.5 • Android ADT Plugin • JDK 5.0/6.0 • AVD setup • Emulator

  10. Hello World • New Project • Android Manifest • Activity • R.java, main.xml, strings.xml, ...

  11. Phone • How to setup for development • Phone vs Emulator

  12. Next examples • To-Do List Example • Android Development Tools

  13. Development Tools • Debugger • DDMS • adb

  14. DDMS • Screen capture • File structure • Send messages to emulator

  15. Command Line • adb command • uninstall • logcat

  16. Applications and Activities • What makes an Android Application? • Android Manifest • Application Life Cycle

  17. Activity • UI thread • Presents window to user • Life-cycle diagram • Managed by Android

  18. Intents • Introducing Intents • Implicit Intents • Explicit Intents • Extras

  19. Others • Service • Broadcast Receiver • Content Provider • Adapter

  20. User Interfaces • Basic UI Design • Views • Layouts

  21. Markets • Android Market Share • SDK versions and percentages • Android Market • Job Market

  22. But which is the best.. • OS? Linux, Win7 or Mac? • Phone? http://www.google.com/phone/#

  23. Resources • developer.android.com • android.git.kernel.org • code.google.com • stackoverflow.com • http://www.google.com/phone/#

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