Overview of Android Platform
Before getting into developing android applications it is better to take a few minutes to know what you are getting into and in this case you should know more about android architecture, platform it operates on, database that android uses, graphics used by android, android browser and some fundamentals about android applications.
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Android Application Components
Android Application components are the basic building blocks of any android application. Basically an application component provides an entry point to your system by which your system communicates with your android application. While Some components enable user's communication with your application most of them concentrates on interacting with the system....
What is Android Manifest File
One of the most important part of your android application is the manifest file which is an xml file also known as AndroidManifest.xml. Every application must has an AndroidManifest.xml file in its root directory. Now the question is what's the use of AndroidManifest.xml? Here's the answ...
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Android Tutorial - What Should you know before Learning Android
What Should you know before learning Android:
Object Oriented Programming Concept
Android make heavy use of OOPs
concept. So knowing what is classes , Inheritance etc these are going to vital
for you in android learning process.
Some Experience With JAVA
Some Experience with the JAVA
Programming will make you time easier to learn android...
Friday, December 23, 2011
Android Test Project Using Instrumentation
This video clips explain how to create an android test project that uses instrumentation for executing tests on the handset itself...
Signing Android Application
This video clip explains how to sign an android application when using the eclipse IDE...
Hello World Android Application Explanation
This video clip provides a general explanation for a simple android application...
Installing Eclipse Pulsar IDE
Short video clip that explains how to install the Eclipse Pulsar IDE. This is one video out of five videos that explain in five steps how to set up the required environment...
Installing Android SDK
Short video clip that explains how to install the Android SDK. This is one video out of five videos that explain in five steps how to set up the required environment...
Installing Android SDK Plugin for Eclipse IDE
Short video clip that explains how to install the Android SDK plugin for the Eclipse IDE. When following the guidelines make sure you enter the correct URL shown at 0:22 timeline: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
This is one video out of five videos that explain in five steps how to set up the required environment...
Setting Android SDK in our Eclipse IDE
Short video clip that shows how to set the Android SDK in our Eclipse IDE. This is one video out of five videos that explain in five steps how to set up the required environment...
Developing Our First Application for Android
Short video clip that explains step by step how to develop and how to run our first application for the Android OS...
Android App Inventor - Reaction game tutorial
This is a small demo how to use the App Inventor to create a small game where the player has to press two buttons as fast as possible :...
Learn how to target all Android devices from Google's own Justin Mattson
San Francisco Android User Group held an event on June 29th, 2010 with Justin Mattson from Google who not only re-delivered his Google I/O talk titled "Casting a wide net: how to target all Android devices", but also expanded it with the material that he had to cut for time at the I/O. Justin also answered a number of questions from the audience...
Android Video Tutorial - Learn How to Unit Test Your Android Application (with Robolectric)
Tyler Schultz, from Pivotal Labs, introduces you to Robolectric - an open source unit testing framework that makes it possible to run unit tests against your Android application code outside of the emulator - in the IDE.
The presentation starts with a brief intro from Sasa Gagenta on testing with JUnit , before Tyler takes over to show you how Robolectric can make testing your Android apps much less painful....
Android UI Development - Tips, Tricks, and Techniques from Google's Anrdroid UI Toolkit Team
Learn hot techniques for developing more effective user interfaces in your Android applications from Android UI Toolkit engineers Romain Guy and Chet Haase.
Romain and Chet will dive into some code examples, demo some handy tools, and show you how to optimize your UI for performance while making it look great.
Didn't make it to Devoxx 2K10? Well, find out what you might have missed, as this is the same presentation Romain and Chet delivered at Devoxx....
Android Video Tutorial - Making the Android UI Fast and Efficient by Romain Guy
The San Francisco Android User Group Kickoff event: July 14th, 2009 at Google in San Francisco. Romain Guy redelivers his Google I/O talk: "Turbo-charge your UI: How to Make your Android UI Fast and Efficient" and answers questions from the SF-Android crowd. The original talk is available here: http://code.google.com/events/io/sessions/TurboChargeUiAndroidFast.htm...
Android Video Tutorial - Learn what it takes to make a good Android app great
Jason, John, and David, mobile industry veterans from Hands-On Mobile, present a technical overview of ways to improve your Android applications stickiness, boost adoption, engage users, and increase monetization and ROI.
This event was hosted by The San Francisco Android User Group at CBS Interactive in San Francisco on August 27th, 2009....
Learn about Android Internals and NDK
San Francisco Android User Group held an event on February 23rd, 2010 with Marko Gargenta who presented on Android Internals and NDK.
Here is a rough outline of Marko's talk:
Anatomy of Android
Linux kernel
Native Libraries
Android Runtime
Application Framewor...
Android Video tutorial - Learn about Android Graphics & Animations from Google's Android UI Toolkit team
Learn how to create awesome visuals and animations from Android UI Toolkit engineers, Romain Guy and Chet Haase.
In this presentation Romain and Chet will drill down into architecture, graphics and animations. You'll also get a look at some of the new Android API's coming in these areas....
Android Video Tutorial - Learn how to develop for Android, Beyond HelloWorld
Marko Gargenta delivers a tutorial-style talk on how to develop for Google's Android platform (beyond the HelloWorld) at the San Francisco Android User Group.
** Get the source code at: http://marakana.com/forums/android/general/23.html *...
Android Video Tutorial - What is Android?
This is the first segment from a 5 week online course, Developing Android Applications with Java. In this segment, instructor Tony Hillerson describes what Android is and how to get started developing Android applications. To purchase the full online course, visit http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920001690...
Android Video Tutorial - build the Simple Flashlight App
This is the second segment from a 5 week online course, Developing Android Applications with Java. In this segment, instructor Tony Hillerson builds a simple Flashlight app to get you started building apps. To purchase the full online course, visit http://oreilly.com/catalog/063692000169...
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Android Video Tutorial - Preparing for publishing
In this video you will learn about finalising your app for publishing such as enter min SDK version, App Name, Your app Version and some other application specific settin...
Android Video Tutorial - Using GPS to find the current location
In this Video you will learn about how to use GPS in android to find the current locatio...
Android Video Tutorial - Creating and using themes
In this video, you learn about how to create theme in andorid and apply them to your applicatio...
Android Video Tutorial - Understanding units and layout
In this video you will learn about, How to create different units like button and text to run on different android devices with different layou...
Android Video Tutorial - Understanding project creation and structure
In this video, you'll learn about the how to create a project in eclipse. what does project structure is look li...
Android Application Development Episode #11 - Intents: Multi Activity Applications
In this episode we will create an application that has two activities. You can use the things you learn in this video to create applications with any number of activities...
Android Application Development Episode #10 - Intents: An Introduction
In this tutorial I want to give you a brief overview of what Intents are and how to use them. We will start out very simple here and will work our way up in future tutorials. The purpose of this introduction is to show you some very basic sample uses of Intents...
Android Application Development Episode #9 - Lists: Item Clicks
In this tutorial we will take a look at how to use ItemClickListeners within ListViews. For this we will extend the application we created in episode #7...
Android Application Development Episode #8 - The Alert Dialog
In this episode we will take a look at the Alert Dialog. This dialog lets the user interact with your application and it is also very easy to implement...
Android Application Development Episode #7 - Using Basic Lists
In this episode we will take a first glance at lists and how to create them. This is the first episode on lists and due to the fact that lists are a very important and versatile content element, we will cover additional list related techniques in later episodes...
Android Application Development Episode #6 - Notification & Long Clicks
In this episode we will take a look at using Toast messages to notify the user. We will also take a look at the difference between normal clicks and long clicks and how to actually listen for long clicks...
Android Application Development Episode #5 - Using Radio Buttons
In this episode we will take a look at radio buttons and how they work...
Android Application Development Episode #4 - Using Checkboxes In A Slightly Advanced Layout
In this episode we will have a look at how to use checkboxes and how to incorporate them into a complex layout...
Android Application Development Episode #3 - Using Buttons And Listening For Click-Events
In this episode we'll take a look at buttons and how to listen for click with an OnClickListener...
Android Application Development Episode #2 - Create A New Project And Run It
In this episode, we will create a new Android project and run it in the emulator that comes with the SDK...
Android Application Development - Episode #1 - Getting Started
In this episode you'll learn how to setup an Android Development Environment on a Windows machine, using Eclipse...
Android Programming Tutorial: Geolocation (Android LocationManager)
Many popular Android applications use geolocation to track the user's location as they move with their Android device. This Android programming tutorial shows you how to use Android's LocationManager class and LocationListener interface to create location-aware applications. In this simple example, instructor Mark creates a program that displays the user's latitude and longitude and updates it as they move....
Android Application Development: Creating Custom Buttons
In this Android development tutorial, Mark will show you how to create a custom button and place it within your Android application. The custom button graphic can have three states, and Mark will you show you the XML to display the button and Java code to make the button d...
Android Application Development: Creating Custom Buttons
Understanding Listeners is critical to successful Android application Development. In this video tutorial, trainer and author Mark Lassoff shows you how to attached click listeners and long click listeners to buttons. Additionally he'll show you how to use a single listener call-back function with multiple View Object...
Netbeans Android SDK Video Tutorial
A quick guide on getting the Android SDK up and running with Netbeans.
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How to Program for Android: Video Tutorial 8 - Add and Read Text File
How to add and read from a text file on an android device.
Part 1:
Part 2:
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How to Program for Android: Video Tutorial 7 - Change you application Icon
How to Change your application icon.
Low density -- ldpi -- 36×36 px
Medium density -- mdpi -- 48×48 px (correct size if only one drawable folder)
High density -- hdpi -- 72×72 px
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How To Program for Android: Video Tutorial 6 - Drop Down Menu
How to use the drop down menu, or spinner widget in Android.
Part 1:
Part 2 :
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How to Program for Android: Video Tutorial 5 - Switch Activities
This tutorial shows you how to switch activities in your application.
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How to program for Android: Video Tutorial 4 - Add Button Widget
This video shows you how to use basic widgets such as the button and edittext.
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How to Program for Android: Video Tutorial 3 - Add widget
This video shows how to add basic widgets to an android application
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How to Program for Android: Video Tutorial 2
This is the second tutorial video in the series for Android Development. It covers how to start projects and get set up to start application development.
Part 1...
How to Program for Android: Tutorial 1
This talks about the necessary software and downloads you need to start programming for Android.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - Location Sensors
This example illustrates how to use location-based services in Android. First, we use LocationManager to figure out our current location based on the resources in the environment available to the device, such as GPS or a wireless network. Secondly, we use Geocoder to convert this location to an address.
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Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - BroadcastReceivers
Class 5, Part 3. This video comes from Marakana's 5-Day Android Bootcamp Training Course which Marko Gargenta taught in San Jose, CA earlier this year.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to use BroadcastReceivers to notify an application of an action to which it is subscribed.
Marko will also cover:
Adding Custom Permissions
Declaring Permissions in the Manifest File
Updating the Services to Enforce Permissions
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Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - Publishing to Android Market
This video comes from Marakana's 5-Day Android Bootcamp Training Course which Marko Gargenta taught in San Jose, CA earlier this year.
In this video (part 5.2) Marko is going to show you everything you need to know to get your Android app ready to be published in the Android Market....
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - BaseActivity
This video comes from Marakana's 5-Day Android Bootcamp Training Course which Marko Gargenta taught in San Jose, CA earlier this year.
Now, that you've created the Timeline activity, you're going to give it an options menu that will allow users to toggle the service on/off. Instead of copying and pasting code that we've already written, we're going to again refactor the code.
** Get the source code at: http://marakana.com/f/28...
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - Lists and Adapters
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to use Lists and Adapters. Lists and Adapters form a very powerful component in Android that lets your your Android Application's tiny UI to connect to potentially very large datasets in an efficient and scalable manner.
** Get the source code for this tutorial at: http://marakana.com/f/28...
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - TimelineActivity
Class 4, Part 2. This video comes from Marakana's 5-Day Android Bootcamp Training Course which Marko Gargenta taught in San Jose, CA earlier this year.
** Grab the source code at: http://marakana.com/f/277
In this tutorial, you're going to learn how to create a new activity called TimelineActivity that will display all the statuses from your friends. It pulls the data from the database and displays it on the screen. Initially, we do not have a lot of data in the database, but as we keep on using the application, the amount of statuses we have...
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - StatusData
In the previous tutorial, Class 3, Part 3, you learned how to create a local database for your Android app. Now, Marko will show you how to create the service (UpdaterService) that pulls data from the cloud and then inserts it into your local database.
In this tutorial, you will learn:
How to create the service that will pull data from the cloud and store it in your local database
How to verify that your database was created
How to use sqlite3 - A tool that ships with Android which gives you access to your database
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Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - Databases
Class 3, Part 3. This video comes from Marakana's 5-Day Android Bootcamp Training Course which Marko Gargenta taught in San Jose, CA earlier this year.
In this tutorial, Marko will show you how to set-up a SQLite database to store local data for your Android application. The database service will run in the background and periodically update the database to ensure that the data needed for your Android app is relatively fresh.
This tutorial will:
Introduce you to SQLite
Show you how to create a helper class that provides a "connection"...
Android Video Tutorial : Android Application Development Tutorial - Android Service Example
Class 3, Part 2. This video comes from Marakana's 5-Day Android Bootcamp Training Course, which Marko Gargenta taught in San Jose, CA earlier this year.
In this Android services example, Marko will show you how to create an Android service that will pull data from from a twitter-like web app and then store that data locally on the device, making it available to your Android app even when it is offline.
After watching this tutorial, you will know how to:
Create the Java class representing your service
Register the service in the Android...
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - Application Object
Class 3, Part 1. This video comes from Marakana's 5-Day Android Bootcamp Training Course which Marko Gargenta taught in San Jose, CA earlier this year.
In this Android tutorial, Marko will show you how to create your own implementation of the Application object, which you can use to make common features accessible to most parts of your Android app.
By the end of this tutorial, you should know how to:
Create the Java class representing your implementation of Application object
Register the new Application with the AndroidManifest.xml...
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - AsyncTask, Preferences, and Options Menu
Class 2, Part 4. This video comes from Marakana's 5-Day Android Bootcamp Training Course which Marko Gargenta taught in San Jose, CA earlier this year.
In this tutorial Marko will begin with an explanation of threading in Android, and how you can use AsyncTask to enable proper use of the UI thread.
Marko will also cover how the Android file system is organized as well as how you can use intents and the options menu to jump from one activity to another.
A few other topics covered include how to:
Create Preference resource file prefs.xml
Implement...
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - Traceview
In this 40-minute tutorial, Marko will show you how you can use the Android SDK tool Traceview to analyze data and debug issues in your Android application.
By the end of this tutorial, you'll know how to generate log files containing information you want to analyze, and then use Traceview to view that information graphically.
This tutorial will cover:
A break down of the Android device file system
The three main partitions in the Android file system: data, sdcard, and system
Generating trace files from your Android application
Using...
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - Drawables
This 60-minute tutorial will focus on Android drawables and how you can use styles and the draw9patch tool to ensure they look great and scale properly across devices.
Marko will cover:
Creating and defining styles for drawables in an XML stylesheet
Applying styles to activities and buttons
Editing properties with Eclipse
Using the draw9patch tool to affect how drawables scale
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Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - Spicing up the UI
This video comes from Marakana's 5-Day Android Bootcamp Training Course that Marko Gargenta taught in San Jose, CA earlier this year.
In this 50-minute tutorial, Marko will pick up where he left off with in the last session, and show you how to spice up the Android UI by adding graphics, themes and colors.
Toast notifications
Spicing up the Android UI: graphics, colors and resource files
Resources: folder structure and naming conventions
Drawables
Using Eclipse to edit and enhance the UI
Applying themes and styles to your...
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - Android UI
Class 1, Part 4. In this 2-hour tutorial Marko will build an Android app from scratch in-order to illustrate some of the key concepts for Android UI development.
By the end of this tutorial you should have a solid foundation for beginning to work with the Android UI, as well as some best practices for UI development.
Marko also covers:
Two approaches to Android UI development: Declarative and Procedural
Views and layouts
Common view properties
Units in Android
Lifecycle of Activities and the Android UI
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Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - Main Building Blocks
Class 1, Part 3. In this 70-minute tutorial Marko Gargenta will demonstate the main building blocks for Android application development by showing you the processes behind a real world Android app.
Through breaking down a twitter-like application, this tutorial will shed some light on:
Activities: what they do, and what the activity lifecycle looks like in Android
Intents
Services, and the service lifecycle
Content Providers: sharing content between applications
Broadcast Receiver...
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - Helloworld (anatomy of an Android app)
Class 1, Part 2. In this 50 - minute tutorial Marko Gargenta will
dissect an Android application in-order to provide you with a detailed
look at all of the pieces that make-up the Android APK.
By the
end of this tutorial, you will be familiar with all of the important
components in the Android APK, as well as becoming more familair with
developing for Android in an Eclipse-based evironment.
Marko also touches on:
AndroidManifest.xml
Using Eclipse to edit Android XML files
R.java: what it is and what it does
Creating an Android...
Android Video Tutorial: Android Application Development - A 9,000 foot overview
Class 1. Get started on developing Android applications with
Eclipse-based development tools in this 70-minute overview of the
Android platform.
In a live recording from Marakana's Android Bootcamp Training Course, Marko Gargenta will take you through:
The Android software stack
The Dalvik VM
Setting up the Android SDK with the Eclipse environment.
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