GDG DevFest Zamboanga 2013 - Android Development and Design

The slides I used in my talk at GDG DevFest Zamboanga 2013 (December 13, 2013)

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1. Android Development and Design Jomar Tigcal December 13, 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. What is Android? • Linux-based mobile operating system • World's most popular mobile platform • Open-source
4. Image Source: http://thedailygoogle.blogspot.com/2012/04/techcrunc-stop-rooting-for-underdog.html
5. Android is everywhere • Phones • Tablets • Smart TV • Google Glass • Smart Watches • and in the coming days… in your appliances
6. 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
7. Android Apps Development
8. 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/
9. Eclipse IDE
10. 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)
11. 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
12. 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
13. Android Studio
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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/
17. Development Resources • Android Developers Guide http://developer.android.com/develop/index. html • Android Training: http://developer.android.com/training/index. html
18. 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
19. Android Design Images Source: http://developer.android.com/design
20. Android Design Principles • Enchant Me • Simplify My Life • Make Me Amazing
21. Enchant Me • Delight me in surprising ways • Real objects are more fun than buttons and menus • Let me make it mine • Get to know me
22. Delight me in surprising ways
23. Real objects are more fun than buttons and menus
24. Let me make it mine
25. Get to know me
26. Simplify My Life Keep it brief Pictures are faster than words Decide for me but let me have the final say Only show what I need when I need it I should always know where I am Never lose my stuff If it looks the same, it should act the same Only interrupt me if it's important
27. Keep it brief
28. Pictures are faster than words
29. Decide for me but let me have the final say
30. Only show what I need when I need it
31. I should always know where I am
32. Never lose my stuff
33. If it looks the same, it should act the same
34. Only interrupt me if it's important
35. Make Me Amazing • Give me tricks that work everywhere • It's not my fault • Sprinkle encouragement • Do the heavy lifting for me • Make important things fast
36. Give me tricks that work everywhere
37. It's not my fault
38. Sprinkle encouragement
39. Do the heavy lifting for me
40. Make important things fast
41. Pure Android • Don't mimic UI elements from other platforms • Don't carry over platform-specific icons • Don't use bottom tab bars • Don't hardcode links to other apps • Don't use labeled back buttons on action bars • Don't use right-pointing carets on line items
42. Android Design Videos Android Design in Action YouTube Playlist: http: //www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc8j2B95zGMb8muZvrIy-wcF Google I/O 2013 - Android Design http://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc-qVhMuAprIFYFbCotdgJKq Google I/O 2012 - Android Design http://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PL54FA004D676C3EE9
43. Design Resources • Android Design Guidelines: http://developer. android.com/design/index.html • Android Design Google+ Community: https: //plus.google. com/u/0/communities/116667001535376136 065 • #AndroidDesign Hashtag (Google+ / Twitter)
44. 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
45. Questions? Image Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/35960-google-test-market-accidentally-released-reviewed-quickly-pulled/
46. Thank you very much! http://jomar.tigcal.com jomar@tigcal.com http://google.com/+JomarTigcal @jomartigcal
47. Android Development and Design Jomar Tigcal December 13, 2013