Android Custom Adapters for Grouped Tables and Spinner Subtitles

Wow, thanks for reading the More Info, that title was rough! iOS developers have it so easy! Building a nice grouped table or adding subtitles and icons to a spinner is not trivial for Android developers. I'll show you how to build a sweet custom adapters and implement them in your code. If there's time, we'll even have a quick look at ActionBarSherlock for Android. A thrilling hour of Android programming!

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1. Custom Adapters for Grouped Tables and Spinner Subtitles Friday, April 19, 13
2. Who is David Barkman? •Software Developer, former SysAdmin, Tech Enthusiast (especially mobile), Husband, Dad •Develop for Android, iOS, PHP •Lead Mobile Developer @ Appointment-Plus •David Barkman dbarkman@appointment-plus.com •twitter: @cybler || app.net: @dbdev Friday, April 19, 13
3. Problem: 1.) Building grouped menus, with complex headings, is not trivial with Android 2.) Building Title/Subtitle Spinners is not trivia with Android Friday, April 19, 13
4. Solution: Extend BaseAdapter and ArrayAdapter! Woot! Friday, April 19, 13
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7. DEMO Friday, April 19, 13
8. BeerBrowser Android App •Powered by BreweryDB.com API •1.0 version available in Google Play •Code at: github.com/dbarkman/BeerBrowser •Code for Desert Code Camp Android App: github.com/dbarkman/DesertCodeCampAndroid Friday, April 19, 13
9. QUESTIONS? Friday, April 19, 13
10. •David Barkman dbarkman@appointment-plus.com •twitter: @cybler || app.net: @dbdev •Please rate: http://spkr8.com/t/21731 •Slides: http://cla.ms/adapterSlides •Code: https://github.com/dbarkman/BeerBrowser •Appointment-Plus is hiring an Android developer, please send your resume if you’re interested. Friday, April 19, 13