how to make it work? doncho minkov telerik academy academy.telerik.com technical trainer
TRANSCRIPT
Android SDKHow to make it work?
Doncho Minkov
Telerik Academyacademy.telerik.com
Technical Trainerhttp://www.minkov.it
Table of Contents The Android SDK Installation of Android SDK
Eclipse
Android SDK
Android ADT Installation of PhoneGap "Hello PhoneGap" project
The Android SDK
The Android SDK Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes
An operating system
Middleware
Key applications
The Android SDK provides necessary tools and APIs to develop applications Using Java programming language
Installation of Android SDK
How to start Android development?
Steps for Installing Android SDK
1. Installing Eclipse IDE
2. Install Android SDK
3. Install the ADT plugin for eclipse
4. Add components needed for development
Eclipse What is Eclipse?
A multi-language software development environment comprising
An integrated development environment (IDE)
Mostly written in Java Eclipse is used to develop applications In Java, C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python,
R, etc.
For Android (using Java) Download at http://bit.ly/EclipseClassic
Android SDK
For the Android SDK to be installed The machine should have at least
jdk 1.6
Version 1.7 is also ok
Then download the installer file from
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Android SDK (2)
* There is a known bug during installation of the SDK The installer cannot locate the jdk
Just click the "Back" button and then "Next"
It should work
The Android SDK Manager
After the installation of Android SDK Some components should be
installed Packages for Android versions: 2.1,
2.2, 3.2, etc.
Some other tools like a couple of Google APIs
Start the Android SDK Manager and wait for fetching of packages This may take a while Took me two / thirds of a day for all
packages
Installation of ADT Plugin Use the Update Manager feature of
Eclipse To install the latest revision of ADT
on your development computer How to download it?
Start Eclipse, then select Help > Install New Software -> Add, in the top-right corner
In the Add Repository
Enter "ADT Plugin" for the Name
Copy for location https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
Installation of ADT Plugin
In the Available Software dialog Select the checkbox next to
Developer Tools and click Next
In the next window, you'll see a list of the tools to be downloaded
Click Next
Read and accept the license agreements
Then click Finish Restart Eclipse
Installation of Android SDK
Live Demo
Android Virtual Device
How to Create a AVD?
Android Virtual Device To create virtual device
Open Eclipse -> Window -> ADV Manager
Open the Android Virtual Device manager
Add new device
With the Android OS version needed
Why need AVD? To test your app before deployment
to a phone
To test on different versions of Android OS
To find and correct simple mistakes
AVD Manager - Example Create new AVD
AVD Manager - Example Give it some name
Better add the OS version
Add SD card sieze Select OS version You are done!
New PhoneGap Project
Two ways of creating
PhoneGap Project How to create a PhoneGap Project?
Create an android project File -> New -> Android Project
In the root directory of the project, create two new directories
/libs and /assets/www Copy phonegap.js from your
PhoneGap download earlier to /assets/www
Create an index.html file in /assets/www
Copy phonegap.jar from your PhoneGap download earlier to /libs
New PhoneGap Project Copy xml folder from your PhoneGap download to /res
Set the build path of the phonegap.jar Right click on the /libs folder Go to Build Paths/ -> Configure
Build Paths. In the Libraries tab, add phonegap-
1.0.0.jar to the Project
New PhoneGap Project (2)
Make a few adjustments to the project's main Java file Change the class's extend from
Activity to DroidGap
Replace the setContentView() line with super.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/www/index.html");
Add import com.phonegap.* Remove import android.app.Activity
New PhoneGap Project (3)
Right click on AndroidManifest.xml and select Open With > Text Editor You should edit the xml
By adding new elements
By editing existing elements
You can see how the final AndroidManifest.xml file should look like
http://phonegap.com/assets/guide/manifest.jpg
New PhoneGap Project -
Alternative Way This is not so pleasing, right? Hopefully there is an easier way
Using MDS AppLaud PhoneGap Eclipse Plugin
How to install it? Open Eclipse
Go to Help -> Install New Software -> Click Add
Like with the ADT plugin
For location type: https://
svn.codespot.com/a/eclipselabs.org/mobile-web-development-with-
phonegap/tags/r1.2/download
New PhoneGap Project –
Alternative Way (2) After the plugin is installed and ready to go A PhoneGap icon should be
displayed in the toolbar
After than the creation of new project is straight-forward
With AppLaud plugin you can select to include jQuery or Sencha
New PhoneGap ProjectLive Demo
Hello World PhoneGap
Hello World PhoneGap Lets make our "Hello World, PhoneGap!" application Till now we have an empty
PhoneGap project
All we need to do is to edit the index.html file
Created by us
Located in /assets/www
This is the Entry point of our Application
Hello World PhoneGap – Example
Hello World, PhoneGap! Open the index.html and copy the
following<!Doctype html><html><head> <title> First PhoneGap Application </title><head><body> <h1>Hello PhoneGap</h1></body></html>
Go to Build -> Run as Android Application The emulator should start
And the app run!
Hello World PhoneGap
Live Demo
Questions?
Android SDK and PhoneGap