android application development for beginners

Isuru Uyanage

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

Outline

• What is Android

• Why Android

• What you need

• Android Architecture

• Platform Versions

• Developing the first Android App

• Some useful links for Android Development

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What is Android

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes

• an operating system

• Middleware

• Key Applications

In 2007, a group of manufactures , wireless carriers & software Developers formed

the “Open Headset Alliance”

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Why Android

No cost for developing Android applications

It’s free and open source

Android sdk and tools are freely available in the Android Developer

web site

It relies on Linux Kernal (2.6)

Basic Development Language is Java

Handy

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What you need 5

Download Adt bundle from developer.android.com/sdk

Download Eclipse, SDK, Java

Android Studio

Not only java !!!!!!!!!!!

C++ using NDK

C# using Mono Android

Xamarin

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Platform Versions

Source- developer.android.com

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Developing First Android App 8

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Some Useful Links for Android Development

http://developer.android.com/develop/index.html

http://developer.android.com/

http://www.vogella.com/android.html

http://thenewboston.org/list.php?cat=6

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