It's more fun in Android!

The slides I used in my talk at the PUP Google Fest last December 10, 2012

Transcript

1. It's more fun in Android! Jomar Tigcal December 10, 2012
2. Jomar Tigcal • Community Manager of GDG Philippines • Mobile Apps (Android) Developer • Software Engineer at Stratpoint Technologies, Inc. http://jomar.tigcal.com jomar@tigcal.com @jomartigcal
3. Android is more fun
4. What is Android? • Linux-based mobile operating system • World's most popular mobile platform • Open-source
5. The power of choice • Choose your own manufacturer (http://www.android.com/devices/) • Choose your own hardware specs • Choose default apps for browsing, emails, and others • Change default keyboard etc
6. Integration with Google Services • Gmail • Google Calendar • Google Drive • Google Maps • Google Talk • Google Chrome • Youtube
7. Wider app selection • Google Play (formerly Android Market) • Amazon App Store • Other market place
8. Notifications • Expandable, actionable notifications • Swipe to dismiss notifications Image Source: http://www.android.com/about/
9. Home Screen and Widgets As you place widgets on the screen, everything else automatically moves to make room. When they're too big, widgets resize on their own. Image Source: http://www.android.com/about/
10. NFC and Android Beam NFC = Near-field communication Android Beam Share apps, contacts, music, videos via NFC Just touch two NFC-enabled Android devices back-to-back, then tap to beam whatever's on the screen to your friend.
11. Google Now and Knowledge Graph Google Now brings you the information you need, when and where you need it, before you even ask. The Knowledge Graph enables you to search for things, people or places that Google knows about—landmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and more—and instantly get information that’s relevant to your query.
12. Hadware • External storage • Standard USB cables
13. Other features Multi-tasking Face Unlock Screen-lock option that lets you unlock your device with your face Voice typing and Voice search
14. It's more fun in Android Apps Development
15. Android is growing Android now has 72.4% of the Smartphone Market (Gartner Worldwide Mobile Device Sales to End Users by Operating System in 3Q12) 25 billion app downloads 675,000 apps and games 1.3 million devices are activated worldwide daily (http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/2012/09/google- play-hits-25-billion-downloads.html)
16. Powerful development framework • SDK provided by Google • Android Developer Tools • Android Emulator for testing • Free to download and use • Great documentation
17. Low learning curve 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/
18. Where to start? 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)
19. 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
20. 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
21. Questions? Image Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/35960-google-test-market-accidentally-released-reviewed-quickly-pulled/
22. Thank you very much!
23. It's more fun in Android! Jomar Tigcal December 10, 2012