Android - an introduction for developers

Presented to engineering students, who attended Shaastra 2011 at IIT Madras.

Transcript

1. Android
   An introduction for developers
   Shaastra 2011, IIT Madras
   Please settle down
   We’" start in a short while
   

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2. whoami
   

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3. So... Android
   • Open source mobile OS by Google
   • Linux kernel, C/Java userspace
   • Powers millions of devices
   • 500,000+ new devices added every day
   

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4. Woohoo!
   

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5. Not really.
   • It’s a free party for everyone
   • Too much cruft
   • Hundreds of hardware models
   • Barrier to entry is low -- quality affected!
   

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6. Enough of talk. Let’s get serious!
   • Android architecture
   • Application framework
   • Development tools
   • And other things
   

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8. Application Framework
   • Activities
   • Services
   • Background Receivers
   • Content Providers
   

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9. Activities
   Active user interactions.
   

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10. Services
    Quietly working for you,
    in the background.
    

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11. Background Receivers
    Get background information. Process.
    

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12. Content Providers
    Sharing, is caring.
    

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13. And other things...
    • Intents
    • XML for layouts
    • SQLite
    • OpenGL ES
    • Android Market!
    

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14. Tools
    Eclipse
    SDK tools
    cross-platform! free!
    

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15. MOAR INFO
    • d.android.com -- GOD.
    • android-developers.blogspot.com
    • #android-dev on irc.freenode.net
    

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16. THANKS! :D
    Photos from Delhi, IIT Kanpur, DrupalCon London.
    http://flickr.com/pratulkalia
    

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