GD Study Jam: Android for Beginners - Week 0

GD Study Jam: Android for Beginners - Week 0

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2. What About Programming? • Java? • C,C++? • Other?
3. You should know Java!!! If (you don’t know Java) { startLearnJava(); } else { startLearnAndroid(); }
4. Android Development for Beginners • https://www.udacity.com/ • Target audience: People with interest in developing for Android, who aren’t already doing it • Requirements: ❏ Computer ❏ Fingers (no programming experience necessary)
5. Android Development for Beginners • Lesson 1A: ◦ Views ▪ TextView ▪ ImageView ◦ XML Syntax ◦ XML Visualizer ◦ Online Documentation
6. Android Development for Beginners • Lesson 1B: ViewGroup’s ◦ Attribute Inheritance ◦ layout weight ◦ LinearLayout ◦ RelativeLayout
7. Android Development for Beginners • Practice Set 1 ◦ “Hello, World!” ◦ Tailor the look and feel of each view ◦ Installing JDK, Android Studio ◦ **Coffee Break Challenge** ◦ Run the app on your phone or emulator * Windows, Mac
8. Android Development for Beginners • Lesson 2A: Making an app interactive ◦ Debugging! ◦ Binding vars to code ◦ Experiment with Handlers ◦ Use Variables ◦ Understanding variable SCOPE
9. Android Development for Beginners • Lesson 2B: Making an app interactive ◦ Precise view arrangement ◦ Strings: declaration, concatenation ◦ Nested ViewGroups ◦ View hierarchy diagram
10. Android Development for Beginners • Practice Set 2 ◦ Variable scope, revisited ◦ Add a view and its action handler ◦ Variable declaration syntax ◦ Parsing basic logic
11. Android Development for Beginners • Lesson 3A: ◦ What is an Object? ◦ Logging ◦ Defining methods ◦ Defining & Accessing Resources Object-Oriented Programming
12. Android Development for Beginners • Lesson 3B: ◦ Control flows (if/else) ◦ Intents ◦ ‘boolean’ data type ◦ When to use ScrollView Object-Oriented Programming ◦ Localization ◦ Styles & Themes
13. 2. Gather Information 6. Write the Project Code Android Development for Beginners • Practice Set 3 1. Brainstorm about your target user 3. Pick an idea 4. Design a Solution 5. Read the Project Rubric 7. Iterate 8. Document the Project
14. Android Development for Beginners What to expect: • About 20 hours of your time What do you get? • Swag pack • Google-offered Study Jams completion certificate • Discount on the Android Nanodegree upon course completion • Opportunity to join Google Launchpad with completed app
15. Apps you will do during the course! HELLO WORLD setup IDE BIRTHDAY CARD try layouts & views JUST JAVA try interactivity SCORING APP put it all together
16. Final Project: You will surprise yourself! 5 Things App Showcase
18. Main Urls • How to install Android Studio https://www.udacity.com/course/viewer#!/c- ud808/l-4216368924/m-4307278589 • Enroll to the Study Jam via special link https://www.udacity. com/account/affiliate/GoogleStudyJams • Join Google Developers Study Jams: Android https://plus.google. com/u/0/communities/107779414017676143474 • Join Study Jam Group: Ukraine https://plus.google. com/communities/106435547560990751519