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Danny Preussler
November 17, 2017
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Introduction to Android development
Lecture to students of University of Malta
Danny Preussler
November 17, 2017
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Transcript
WHAT’S UP WITH University Malta Danny Preussler @PreusslerBerlin
WHAT DO I KNOW OF GAMES?
WHO’S THAT GERMAN?
WHAT’S A DEVELOPER EXPERT?
WHAT’S A DEVELOPER EXPERT?
2009 ANDROID
WHATS UNDER THE HOOD?
None
WRITE ANDROID IN
TOOLS FOR NATIVE APPS Powered by
BUILDING BLOCKS •Activities •Services •Broadcasts
SERVICE
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY Activity Activity Intent View View View
INTENT • startActivity( new Intent(getContext(), MainActivity.class)); • startActivity( new Intent(ACTION_VIEW,
Uri.parse(uri)));
ACTIVITY Activity Activity Activity Activity
VIEWS • Extend the class View • Defined by Code
or XML
VIEWS • Grouped in Layouts/Viewgroups (old)
VIEWS <TextView style="@style/Label10" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:paddingTop=”5dp" android:paddingBottom=”10dp" android:paddingStart=”6dp" android:paddingEnd=”6dp" android:text="show
this" android:textAllCaps="true" />
SOOO 2016 • Material Design • Firebase • ConstraintLayout •
Databinding • RxJava
RESOURCES
RESOURCES png files
None
DRAWABLES • PNG • XML • WEBP • Vector drawables
RESOURCES Layout xml
CONFIGURATIONS •Configuration change can be: •Rotation •Any resize i.e. split
screen •Language change
RESOURCES combinable
RESOURCES <!-- captions, menu, buttons --> <string name="settings">"Einstellungen"</string> <string name="action_overflow_menu">"Mehr"</string>
<string name="action_settings">"Einstellungen"</string> <string name="action_search">"Suche"</string> <string name="action_share">"Teilen"</string>
VIEWS <TextView style="@style/Label10" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:paddingTop="@dimen/settings_page_small_text_padding_top" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/settings_page_small_text_padding_bottom" android:paddingStart="@dimen/settings_page_padding_horizontal" android:paddingEnd="@dimen/settings_page_padding_horizontal" android:text="@string/dev_tve"
android:textAllCaps="true" />
ANIMATIONS myView.animate() .translationX(100) .alpha(1f) .duration(100) .start()
ANIMATIONS <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:fillAfter="true" > <alpha android:duration="1000"
android:fromAlpha="0.0" android:toAlpha="1.0" /> </set>
RESOURCES
ANIMATIONS SpringAnimation FlingAnimation
TRANSITIONS Transition explode = new Explode(); TransitionManager.beginDelayedTransition( recyclerView, explode);
THE WAY OF A NOTIFICATION • Sent • Wakes up
app • App retrieves content • Might load more from backend • Shows notification w/o actions • Actions/clicks trigger intent • Show activity
ANDROID IS MORE THAN PHONE
None
WHAT’S UP WITH University Malta Danny Preussler @PreusslerBerlin