Introduction to Mobile Application Development

Short presentation at Brokenshire College

Transcript

1. Introduction to Mobile Application Development
2. BJ Basañes Tech co-founder of PicLyf and Cavalcade Games. / Shiki @shikishiji on Twitter http://shikii.net http://about.me/bjbasanes • Currently building a web startup – http://piclyf.com • Web developer at heart • Getting more interested in mobile apps too • Made a few games on the Flash and iPhone
3. Objectives • Learn something about Mobile Application Development • We'll just scratch the surface here • Hopefully encourage you to take up mobile app development
4. Agenda • Why? • Mobile Platform options • Getting Started on • Android • iOS • Alternative tools • Other stuffs
5. WHY? Warning: boring stats up ahead
6. “There will be 5.3 billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2010” 77% of the world population http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats#subscribers
7. http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2010/06.html Web access through laptops and mobile devices will surpass access from desktops within the next 5 years
8. http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1466313
9. http://mashable.com/2010/09/14/mobile-apps-pew-survey/
10. http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/ u-s-teen-mobile-report-calling-yesterday-texting- today-using-apps-tomorrow/
11. http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32674.wss
12. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aboutdw/2010survey-results/index.html
13. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=2534
14. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2010/tc20101020_639668.htm
15. http://www.macrumors.com/2009/04/13/all-time-top-iphone-app-sales-figures-and-estimates/ $800,000 in 5 months
16. http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/23/iphone-fart-app-pulls-in-nearly-10000-a-day/
17. http://www.redmondpie.com/iphone-developer-made-1400-usd-in-a-single-day-using-apple-iad-program-9170/ $1,400 in 1 day
18. http://www.macrumors.com/2008/08/13/iphone-app-sales-numbers-continue-to-impress/ $158/day
19. it's the Next Big Thing
20. It doesn't stop there
21. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshfassbind/4683365102/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/53147625@N06/4948191526/
22. http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1053360
23. http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1053360
24. http://www.flickr.com/photos/7924511@N08/956321776/
25. Mobile Platform Options
26. http://macosrumors.com/2010/06/07/apple-announces-iphone-4-ios-4-imovie/ iOS
27. http://www.insidefacebook.com/2010/06/08/surpr http://handies.phandroid.com/media/nexus-one-1 http://computerworld.com.ph/htc-android-phone/ http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/23595/droid/ http://www.thebestdigital.com/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsung- galaxy-tab-to-be-400-at-t-mobile/
28. Windows Phone 7 http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2010/09/11/windows-phone-7-coming-to-broadway-for-october-11-launch/
29. http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/27/rim-introduces-playbook-the-blackberry-tablet/ BlackBerry Tablet OS “will replace BlackBerry OS as of BlackBerry 7”
30. MeeGo http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/06/30/meego.11.screenshots.video.now.out/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20008808-264.html “Nokia picks MeeGo over Symbian for iPhone rival”
31. Others • HP webOS (previously Palm) • Symbian
33. http://trendsupdates.com/nokia-to-incorporate-google-android-operating-system-to-boost-sales/ Getting started with
34. Develop on • Linux • MacOS • Windows
35. http://developer.android.com
36. Java
37. XML for views / layouts
38. IDE • Eclipse (with ADT plugin) • NetBeans • any Java IDE
39. Quick Sample http://www.faniq.com/poll_results.php?poll_id=1044778&rnum=
40. • Android App Market • There are reports about Amazon launching their own Android App Store Deployment http://www.android.com/market/
41. iOS Getting started with http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10115613-233.html
42. Develop on http://www.komplettblog.ie/tag/macbook-pro/
43. http://developer.apple.com/iphone
44. Objective-C
45. IDE • XCode • Interface Builder
46. Quick Sample http://funtimeshad.com/2010/04/kung-fu-cat/
47. Deployment: App Store
48. Alternative Tools
49. Appcelerator Titanium http://www.appcelerator.com/products/titanium-mobile-application-development/
50. Features • Code in JavaScript • Compiles to native applications for iOS and Android • Not exactly cross-platform but close
51. Quick Sample http://www.myspace.com/koryleal/photos/8243089#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A8243089%7D
52. Disadvantages • Cannot easily take advantage of bleeding edge APIs • No true debugging • Weak Android support • Some annoying bugs
53. Another worth looking at http://www.phonegap.com/
54. Other Stuffs ?
56. a better way to remember, share & experience life
57. We're Hiring! • P10K to P20K salary • Mon – Fri only. 11am to 7pm • No dress code • Training on iOS and Android apps • 1K referral bonus send your CVs to jobs@piclyf.com
58. win an iPhone 4