Jump starting your Android development

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JUMP STARTING ANDROID SCOTT ALEXANDER-BOWN @scottyab

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TEXT @scottyab

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• Lead Android Dev (remote) at Intohand • Co-Author - Android Security Cookbook • Co-Founder of SWmobile Scott Alexander-Bown @scottyab

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TEXT AGENDA ▸Getting started (with app development) ▸Development tips and tricks ▸Sample apps ▸3rd party services ▸Q&A @scottyab

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GETTING STARTED

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TEXT TESTING ▸ 3G/4G and Wiﬁ (and without connection) ▸ Use emulators (geny motion) ▸ But use real devices ▸ Beta test ▸ Friends ▸ Family ▸ Helpful customers @scottyab

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TEXT TIPS ▸ Lock to portrait ▸ Focus on limited devices ▸ Test on demo devices ▸ Target SDK 15+ (maybe even 21+) ▸ String cont for intent extras / pref keys ▸ Avoid Child Fragments @scottyab

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TIPS AND TRICKS

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NAV MENU SNACKBAR TABS COORDINATOR FLOATING ACTION BUTTON MORE… compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0' UI:DESIGN SUPPORT LIB

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https://github.com/JakeWharton/butterknife UI: BUTTER KNIFE

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ASYNC LOAD IMAGES TRANSFORM https://github.com/square/picasso UI: PICASSO

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CONVERT JAVA OBJECTS INTO JSON AND BACK https://github.com/google/gson API: GSON

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TYPE-SAFE HTTP CLIENT MAKES APIS EASY SIMPLE ASYNC https://github.com/square/retrofit API: RETROFIT

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https://github.com/greenrobot/EventBus ASYNC: EVENT BUS

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SIMPLE API AES-GCM FAST https://github.com/facebook/conceal SECURITY: CONCEAL

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ON-TOP OF SQLITE OBJECT BASED NO SQL SUPPORTS ENCRYPTION https://realm.io/news/realm-for-android/ DATA: RELAM

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SIMPLE LOCATION API GEO FENCING GEO CODING ACTIVITY RECOGNITION https://github.com/mrmans0n/smart-location-lib LOCATION: SMART LOCATION LIB

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compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.1.0' GOOGLE PLAY SERVICES Analytics and Ads GCM (push) Google Maps Cast Play Games services Wallet Android Wear Google Drive Fitness

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T ANDROID-ARSENAL.COM

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SAMPLE APPS

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TEXT SAMPLE APPS ▸ github.com/google/iosched ▸ github.com/googlesamples/android-topeka ▸ github.com/nickbutcher/plaid ▸ github.com/chrisbanes/philm ▸ github.com/JakeWharton/u2020 ▸ github.com/grandstaish/hello-mvp-dagger-2 @scottyab

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3RD PARTY SERVICES (MBAAS)

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MBAAS??? WTF?

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OWNED BY FACEBOOK PARSE.COM ▸ Data store ▸ Users ▸ Accounts ▸ Social auth (twitter/facebook) ▸ Cloud code / hosting ▸ Push notiﬁcations ▸ Analytics ▸ Multi platform (incl embedded C)

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OWNED BY GOOGLE FIREBASE ▸ Realtime Database ▸ Authentication ▸ email & password, Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, Google, anonymous auth ▸ Hosting

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TWITTER’S FABRIC PLATFORM

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THE END?

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TEXT RESOURCES ▸ Design inspiration http://www.materialup.com ▸ OWASP Mobile security risks http://bit.ly/owaspmobile ▸ Android security cookbook [my book] http://bit.ly/MscEFu ▸ The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development https:// wares.commonsware.com/#scottyab (referral link) ▸ GCM network manager - https://developers.google.com/cloud-messaging/ network-manager @scottyab

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QUESTIONS? THANKS meetup.com/swmobile github/scottyab @scottyab [email protected]