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Android Development and
Design
Jomar Tigcal
December 13, 2013
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Jomar Tigcal
● GDG Philippines Community Manager
● Mobile Apps Developer
● Android Developer at Stratpoint
Technologies, Inc.
● Have personal apps in the Google Play
Store
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What is Android?
● Linux-based mobile
operating system
● World's most
popular mobile
platform
● Open-source
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Image Source: http://thedailygoogle.blogspot.com/2012/04/techcrunc-stop-rooting-for-underdog.html
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Android is everywhere
● Phones
● Tablets
● Smart TV
● Google Glass
● Smart Watches
● and in the coming days… in your appliances
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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
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Android Apps
Development
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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/
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Eclipse IDE
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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)
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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
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ADT Bundle
● Download the ADT
Bundle (adt-
bundle-
.
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
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Android Studio
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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
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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
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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/
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Development Resources
● Android Developers Guide
http://developer.android.com/develop/index.
html
● Android Training:
http://developer.android.com/training/index.
html
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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
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Android Design
Images Source: http://developer.android.com/design
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Android Design Principles
● Enchant Me
● Simplify My Life
● Make Me Amazing
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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
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Delight me in surprising ways
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Real objects are more fun than
buttons and menus
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Let me make it mine
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Get to know me
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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
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Keep it brief
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Pictures are faster than words
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Decide for me but let me have the
final say
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Only show what I need when I need
it
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I should always know where I am
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Never lose my stuff
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If it looks the same, it should act the
same
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Only interrupt me if it's important
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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
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Give me tricks that work everywhere
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It's not my fault
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Sprinkle encouragement
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Do the heavy lifting for me
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Make important things fast
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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Questions?
Image Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/35960-google-test-market-accidentally-released-reviewed-quickly-pulled/
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Thank you very much!
http://jomar.tigcal.com
[email protected]
http://google.com/+JomarTigcal
@jomartigcal
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Android Development and
Design
Jomar Tigcal
December 13, 2013