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Day 1 Android: Before Getting Started

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Ahsanul Karim
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This document provides an overview and introduction to Android application development. It outlines a 100-hour course schedule and covers topics like mobile platforms, the history and advantages of Android, opportunities for monetization, and prototyping ideas using Android. The document recommends resources for learning Android development like tutorials, SDK references, and lists of open source Android projects.

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Android Application Development Before Getting Started Ahsanul Karim http://androidstream.wordpress.com
Before Proceeding Any Further Schedule Total Duration: 100 hours Sessions Per Week: 5 Hours Per Session: 4 hours Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday We’ll take 2 days off: Saturday and Friday Course Work Lecture: 2-3 hours Q/A and Assignments: 1-2 hours Tutorial Driven Approach Weekly Assignments
Outline 1. Get Basic Idea on Mobile and Smartphone Applications 2. Get Basic Idea on Mobile, Smartphone & Tablet Platforms 3. Identify the Position of Android Platform 4. Background and History of Android 5. Get the Idea: Why Should We Learn Android Platform 6. Opportunities 7. Some App Demos 8. System Architecture 9. Environment Setup to Kick-start 10. Development Environment 11. Application Structure
Mobile and Smartphone Applications Smart Phones 1. A smartphone is a mobile phone that offers more advanced computing ability, Features and connectivity than a contemporary mobile phones.  2. Smartphones may be thought of as handheld computers integrated with a mobile telephone. 3. They also provide their own Operating System with Application Development Framework To learn about smart phones in details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone You’ll get detailed history about how this technology evolved over the years
Mobile and Smartphone Applications Smart Phones Platforms Android iPhone BlackBerry Palm Pre
Mobile and Smartphone Applications Tablet Platforms Android: Galaxy Tab Apple: iPad
Overview of Application Platforms (alphabetically) Platform Language (s) Remarks Android Java, C, C++ Open Source OS (Based on Linux) http://developer.android.com bada C, C++ Samsung’s mobile platform running on Linux or RealTime OS http://developer.bada.com BlackBerry Java, Web Apps Java, Web Apps, Java ME compatible, extensions enable tighter integration http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers iOS Objective-C, C Requires Apple Developer Account http://developer.apple.com/iphone MeeGo Qt, C++, others Intel and Nokia guided open source OS (based on Linux) http://meego.com/developers Symbian C, C++, Java, Qt, OS built from the ground up for mobile devices Web Apps, http://www.forum.nokia.com/symbian others
Overview of Application Platforms (Cont.) Platform Language (s) Remarks webOS HTML, CSS, Supports widget style programming (based on Linux) JavaScript, C http://developer.palm.com Windows C#, C .NET CF or Windows Mobile API, most devices ship Mobile with Java ME compatible JVM http://developer.windowsmobile.com Windows C#, VB.NET Silverlight, XNA Frameworks Phone http://create.msdn.com Source: http://mobileplatforms.wikidot.com/
Application Platforms
Why Android
Why Android (Cont.)
Why Android (Cont.)
Why Android (Cont.)
Why Android: Google TV
Why Android: Finally BlackBerry Gives In
Open Handset Alliance (Nov 2007) Manufacturers: Designing the Android Handsets Content Providers: Developing Apps Mobile Operators Markets: Distribution
Why Android (Cont.) Technical Advantages No need to pay for any developer’s program to develop and test apps in real devices Open source platform with scope of more innovation (Less proprietary restrictions) Java programming language Rich and easy to integrate feature sets Easy, effective and cost-effective prototyping for research and business Development Environment Support in Windows, Mac & Linux (Ubuntu) Imagination is the Limit
Why Android (Cont.) Business Advantages Google Play: Integrated market app One time low registration fee Many Distribution Channels: (We’ll see next) Low Barrier to Market: No approval process Less restrictions with copyright issues
Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Google Play: (http://market.android.com) Integrated Android Market Application in phones can ensure your reach to millions of users without any approval process. Amazon Appstore for Android: http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011 Enterprise Market: https://marketplace.cisco.com/ 3rd Party Distribution Channels : 7.Andspot 2. Handango 3. GetJar 4. SlideMe 5.AndAppStore 6. AndroLib 7. AppBrain and many more…
Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Android Market: (1) Analytics to help decision making
Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Google Play: (2) Crash log to support bug fixes
Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Google Play: (3) Requirements
Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Amazon Appstore for Android:
Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Enterprise Market: $ $ $ $ $ $ $
Why Android (Cont.) Monetization Opportunities Paid Apps $ $ $ $ $ $ $ In-App Billing Free Apps with Ads AdMob AdWhirl Mobclix and many more
Why Android (Cont.) Game Development Opportunities Case Study: AhhhPah http://ahhhpah.com/ Development Time: 8 hours Downloads: millions Simplified Game frameworks 1. Libgdx: http://code.google.com/p/libgdx/ 2. AndEngine: http://www.andengine.org/ 3. Unity3d: http://unity3d.com/
Why Android (Cont.) Some Interesting Apps Shazam Hear a song you don't know? INSTALLS:10,000,000 - 50,000,000 Shazam identifies it instantly.
Why Android (Cont.) Some Interesting Apps Guitar : Solo Lite INSTALLS:10,000,000 - 50,000,000
Why Android (Cont.) My Story ProTranslate INSTALLS: 50,000 - 100,000 It gave us Google’s Device Seeding Program Award Features: 2. Support for wide range of languages 3. Share translated text (Email,SMS,twitter,facebook) Pronounciation and speech output 4. Website translation Document translation and share via email 5. Auto-prompt to translate SMS received 6. Optimized for all Android devices
Why Android (Cont.) My Story ProTranslate
Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities Easy Prototyping of any idea is possible in Android. Some of the advanced research based projects are prototyped in Android. Computer Vision MINDdroidCV( http://www.jataka.hu/rics/nxt_android_opencv/index.html)
Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities Easy Prototyping of any idea is possible in Android. Some of the advanced research based projects are prototyped in Android. mHealth eMOCA (www.emocha.org) Developed by the  Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education , eMOCHA uses video, audio, touchscreen quizzes, GPS and SMS to collect and analyze large amounts of data.
Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities Easy Prototyping of any idea is possible in Android. Some of the advanced research based projects are prototyped in Android. mHealth ClickDiagnostics http://clickdiagnostics.com/ Developed by ClickDiagnostics, uses video, audio, touchscreen Quizzes to upload data to server to reach the consultants.
Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities mHealth Clinical diagnosis + Data acquisition
Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities Android + Arduino = Innovation Unlimited Arduino (http://www.arduino.cc/) 1. Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform 2.  can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators. http://arduino.cc/blog/2011/10/12/android-ope
Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities Android in Disaster Management A Mobile Disaster Management System Using the Android Technology http://www.naun.org/journals/communications/19-280.pdf Implementation of an Android based disaster management system http://www.bcdph.com/download/android.pdf Android Incident Reporting for SAHANA Disaster Management System http://code.google.com/p/sahana-incident-reporter/
Why Android (Cont.) Application Development Opportunities Augmented Reality Some more: http://techsplurge.com/3214/mega-list-33-awesome-augmented-reality-apps-games-android/ Real World Environment+ Sound, Video, Graphics data generated by systems= AR
Cross-platform Development 1. RhoMobile http://rhomobile.com/ 2. Appcelerator http://www.appcelerator.com/ 3. PhoneGap http://www.phonegap.com/
Resources: Android Developers’ Site http://developer.android.com 1. Tutorials & Design Guidelines 2. SDK References 3. Articles on Pragmatic & Good Practices 4. & anything you’ll need including Google IO Videos
Resources: Open Source Projects 1. http://code.google.com/p/apps-for-android/ 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_Android_applications
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Day 1 Android: Before Getting Started

  • 1. Android Application Development Before Getting Started Ahsanul Karim http://androidstream.wordpress.com
  • 2. Before Proceeding Any Further Schedule Total Duration: 100 hours Sessions Per Week: 5 Hours Per Session: 4 hours Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday We’ll take 2 days off: Saturday and Friday Course Work Lecture: 2-3 hours Q/A and Assignments: 1-2 hours Tutorial Driven Approach Weekly Assignments
  • 3. Outline 1. Get Basic Idea on Mobile and Smartphone Applications 2. Get Basic Idea on Mobile, Smartphone & Tablet Platforms 3. Identify the Position of Android Platform 4. Background and History of Android 5. Get the Idea: Why Should We Learn Android Platform 6. Opportunities 7. Some App Demos 8. System Architecture 9. Environment Setup to Kick-start 10. Development Environment 11. Application Structure
  • 4. Mobile and Smartphone Applications Smart Phones 1. A smartphone is a mobile phone that offers more advanced computing ability, Features and connectivity than a contemporary mobile phones.  2. Smartphones may be thought of as handheld computers integrated with a mobile telephone. 3. They also provide their own Operating System with Application Development Framework To learn about smart phones in details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone You’ll get detailed history about how this technology evolved over the years
  • 5. Mobile and Smartphone Applications Smart Phones Platforms Android iPhone BlackBerry Palm Pre
  • 6. Mobile and Smartphone Applications Tablet Platforms Android: Galaxy Tab Apple: iPad
  • 7. Overview of Application Platforms (alphabetically) Platform Language (s) Remarks Android Java, C, C++ Open Source OS (Based on Linux) http://developer.android.com bada C, C++ Samsung’s mobile platform running on Linux or RealTime OS http://developer.bada.com BlackBerry Java, Web Apps Java, Web Apps, Java ME compatible, extensions enable tighter integration http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers iOS Objective-C, C Requires Apple Developer Account http://developer.apple.com/iphone MeeGo Qt, C++, others Intel and Nokia guided open source OS (based on Linux) http://meego.com/developers Symbian C, C++, Java, Qt, OS built from the ground up for mobile devices Web Apps, http://www.forum.nokia.com/symbian others
  • 8. Overview of Application Platforms (Cont.) Platform Language (s) Remarks webOS HTML, CSS, Supports widget style programming (based on Linux) JavaScript, C http://developer.palm.com Windows C#, C .NET CF or Windows Mobile API, most devices ship Mobile with Java ME compatible JVM http://developer.windowsmobile.com Windows C#, VB.NET Silverlight, XNA Frameworks Phone http://create.msdn.com Source: http://mobileplatforms.wikidot.com/
  • 15. Why Android: Finally BlackBerry Gives In
  • 16. Open Handset Alliance (Nov 2007) Manufacturers: Designing the Android Handsets Content Providers: Developing Apps Mobile Operators Markets: Distribution
  • 17. Why Android (Cont.) Technical Advantages No need to pay for any developer’s program to develop and test apps in real devices Open source platform with scope of more innovation (Less proprietary restrictions) Java programming language Rich and easy to integrate feature sets Easy, effective and cost-effective prototyping for research and business Development Environment Support in Windows, Mac & Linux (Ubuntu) Imagination is the Limit
  • 18. Why Android (Cont.) Business Advantages Google Play: Integrated market app One time low registration fee Many Distribution Channels: (We’ll see next) Low Barrier to Market: No approval process Less restrictions with copyright issues
  • 19. Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Google Play: (http://market.android.com) Integrated Android Market Application in phones can ensure your reach to millions of users without any approval process. Amazon Appstore for Android: http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011 Enterprise Market: https://marketplace.cisco.com/ 3rd Party Distribution Channels : 7.Andspot 2. Handango 3. GetJar 4. SlideMe 5.AndAppStore 6. AndroLib 7. AppBrain and many more…
  • 20. Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Android Market: (1) Analytics to help decision making
  • 21. Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Google Play: (2) Crash log to support bug fixes
  • 22. Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Google Play: (3) Requirements
  • 23. Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Amazon Appstore for Android:
  • 24. Why Android (Cont.) Opportunities Enterprise Market: $ $ $ $ $ $ $
  • 25. Why Android (Cont.) Monetization Opportunities Paid Apps $ $ $ $ $ $ $ In-App Billing Free Apps with Ads AdMob AdWhirl Mobclix and many more
  • 26. Why Android (Cont.) Game Development Opportunities Case Study: AhhhPah http://ahhhpah.com/ Development Time: 8 hours Downloads: millions Simplified Game frameworks 1. Libgdx: http://code.google.com/p/libgdx/ 2. AndEngine: http://www.andengine.org/ 3. Unity3d: http://unity3d.com/
  • 27. Why Android (Cont.) Some Interesting Apps Shazam Hear a song you don't know? INSTALLS:10,000,000 - 50,000,000 Shazam identifies it instantly.
  • 28. Why Android (Cont.) Some Interesting Apps Guitar : Solo Lite INSTALLS:10,000,000 - 50,000,000
  • 29. Why Android (Cont.) My Story ProTranslate INSTALLS: 50,000 - 100,000 It gave us Google’s Device Seeding Program Award Features: 2. Support for wide range of languages 3. Share translated text (Email,SMS,twitter,facebook) Pronounciation and speech output 4. Website translation Document translation and share via email 5. Auto-prompt to translate SMS received 6. Optimized for all Android devices
  • 30. Why Android (Cont.) My Story ProTranslate
  • 31. Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities Easy Prototyping of any idea is possible in Android. Some of the advanced research based projects are prototyped in Android. Computer Vision MINDdroidCV( http://www.jataka.hu/rics/nxt_android_opencv/index.html)
  • 32. Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities Easy Prototyping of any idea is possible in Android. Some of the advanced research based projects are prototyped in Android. mHealth eMOCA (www.emocha.org) Developed by the  Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education , eMOCHA uses video, audio, touchscreen quizzes, GPS and SMS to collect and analyze large amounts of data.
  • 33. Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities Easy Prototyping of any idea is possible in Android. Some of the advanced research based projects are prototyped in Android. mHealth ClickDiagnostics http://clickdiagnostics.com/ Developed by ClickDiagnostics, uses video, audio, touchscreen Quizzes to upload data to server to reach the consultants.
  • 34. Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities mHealth Clinical diagnosis + Data acquisition
  • 35. Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities Android + Arduino = Innovation Unlimited Arduino (http://www.arduino.cc/) 1. Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform 2.  can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators. http://arduino.cc/blog/2011/10/12/android-ope
  • 36. Why Android (Cont.) Research Opportunities Android in Disaster Management A Mobile Disaster Management System Using the Android Technology http://www.naun.org/journals/communications/19-280.pdf Implementation of an Android based disaster management system http://www.bcdph.com/download/android.pdf Android Incident Reporting for SAHANA Disaster Management System http://code.google.com/p/sahana-incident-reporter/
  • 37. Why Android (Cont.) Application Development Opportunities Augmented Reality Some more: http://techsplurge.com/3214/mega-list-33-awesome-augmented-reality-apps-games-android/ Real World Environment+ Sound, Video, Graphics data generated by systems= AR
  • 38. Cross-platform Development 1. RhoMobile http://rhomobile.com/ 2. Appcelerator http://www.appcelerator.com/ 3. PhoneGap http://www.phonegap.com/
  • 39. Resources: Android Developers’ Site http://developer.android.com 1. Tutorials & Design Guidelines 2. SDK References 3. Articles on Pragmatic & Good Practices 4. & anything you’ll need including Google IO Videos
  • 40. Resources: Open Source Projects 1. http://code.google.com/p/apps-for-android/ 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_Android_applications