Android Apps Development TrainingDay - 1
Introduction
Vivek BhusalMobile Application Developer
YoungInnovations
Experience: 2 yrs in mobile application development
Started with Windows mobile application
Applications: Toastmaster Timer, I Paid A Bribe - Nepal,
StoresMunk, Marriage Center Collection, etc.
Rakeeb RajbhandariJr. Mobile Application Developer
YoungInnovations
Experience: 6 months
Applications: Taxi Fare Calculator, Self Help.
Anjan ShresthaUX Lead
YoungInnovations
Experience: 5+ yrs.
Designed for various websites and mobile applications.
Prawesh ShresthaProject Manager
YoungInnovations
Experience: 3+ yrs.
Manager for Mobile Nepal.
Where it all started
Android Inc.Motto:Smarter mobile devices that are more aware of
its owner's location and preferences
Google acquires a small startup Android Inc. in 2005
Google enters into the mobile communications market
1st commercially available Android phone: HTC Dream 2008 Android
1.0
Naming ConventionsCupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo , Gingerbread,
noticed something ???
Rumor has it that the Android mascot was stolen !
Android not only for phones and tablets.
Android Facts
Version Features
Version 1.0 : Android Market
Version 1.5: Support for widgets
Version 1.6: Quick Search Box
Version 2.0: Multiple accounts
Version 2.2: Android Cloud to Device Messaging
Version 2.3 : NFC
Version 3.0: New virtual & holographic UI
Version 4.0: Recent apps multitasking
Version 4.1: Google Now search app
Mobile Community Nepal
Mobile Nepal
Events:Hello Sarkar
M2Work Hackathon
Pivot Nepal
NASA Space Apps
Why Android
Open source Savior of all !
Free development tools unlike X-tools
Play Store
Multiple Device Support
JAVA in android
Object Oriented ProgrammingClasses, Methods and Objects
Android's own libraries and classes
Beginning Android Development
EclipseADT Plugin
Some common installation/update issues
Android Basics
View System*
Content Provider
Resource Manager*
Notification Manager
Activity Manager*
View System
Building blocks to our application.
UI elements and views.
TextViews, EditTexts, Buttons, etc.
If you want to make your application look handsome this is where
you start from.
Resource Manager
Access to non-code resources.
Logos, Drawables, Fonts, Audio files etc.
Activity Manager
Managing your application, maintaining it.
Basic fundamentals here:Activity
Intent
Activity
The application's presentation layer.
We build our UI around the activity class.
They use views, fragments to display layouts.
Interaction logic for user actions.
Intent
page 2
Intent = Redirecting !
But wait
Intent is used to call into android's drivers, other
applications as well.
Powerful inter/intra application message-passing framework.
Building your first android application
UI: layoutsTwo Edittexts
Two Buttons
One TextView
Interaction: Class
