passionate developers Innovation and enhancements over time Open standards & interoperability It’s hard to develop App without using open source software Some common UI patterns are not provided as part of the Android framework. Pull-to-refresh Sliding Drawer Menu 15/05/2013 GDG Algiers 2013 - Nabil Hachicha
Bar ? In-app navigation. Placing items from the options menu But API level >11 ActionBarSherlock is an extension of the support library Provides backwards compatibility for Action bar From 2.x and up
C. Martin wrote: The ratio of time spent reading [code] versus writing is well over 10 to 1 [therefore] making it easy to read makes it easier to write. Why do we always need to write the same code over and over? Juggling with threads, Loads of anonymous listener classes, tons of unneeded casts... can't we improve that?
library demo apps with the press of a button fastest way to evaluate Android libraries include screenshot from devices 15/05/2013 GDG Algiers 2013 - Nabil Hachicha