It's more fun in Android!

It's more fun in Android!

Jomar TigcalDecember 10, 2012

Jomar Tigcal

● Community Manager of GDG Philippines● Mobile Apps (Android) Developer● Software Engineer at Stratpoint

Technologies, Inc.

http://jomar.tigcal.comjomar@tigcal.com

@jomartigcal

Android is more fun

What is Android?

● Linux-based mobile operating system

● World's most popular mobile platform

● Open-source

The power of choice

● Choose your own manufacturer(http://www.android.com/devices/)

● Choose your own hardware specs

● Choose default apps for browsing, emails, and others

● Change default keyboard etc

Integration with Google Services

● Gmail● Google Calendar● Google Drive● Google Maps● Google Talk● Google Chrome● Youtube

Wider app selection

● Google Play (formerly Android Market)

● Amazon App Store

● Other market place

Notifications

● Expandable, actionable notifications● Swipe to dismiss notifications

Image Source: http://www.android.com/about/

Home Screen and Widgets

As you place widgets on the screen, everything else automatically moves to make room. When they're too big, widgets resize on their own.

Image Source: http://www.android.com/about/

NFC and Android Beam

NFC = Near-field communication

Android Beam Share apps, contacts, music, videos via NFC

Just touch two NFC-enabled Android devices back-to-back, then tap to beam whatever's on the screen to your friend.

Google Now and Knowledge Graph

Google Now brings you the information you need, when and where you need it, before you even ask.

The Knowledge Graph enables you to search for things, people or places that Google knows about—landmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and more—and instantly get information that’s relevant to your query.

Hadware

● External storage● Standard USB cables

Other features

Multi-tasking

Face UnlockScreen-lock option that lets you unlock your device with your face

Voice typing and Voice search

It's more fun in Android Apps Development

Android is growing

Android now has 72.4% of the Smartphone Market (Gartner Worldwide Mobile Device Sales to End Users by Operating System in 3Q12)

25 billion app downloads675,000 apps and games1.3 million devices are activated worldwide daily(http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/2012/09/google-play-hits-25-billion-downloads.html)

Powerful development framework

● SDK provided by Google● Android Developer Tools● Android Emulator for testing● Free to download and use● Great documentation

Low learning curve

Image Sources:http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/30/oracle_issues_patch_for_latest_java_security_flaw and http://devlup.com/mobile/cross-platform-mobile-development-tools/2416/

Where to start?

1. Download the Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html)

2. Download the latest SDK tools and platforms using the SDK Manager. (http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/adding-packages.html)

3. Install ADT plugin for Eclipse (http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html)

Development Resources

● Android Developers Guidehttp://developer.android.com/develop/index.html

● Android Training:http://developer.android.com/training/index.html

● Android Design Guidelines: http://developer.android.com/design/index.html

Other Resources

● http://android-developers.blogspot.com/● https://plus.google.com/+AndroidDevelopers● http://stackoverflow.

com/questions/tagged/android● http://www.youtube.com/androiddevelopers● https://twitter.com/AndroidDev

Questions?

Image Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/35960-google-test-market-accidentally-released-reviewed-quickly-pulled/

Thank you very much!

It's more fun in Android!

Jomar TigcalDecember 10, 2012