Android Development: Not Too Late To Get Started

An overview of where Android development is today: what it takes to develop a good app, the best resources to help you start developing and where to find them.

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1. Android Development: Not Too Late To Get Started
2. @andreipop
3. WHY ANDROID?
4. WHY ANDROID? YOU ALREADY KNOW JAVA
5. XML - Create Your Layout Java - Set Your View
6. Java/XML Ratio Malibu Sunlens BP Ultimate 35k loc 80k loc
7. WHY ANDROID? Fastest growing tablet market share
8. WHY ANDROID? Not just a mobile platform
9. WHY ANDROID? it’s fun
10. Android Today
11. 900 million Android Devices
12. Platform versions
13. Platform versions
14. Supporting Multiple Screens
15. Supporting Multiple Screens
16. Huh, what should I develop for?
17. API Level: <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" android:targetSdkVersion="17"> Screens: Normal mdpi/hdpi/xhdpi
18. API Level: <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" android:targetSdkVersion="17"> Screens: Normal mdpi/hdpi/xhdpi 70%
19. Dev Community API Level: <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10"14 android:targetSdkVersion="17"> 50%
20. I’m ready to start coding, right?
21. I’m ready to start, right? Not Yet
22. Mobile’s all about the EXPERIENCE
23. Delight Simplify Create Magic
24. developer.android.com/design/ &
25. Platform Target ✓ Device Target ✓ UX ✓
26. IDE
27. IDE: Eclipse
28. IDE: Eclipse IntelliJ
29. IDE: Eclipse IntelliJ Android Studio*
30. Android UI
31. Themes Holo Light Holo Dark Dark Action Bar
32. The Action Bar 1. App Icon 2. View Control 3. Action Buttons 4. Action Overflow
33. Action Bar Sherlock Open Source 2.x Action Bar Support Easy To Integrate Plenty of Samples
34. Customise Your Action Bar bit.ly/ActionBarStyleGenerator
35. Tabbed Navigation
36. List Navigation
37. ViewPager Navigation viewpagerindicator.com
38. Navigation Drawer
39. Sliding Menu bit.ly/SlidingMenu
40. Use your IDE
41. Platform Target ✓ Device Target ✓ UX ✓ IDE ✓ UI ✓
42. Fetch Some Data JSON: GSON / Jackson XML: Simple-XML Faster Networking: Volley
43. Data Storage Shared Preferences Internal Storage External Storage SQLite Databases
44. Open Source App Examples
45. bit.ly/googleIOapp Google I/O
46. Github bit.ly/githubAndroid
47. Tweet Lanes bit.ly/tweetlanesApp
48. Photup http://bit.ly/photupApp
49. Project Overview
50. Ready to release?
51. Android Beta Testing & Stage Rollouts
52. @andreipop
53. Android Development: Not Too Late To Get Started
54. Thank You!
55. Q/A