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What is in this presentation?

• Why android?• How to get started?• “Deep” Dive• How to Publish?• Resources Available

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Why Android?

Open Market Place

• Instant publishing and feedback!• You can create “ANYTHING”

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Why Android?

Background Applications

Finally useful apps• fBook notification• Contextual based applications• …yourapp.apk

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Why Android?

Develop on ANY platform

• Windows• Linux• Mac

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Why Android?

Not just on mobile!

• Netbooks• MIDs• Desktop Phone?

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How to get started?

Things to install

• Java Developers Kit(JDK)• Eclipse or any other IDE• Android SDK• Android Developers Tool(ADT)

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“Deep” Dive

Applications in Java

Import Java libraries Import Android libraries• GUI• Widgets• Animation

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“DEEP” Dive

Activity Lifecycle

• Void onCREATE• Void onStart()• Void onRestart()• Void onResume()

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• Void onPause()• Void onStop()• Void onDestroy()

Application Fundamentals

Activities (Application!= Activity)• What the user see on the screen• 1 app can have multiple activities• Draw using xml and call by Activity.setContentView()

Services• Runs in background indefinitely• E.g. music playback even when activity is stopped

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Broadcast receivers• Does nothing but receive and react to broadcast

announcements• E.g. SMS receiver

Content providers• Data that can be accessed ny the application• SQlite or any file system

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Intent• Intent object holds the content of the message• E.g. intent is used when you want to start a new

activity and intent will carry the name of the activity and content needed to be pass through

Android Manifest• Declaring the application’s components e.g.

libraries• Identifying any permissions the application

expects to be granted• Mostly auto generated by ADT in Eclipse

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How to Publish?

Export and signing your app• Export your app from Eclipse project• Application will be exported as .apk• Sign myapp.apk with Keytool and Jarsigner

(within JDK)

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Publishing on Android Market• Sign up as an Android Developer at

developer.android.com• USD$25 sign up fee• Upload and monitor

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Market Business Policies

• Payment -70% developer- 30% telco• Currently paid apps in UK and US• No obscene materials (porn etc)• 24 hour return policy• Dispute resolution handled by developer

and user directly• Google has the right to remove

application if found of violation

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Resources

• Android Resources developer.android.com

• Open Source Codes for Android Application Code.google.com/hosting

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• Online tutorials

• Developers Group Google Group(Android Beginner, Developer,

Discuss) Codeandroid.org(Singapore Android Group)

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GUI XML Tool for Android• DroidDraw

Hacking/Flashing Android ROMs• XDA Developers

List of all application on Android Market

• http://www.cyrket.com/

Respectfully submitted to:Prof. Erwin M. Globio, MSIT

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