Kickstarting Your First Android App

My talk for UCSY IT Camp 2014 - Kick-starting Your First Android App

Transcript

1. HELLO.
2. Kickstarting Your First Android App Ye (Lin Aung, Mon Kyaw)
3. Who are we
4. Who are we Ye Lin Aung - Programmer at Zwenexsys. ! Ye Mon Kyaw - Mobile Developer at Myanmar Plus
5. This talk is about • Android application development ! This talk is not about • Rooting • Modification of Android firmware • Installing custom ROMs Agenda
6. What is Android
7. Why Android • A lot of devices ( = choices) • A lot of users
8. Components • Activities • Services • Content Providers • Broadcast Receivers
9. Development Official supported language - Java, C or C++ via NDK ! But .. you still can write in • HTML5 + Javascript • Ruby • Python • Scala • C# • etc ….
10. • Get Java Development Kit ! • Get Android SDK ! • Get Android Studio Development
11. Android SDK
12. Android Studio
13. Emulator
14. Emulator
15. New Project
16. Project Structure • Java classes • XML Layouts • Resources (font, images)
17. Android Manifest
18. Android Layout
19. Activities
20. Design Different between px ,sp, and dip! • px is one pixel. • sp is scale-independent pixels. • dip is Density-independent pixels.
21. Emulator
22. Design Android Holo color • Holo != 33b5e5 • Use your brand color accent • Use high-contrast color for emphasis
23. Design Android Bar Generator http://jgilfelt.github.io/android-actionbarstylegenerator
24. Design Change the Theme
25. Design Android Holo Colors Generator http://android-holo-colors.com/
26. Design Android Holo color • Holo != 33b5e5 • Use your brand color accent • Use high-contrast color for emphasis
27. Design • Map your information design to android navigation patterns ( http://developer.android.com/design/ patterns/index.html ) • Know your pixels from your DIPs • Design layout at MDPI i.e. 1px = 1dp • Consider the Scale from the Start
28. Design • Android is not iOS • Different UI Concept, different patterns • Whenever you can, go Native all the way • Do one thing and do it best
29. Design Anti Patterns • Don’t put “CLICK TO EXIST” ! • No Splash screen ! • No iOS UIs, Please
30. Design Resources • Android Patterns ( http://www.androidpatterns.com/ ) • Android UI Patterns ( http:// www.androiduipatterns.com/ ) • Inspire UI ( http://android.inspired-ui.com/ ) • Android UI / UX ( http://androiduiux.com/ )
31. Development Tips • Write comments, Format codes. • Always do Null Check.! • Be productive.!
32. Tutorials • AndroidHive ( http://www.androidhive.info ) • Vogella ( http://www.vogella.com/android.html ) • MKYong ( http://www.mkyong.com/android )
33. Tutorials • Less Facebook, More GitHub • Best Guide ( developer.android.com ) • Best Practice for UI/UX ( http://developer.android.com/ training/best-ux.html ) • API Samples ( http://developer.android.com/tools/ samples/index.html ) • GitHub Android Samples ( https://github.com/search? q=%5Bandroid%5D&ref=commandbar ) • Libraries for Developer App ( https://play.google.com/ store/apps/details? id=com.desarrollodroide.repos&hl=en )
34. Advertisement • Android Class @ DevLabs Yangon Contact : 01- 381045
35. Q & A
36. Thank you <3