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Mobile Application Development

August 8th, 2009

Hyderabad, India
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Outline
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Hello Android World
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Android Architecture
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Android SDK Overview
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UI Development
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3D with OpenGL
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What is Android?
An Open Platform for Mobile Development
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A hardware reference design for mobiles
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A Linux operating system kernel
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Open source libraries
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A run time environment
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An application framework and UI framework
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Some pre-installed applications and
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Software Development Kit
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Android SDK
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No licensing, distribution, or development fees
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Hardware access like network, Camera, accelerometer
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GSM, EDGE, and 3G networks
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GPS with location-based services
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Full multimedia hardware control including playback and recording using the
camera and microphone
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Accelerometer and compass hardware
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IPC message passing
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Shared data stores
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An integrated open source WebKit-based browser
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Applications that integrate Map controls as part of their user interface
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Peer-to-peer (P2P) support using Google Talk
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Mobile-optimized hardware-accelerated graphics, both 2D and 3D
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Optimized memory and process management
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Software Stack
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Android Application
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Activity Manager
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Views
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Notification Manager
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Content Providers
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Resource Manager
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Android Libraries
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android.util – string formatters, XML
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android.os – message passing, IPC, clock, debugging
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android.graphics – canvas, colors, primitives
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android.text – display, parse text
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android.database – cursors, database
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android.content – data access, content providers
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android.view – user interface
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android.widget – buttons, text boxes, list boxes etc
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com.google.android.maps – Google Maps
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android.app – Application, Activity and Services
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android.provider – standard content provider like Contacts
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android.telephony – phone stack
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android.webkit – Web-based content
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Android Advanced Libraries

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android.location – Location access
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android.media – Audio and Video
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android.opengl – OpenGL ES API for 3D
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android.hardware – Camera, Accelerometer, Compass
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android.bluetooth - Bluetooth
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android.net.wifi - WiFi
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SDK includes..
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Android APIs
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Android project development tools
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Android executable(.dex) and packaging(.apk) tools
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Android Emulator
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Dalvik Debug Monitoring Service (DDMS)
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Documentation and Sample Code
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SDK Setup
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http://code.google.com/android/download.html
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Android pluging available for Eclipse, Netbeans and
IntelliJ with JDK 5 or later
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Android Development Toolkit (ADT) plugin
https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
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Types of Android apps

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Foreground Activity
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Background Service
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Intermittent Activity
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Component of an application
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Activities
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Services
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Content Providers
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Intents
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Broadcast Receivers
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Notifications
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Process States and Priority

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Activity Stack
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Activity States
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Active
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Paused
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Stopped
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Inactive
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State Changes
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In code.
package org.twincling.hello;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class HelloWorld extends Activity {

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
// Called at the start of the full lifetime.
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Initialize activity.
setContentView(R.layout.main);
}

// Called after onCreate has finished, use to restore UI state

@Override
public void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
// Restore UI state from the savedInstanceState.
// This bundle has also been passed to onCreate.
}
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//Called before subsequent visible lifetimes

//for an activity process.
@Override
public void onRestart(){
super.onRestart();
//Load changes knowing that the activity has already
//been visible within this process.
}
//Called at the start of the visible lifetime.
@Override
public void onStart(){
super.onStart();
//Apply any required UI change now that the Activity is visible.
}
//Called at the start of the active lifetime.
@Override
public void onResume(){
super.onResume();
//Resume any paused UI updates, threads, or processes required
//by the activity but suspended when it was inactive.
}
//Called to save UI state changes at the
//end of the active lifecycle.
@Override
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//Called to save UI state changes at the

//end of the active lifecycle.
@Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
//Save UI state changes to the savedInstanceState.
// This bundle will be passed to onCreate if the process is
// killed and restarted.
super.onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
}
// Called at the end of the active lifetime.
@Override
public void onPause(){
// Suspend UI updates, threads, or CPU intensive processes
// that don’t need to be updated when the Activity isn’t
// the active foreground activity.
super.onPause();
}
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// Called at the end of the visible lifetime.

@Override
public void onStop(){
// Suspend remaining UI updates, threads, or processing
// that aren’t required when the Activity isn’t visible.
// Persist all edits or state changes
// as after this call the process is likely to be killed.
super.onStop();
}
// Called at the end of the full lifetime.
@Override
public void onDestroy(){
// Clean up any resources including ending threads,
// closing database connections etc.
super.onDestroy();
}
}
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Summary / Take home

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Android overview
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Get started on mobile app development
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Resources
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Android
http://developer.android.com/
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Books
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Special thanks

AppLabs Pvt. Ltd.

http://www.applabs.com/
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