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Beginning Android Development
Lawrence Sing Wong
[email protected]
metawave.wordpress.com
Goals
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Android Ecosystem
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Android Platform
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Hands-on Android Development
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Resources
Introduction
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Android - An Open Platform for Mobile
Development
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Open Handset Alliance
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Android Stack
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Native Apps vs Web Apps
Open Platform for Mobile
Development
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Open Source
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Royalty-free : Free as in beer
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Free to fork : Free as in speech
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No approval needed for Android Market
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Free to download from multiple sources
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but..
OHA
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Members
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Google
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NARMHP
Android Stack
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Diagram
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Platform built upon Linux
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1 process per application
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Java, c/c++
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Vs iOS, WinPhone7, MeeGo, Symbian, Bada
Android and Java
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NOT JavaME
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Dalvik JVM instead of JVM
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- register-based vs stack-based
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- more efficient and compact implementation.
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Reuse through Intent
Getting Started
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Downloads
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Android SDK Features
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Hello World Example
IDE
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Eclipse 3.5
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Android ADT Plugin
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JDK 5.0/6.0
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AVD setup
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Emulator
Hello World
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New Project
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Android Manifest
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Activity
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R.java, main.xml, strings.xml, ...
Phone
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How to setup for development
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Phone vs Emulator
Next examples
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To-Do List Example
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Android Development Tools
Development Tools
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Debugger
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DDMS
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adb
DDMS
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Screen capture
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File structure
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Send messages to emulator
Command Line
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adb command
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uninstall
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logcat
Applications and Activities
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What makes an Android Application?
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Android Manifest
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Application Life Cycle
Activity
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UI thread
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Presents window to user
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Life-cycle diagram
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Managed by Android
Intents
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Introducing Intents
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Implicit Intents
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Explicit Intents
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Extras
Others
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Service
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Broadcast Receiver
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Content Provider
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Adapter
User Interfaces
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Basic UI Design
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Views
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Layouts
Markets
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Android Market Share
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SDK versions and percentages
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Android Market
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Job Market
But which is the best..
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OS? Linux, Win7 or Mac?
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Phone? http://www.google.com/phone/#
Resources
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developer.android.com
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android.git.kernel.org
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code.google.com
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stackoverflow.com
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http://www.google.com/phone/#