intro to android : making your first app!
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STACY DEVINO• Senior Android Innovator at The Home
Depot Dallas Technology Center • Works on Consumer Mobile App and
Internal Product Innovation • SixSigma BlackBelt, Intel Innovator, DMS
Member, Vintage game collector/restorer• Women Techmakers Lead for Dallas/ Ft.
Worth
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Things to know Android Apps are written in Java (for the most
part)
Apps run in a JVM
Android Java ~ Sun/Oracle Java somewhat
Android is Open Source (AOSP) - mostly
Android is a Linux Distribution
Android Kernel is the Linux Kernel
UI Screens are defined in XML
Tools (anyone can start, regardless of OS)Android Studio
Android SDK
DDMS / Android Monitor
Terminal Commands (adb)
Android Virtual Device Manager (free, complete emulators!)
Code Definition and Examples resources
developer.android.com
Udacity (Android for Beginners and Android MicroDegree)
Android Arsenal
Vocab : https://developers.google.com/android/for-all/vocab-words/
UI Layouts (XML)View Groups● RelativeLayout● LinearLayout● RecyclerView● ScrollView● CardView
View Types● TextView● ImageView● Button● ImageButton● ToggleButton● Switch● View