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Mobile Development w/ MONO

Mobile Development w/ MONO . By: Chad W. Stoker (MCTS, MCP, MCAD) President & Chief Technology Officer Bryan E. Paslay ( MCTS, MCP) Senior Consultant. MONO explained What is the CLR? F#, VB.NET, Iron Python, COBOL.NET, C# Android explained OS Default coding language Default IDE

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Mobile Development w/ MONO

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  1. Mobile Development w/ MONO By: Chad W. Stoker (MCTS, MCP, MCAD) President & Chief Technology Officer Bryan E. Paslay (MCTS, MCP) Senior Consultant

  2. MONO explained • What is the CLR? • F#, VB.NET, Iron Python, COBOL.NET, C# • Android explained • OS • Default coding language • Default IDE • MONO for Android • Visual Studio • Emulators • Deployment Intro to Mono for Android

  3. 2.3 and Below • Gingerbread (Phone OS) • 3.x • Homeycomb • Tablet • 4.x • Ice Cream Sandwich • Basically 3.x applied to phones • As of Nov 2011 98% of devices are 2.3 and below • 86% are 2.3 and 2.2 • Use API levels 9 and 10 cover Version 2.3 Android Versions

  4. Base Class Library • Easy and familiar for .Net developers • Language features like Lambdas, Events, LINQ, etc… • VS2010 • Not daunting for .Net developers to get started Benefits of Mono for Android

  5. Android Manifest • Debug settings • Folder structures in projects • Resources • Drawable • Layout • Values • Assets • Views (code-behind) • Adding Folders and how they are represented MONO Solution Structure

  6. What is an Activity • Basically it is a screen • It is not an application • Should do a single function • Can navigate between activities in the same app or different apps using Intents Activity

  7. Activity Life Cycle

  8. Demonstrate Activity1.cs • Show how the entry-point to any App works. • Show how to add ‘View’ controls to an existing view. • Show how to update the Resource.id enumeration list • Discuss the emulator and debugging Hello World (MONO Android style)

  9. How to add additional “Views” (Layout.axml) • How to add and navigate to additional Activities • Actually launching an Intent • Understand how/why Views can be synonymous with the term “Control”. • How to work with application-level constants. Learning about basics in Mono

  10. What is an Intent • Way apps leverage other apps functionality • Pass Intent Filter and Android OS looks for an intent that meet the need • Can Pass Extras and Get back data • Launching an “intent” • Texting somebody from an app • Emailing • Taking a picture Activities and Intents

  11. What is a Preference? • Preference Types • CheckBox • Ringtone – build in selector for ease of use • EditText • List • Switch • Dialog • Category – visual divider • Screen • Create a Preference Android Preferences

  12. Types of Menus • Options • Context • Sub • Create a Option Menu Android Menus

  13. Types Of Dialogs • Alert • Progress • Custom • Data and Time Picker • Create Alert Dialog Android Dialogs

  14. List views described • List Adapters explained • Data-binding Implementing List Views

  15. Create SQLite DB • Insert / Query data • Set Up Linq to SQLite • Bind Data From Database • Sqlite-net SQLite interface

  16. Project Properties and MONO tabs • The importance of the “signed” versus “un-signed” APK’s. • Walking through the installation process • http://xamarin.com/monoforandroid Deploying APK’s to phones

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