india mobility week - introduction to corona sdk - altaf rehmani

UNICOM PresentsUNICOM Presents

India Mobility Week-2014India Mobility Week-2014Corona Sdk OverviewCorona Sdk Overview

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India Mobility India Mobility Week 2014Week 2014

www.cloudandmobility.org

20-Sep-2014, Pune20-Sep-2014, Pune

Corona sdk – Cross platform app and game Corona sdk – Cross platform app and game developmentdevelopment

Altaf RehmaniAltaf Rehmani

DirectorDirector

Redbytes Software Private Ltd. Redbytes Software Private Ltd.



Great times to be a mobile dev





India Mobility Week-2014India Mobility Week-2014

Altaf Rehmani - Introduction

12 Yrs Financial Services ITPast Projects:

Capital Markets: Trading, Settlement, Treasury, ComplianceClients: Publishers, Real Estate, Retailers

5 Years - TECH EntrepreneurMobile solutions for SMEs and enterprisesEducational mobile apps for kids



So many platforms, so little timeDevelopers face a real challenge making apps for multiple platforms

Windows PhoneC#

AndroidJava

iOSObjective C

mobile webHTML/CSS/Javascript

BlackBerry OSJava, web

Windows 8C#, C++

BadaC++

webOSHTML5, C++

Boot2GeckoHTML5



Cross-platform tools come to rescuedrastically reduce costs by code reuse and efficient developer resource management

2000 today – explosion of tools

100+ tools!




Agenda:

Corona sdk – An overviewFeaturesHands on game – in 20 mins



What is Corona?• A cross platform development mobile sdk from

Corona labs (http://www.coronalabs.com)• An SDK that empowers developers to write

mobile games and graphical rich apps for iOS and Android, quickly, and easily.

• Corona produced apps have been downloaded more than 50m times

• Corona apps are approved for the Kindle & Nook Platforms.

• Price – Free to use and Publish. 16-50 USD / month for premium features



What is the SDK?

• Lua Interpreter (110KB interpreter)• Open GL – ES 2.0 (graphics hardware

acceleration standard)• Open AL• Physics engine built around Box2D• Native C, C++ libraries (injected at runtime

depending on the platform)



Things we love about the SDK• Huge Productivity Gains• Cross Platform Ability for iOS and

Android • Content scaling and dynamic resolution• Simple, effective Dev environment and

workflow• Helpful and active community• API keeps expanding• Physics and other Framework support• Lots of sample code and third party tools• Migration path from Flash to Corona



Productivity• Displaying an image – Objective C (iOS)– Java (Android)– Corona sdk (both platforms)• Display.newImage(“myImage.png”)• Display.newImageRect(“myImage.png”,1024,768)



What about Lua?• Lua is smallAs small as <100 KB (DLL/LIB)Easy runs on small devices or in small apps. • Lua is simple to useTo use-well suited for small softwareTo learn- ~20 keywords, ~20 operatorsPowerful arrays• Lua is fast• Apart from this, dynamic typing first class functions,

easy interop, written in C, ample libraries.



Corona Development Process



SDK is good at

• 2-D Games• Graphical-oriented Utilities• Comics• Rapid Prototyping• Apps which are graphical in nature



Jun 11 – Jun 13

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Simple and effective dev workflow• Projects are kept separate folders• Assets are compiled into app• App Code starts in the “main.lua”• Code Editors of your choice: Text Wrangler, BBEdit, Xcode, Notepad ++ ..• Works on Windows and Mac• Compilation does not happen locally!



www.unicomlearning.comContinued Innovation



Tools for game developers• Spriteloq – convert Flash animations to Corona• LevelHelper,, Sprite helper emit corona code• Kwik – Photoshop CS5 plugin to create comics,

storybooks from psd files• CPM – Corona Project Manager to manage your

projects• Particle Candy – professional effects for games• Lime – include tilemaps created in Tiled



Sample Code availableAnd Much More..



Brand Ambassadors• Redbytes software – brand ambassadors for corona sdk• 15 day hands on Corona sdk Masterclass.

– Full cross platform game developed by you

• Corona sdk licenses available from redbytes with discounts for startups, colleges and mobile developers

Contact: [email protected]



Demo – Game Prototype• Rameez Bhat – Corona lead Engineer




India Mobility Week-2014India Mobility Week-2014

Organized byOrganized byUNICOM Trainings & Seminars Pvt. Ltd. UNICOM Trainings & Seminars Pvt. Ltd.

[email protected]@unicomlearning.com

Speaker name: Altaf RehmaniSpeaker name: Altaf RehmaniEmail ID: [email protected] ID: [email protected]

www.cloudandmobility.org

LinkedIn/altafrTwitter: @altafr, [email protected]

india mobility week - introduction to corona sdk - altaf rehmani

Technology

times corona apps

crossplatform tools

lua interpreter

box2d native c

graphical rich apps

ios andandroid content

interpreter open gl

real challenge