What's up, droid

Short speech for the Mobile Computing class at Fontys Hogescholen, about my first experience with Android development and some insights for those who may be willing to start.

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1. What's up, droid. My first real experience, and a little more. João Barbosa joao.ofb@gmail.com | joaootavio.com
2. Background ◦ Web developer - PHP, Python, JavaScript, HTML, SQL ◦ Working at an advertising agency ◦ ... ◦ Android skill level: "Hello World".
3. The Oportunity ◦ App for a big mobile carrier ◦ Web, Android and iOS "Can you handle it?" "Sure, I can!"
4. What's up, droid... I began a serious relationship with Android... - based on deadlines and things I've never seen before - ... but I didn't take it to dinner.
5. From 0% to 100% "What I'm going to need, after all?" Camera! Facebook API! WebServices! Async Calls! Geolocation! Will. Image handling!
6. Hands on! ◦ Creating during the day, fixing during the night. ◦ ...and on weekends too. ◦ Best friend: developer.android.com ◦ Nice friends: androidhive.info, vogella.com, xda- developers.com, etc...
7. After All ◦ Feels like everything is possible. ◦ Learned A LOT of new things. ◦ There's no feeling like publishing your first app. ◦ Mad girlfriend.
11. Some other insights ◦ "I don't have an Android phone, what now?" ◦ "How can I do something if I don't know how to create a online backend for my app?" ◦ "What about the money?"
12. "I don't have an Android phone" ◦ Official Android VM ◦ GenyMotion, world's fastest Android Emulator: genymotion.com ◦ Friends?
13. "I don't know how to create a backend" ◦ Parse (parse.com) ◦ Backendless (backendless.com) ◦ Among others... ◦ Most of them provides: data storage, push notifications, analytics, simple api and more.
14. "What about the money?" ◦ Paid app / App-in purchases: 30% goes to Google ◦ Free apps + Advertising + active users, + time in the app, + revenue
15. Thanks! Questions?