Android Studio • Android focused IDE (designed specifically for Android development) • New Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA • Similar to Eclipse with the ADT Plug-in • Contains All the Android SDK Tools to design, test, debug, and profile your app @pareshmayani
Gradle Build System • Gradle is an advanced build management system based on Groovy • Its an Open source build system • Combines the power of Ant and Maven @pareshmayani
Features of Gradle build system • Dependency Management (Flexible approach to dependency management that can reuse existing maven repositories or reference local JARs) @pareshmayani
Features of Gradle build system • Dependency Management (Flexible approach to dependency management that can reuse existing maven repositories or reference local JARs) • A single build system (Gradle is the authoritative build across the IDE and the command-line.) @pareshmayani
Features of Gradle build system • Dependency Management (Flexible approach to dependency management that can reuse existing maven repositories or reference local JARs) • A single build system (Gradle is the authoritative build across the IDE and the command-line.) • Product Flavors (Free & Paid version), Build Variants (Play store OR Amazon OR Any other store), Build Type (Debug, QA, Release) @pareshmayani
Features of Gradle build system • Dependency Management (Flexible approach to dependency management that can reuse existing maven repositories or reference local JARs) • A single build system (Gradle is the authoritative build across the IDE and the command-line.) • Product Flavors (Free & Paid version), Build Variants (Play store OR Amazon OR Any other store), Build Type (Debug, QA, Release) • Binary Bundles for Libaries (.aar) (Gradle supports the new .aar binary bundle format for the library projects) @pareshmayani
Advantages of using Volley Library • Volley automatically schedule all network requests. Volley will be taking care of all the network requests your app executes for fetching response or image from web. • Volley provides powerful customization abilities. • Volley provides Debugging and tracing tools. • Volley provides powerful cancellation request API. - You can cancel a single request or - You can set blocks or scopes of requests to cancel. @pareshmayani
2 Main classes of Volley Library 2 main classes Request queue It is the interest you use for dispatching requests to the network It contains all the necessary details for making web API call Request @pareshmayani
Google Maps Android API v2 • With v2 of Maps Android API, you can embed maps into an activity as a fragment • The API is now distributed as part of the Google Play services SDK @pareshmayani
Google Maps Android API v2 • With v2 of Maps Android API, you can embed maps into an activity as a fragment • The API is now distributed as part of the Google Play services SDK • Maps are now 3D @pareshmayani
Google Maps Android API v2 • With v2 of Maps Android API, you can embed maps into an activity as a fragment • The API is now distributed as part of the Google Play services SDK • Maps are now 3D • The Maps API now uses vector tiles. Their data representation is smaller, so maps appear in your apps faster, and use less bandwidth. @pareshmayani
Google Maps Android API v2 • With v2 of Maps Android API, you can embed maps into an activity as a fragment • The API is now distributed as part of the Google Play services SDK • Maps are now 3D • The Maps API now uses vector tiles. Their data representation is smaller, so maps appear in your apps faster, and use less bandwidth. • Caching is improved @pareshmayani
Getting started with Map API v2 Step - 2 Run the sample Once you've installed the Google Play services package, the Google Maps sample is located in /extras/google-play-services/samples/maps @pareshmayani
public class BasicMapActivity extends FragmentActivity { /** * Note that this may be null if the Google Play services APK is not available. */ private GoogleMap mMap; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.basic_demo); mMap = ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map)) .getMap(); } @pareshmayani
Staged Rollouts • With a staged rollout, you can publish your app to a certain percentage of the market first to make sure that your app works properly before rolling it out to everybody. • Users receiving the staged rollout can leave public reviews in Google Play. @pareshmayani
Alpha and Beta Testing • Google Play Developer console allows you to test two different version of your app at the same time in addition to your production version. • It’s FREE • Testing by real users before app goes live @pareshmayani
App Translation Service • Google Play can help you quickly find and purchase translations of your app. • In the Developer Console, you can browse a list of third- party vendors who are pre-qualified by Google to offer high- quality translation at competitive prices. Steps: 1. Upload the strings you want translated, select the languages you want to translate into. 2. Select your translation vendor based on time and price. @pareshmayani
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