BYTE 2013: The Basics of Android

Slides used in my Android talk at Bicol Youth for Technology Exposure (BYTE) 2013 held at Capitol Convention Center, Pili, Camarines Sur last October 19, 2013

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1. The Basics of Android Jomar Tigcal October 19, 2013
2. Jomar Tigcal • GDG Philippines Community Manager • Mobile Apps Developer • Android Developer at Stratpoint Technologies, Inc. • Have personal apps in the Google Play Store
3. Google Developers Group (GDG) Philippines is a group of enthusiastic Filipino developers interested to collaborate and learn more about new technologies. http://www.gdgph.org gdgphilippines@gmail.com GDG Philippines @gdgphilippines
4. Google Cloud Developer Challenge http://www.google.com/events/gcdc2013/
5. Semi-finalist prizes: • Android devices • All-student team: Additional $1, 000 • All-female team: Additional $2, 000 Grand Prize: • $20, 000 • University team additional $ 18, 000 * First Round Submission ends November 21 Google Cloud Developer Challenge
6. What is Android? • Linux-based mobile operating system • World's most popular mobile platform • Open-source
7. Image Source: http://thedailygoogle.blogspot.com/2012/04/techcrunc-stop-rooting-for-underdog.html
8. Android is everywhere • Phones • Tablets • Smart TV • Google Glass • Smart Watches • and in the coming days… in your appliances
9. Android is growing *Android now has 75% of the Smartphone Market 50 billion app downloads 1 million apps and games 1.5 million devices are activated worldwide daily 70 million Android tablets activated last year Over 900 million total Android devices activated around the world
10. Starting Android Apps Development
11. Powerful development framework • SDK provided by Google • Android Developer Tools • Android Emulator for testing • Free to download and use • Great documentation
12. What to use? Image Sources:http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/30/oracle_issues_patch_for_latest_java_security_flaw and http: //devlup.com/mobile/cross-platform-mobile-development-tools/2416/
13. How about Game Engines? Unity 3D http://docs.unity3d. com/Documentation/Manual/android- GettingStarted.html Image Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unity_3D_logo.png
14. Eclipse IDE
15. Using Eclipse 1. Download the Android SDK (http: //developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index. html) 2. Download the latest SDK tools and platforms using the SDK Manager. (http://developer. android.com/sdk/installing/adding-packages. html) 3. Install ADT plugin for Eclipse (http: //developer.android. com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html)
16. ADT Bundle • Eclipse + ADT plugin • Android SDK Tools • Android Platform- tools • The latest Android platform • The latest Android system image for the emulator Image Source: http://portablelinuxapps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=357
17. ADT Bundle • Download the ADT Bundle (adt- bundle- <os_platform>. zip) • Unpack the ZIP file into your chosen directory and open adt-bundle- /eclipse to launch Eclipse Image Source: http://portablelinuxapps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=357
18. Android Studio
19. Android Studio A new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA Download at http: //developer.android. com/sdk/installing/stu dio.html Image Source: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2013/05/android-studio-ide-built-for-android.html
20. Android Studio Early Access Preview (Not yet in Beta) Download at http: //developer.android. com/sdk/installing/stu dio.html Image Source: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2013/05/android-studio-ide-built-for-android.html
21. Android SDK Manager • Open the SDK manager • Select the packages, • Click the Install button Image Source: http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/07/14/installing-android-sdk-on-ubuntu-12-04/
22. Development Resources • Android Developers Guide http://developer.android.com/develop/index. html • Android Training: http://developer.android.com/training/index. html • Android Design Guidelines: http://developer. android.com/design/index.html
23. Publishing on Play Store Google Play Developer Console: https://play. google.com/apps/publish/ $25 one-time registration fee Publishing: http://developer.android. com/distribute/googleplay/publish/index.html
24. Other Resources http://android-developers.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+AndroidDevelopers http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ android http://www.youtube.com/androiddevelopers https://twitter.com/AndroidDev
25. Questions? Image Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/35960-google-test-market-accidentally-released-reviewed-quickly-pulled/
26. Thank you very much! http://jomar.tigcal.com jomar@tigcal.com +Jomar Tigcal @jomartigcal