Building Cloud-Powered Android Applications

from Google Cloud Platform Live 2014
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sp4Lr3Qmcw

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1. Manfred Zabarauskas Product Manager Building Cloud-Powered Android Applications Rajeev Dayal Engineering Manager
2. Agenda: March 25th, 2014 Overview: Android Studio and Google Cloud Endpoints Demo: adding a Cloud backend to an Android app in 15 minutes! Future directions Questions and answers 1 2 3 4
3. Agenda: March 25th, 2014 Overview: Android Studio and Google Cloud Endpoints 1 2 3 4 Demo: adding a Cloud backend to an Android app in 15 minutes! Future directions Questions and answers
4. Download – Android Studio Early Access Preview: http://developer.android.com/sdk ! Android Studio An open-source IDE built for Android • Based on IntelliJ IDEA with coding assistance tools to help write Java code • Integrated visual and layout designer • Large number of bundled static code analysis tools (Lint) to help build quality apps • Integrated with Gradle to enable one build across dev environment (IDE, command line, CI server)
5. Google Cloud Endpoints Extremely simple way to build server side logic on full power, management free Google App Engine platform • Uses App Engine’s auto-scaling and high-availability • Uses auto-generated, strongly typed, mobile optimized client libraries for Android, iOS and web. • Exposes standards based REST interfaces with built-in authorization
6. Mobile Backend Running on Google App Engine Instances Mobile Backend Running on Google App Engine Instances Mobile Backend Running on Google App Engine Instances Taking the plumbing out of API programming Cloud Endpoints Clients
7. Taking the complexity out of multi-client development Mobile Backend Running on Google App Engine Instances Mobile Backend Running on Google App Engine Instances Mobile Backend Running on Google App Engine Instances Cloud Endpoints Clients
8. Taking the risk out of API development Mobile Backend Running on Google App Engine Instances Mobile Backend Running on Google App Engine Instances Mobile Backend Running on Google App Engine Instances Cloud Endpoints Clients
9. Android Studio + Cloud Endpoints Easiest way for mobile developers to connect to Google Cloud Platform • Create Google App Engine backends in Android Studio • Generate Java-specific bindings for use in Android app • Benefit from as-you-type validations and quick-fixes when defining the backend API • Use App Engine-specific Gradle tooling that allows for a unified client/backend build Easiest way to connect to Google Cloud Platform
10. Agenda: March 25th, 2014 Overview: Android Studio and Google Cloud Endpoints 1 2 3 4 Demo: adding a Cloud backend to an Android app in 15 minutes! Future directions Questions and answers
11. Todo.txt: a simple to-do task management app
12. ...which is loved by Play Store users
13. ...and best of all, it’s open-sourced!
14. Images by Connie Zhou Demo: adding a Google Cloud backend to Todo.txt!
15. getTask().execute() Cloud Datastore App Engine backend Cloud Endpoints Todo.txt app Client Libraries Demo Architecture pullFromRemote pushToRemote storeTask().execute() query.get() transaction.commit()
16. getTask().execute() Cloud Datastore App Engine backend Cloud Endpoints Todo.txt app Client Libraries Demo Architecture storeTask().execute() query.get() transaction.commit()
17. getTask().execute() Cloud Datastore App Engine backend Cloud Endpoints Todo.txt app Client Libraries Demo Architecture storeTask().execute() query.get() transaction.commit()
18. getTask().execute() Cloud Datastore App Engine backend Cloud Endpoints Todo.txt app Client Libraries Demo Architecture storeTask().execute() query.get() transaction.commit()
19. getTask().execute() Cloud Datastore App Engine backend Cloud Endpoints Todo.txt app Client Libraries Demo Architecture storeTask().execute() query.get() transaction.commit()
20. getTask().execute() Cloud Datastore App Engine backend Cloud Endpoints Todo.txt app Client Libraries Demo Architecture pullFromRemote pushToRemote storeTask().execute() query.get() transaction.commit()
21. Agenda: March 25th, 2014 Overview: Android Studio and Google Cloud Endpoints Demo: adding a Cloud backend to an Android app in 15 minutes! Future directions 1 2 3 4 Questions and answers
22. … but more details in Google I/O ‘14! What’s coming next? API Management Console Improved getting started experience Third party API clients access API Analytics Cloud Endpoints Support for GCE
23. Agenda: March 25th, 2014 Overview: Android Studio and Google Cloud Endpoints Demo: adding a Cloud backend to an Android app in 15 minutes! Future directions 1 2 3 4 Questions and answers
24. Images by Connie Zhou Google Cloud Platform Android Studio Google Cloud Endpoints Google App Engine plug-in for Gradle cloud.google.com developer.android.com/sdk cloud.google.com/endpoints github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/ gradle-appengine-plugin Useful Links