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Presentation of the Android Tech Track by Sogeti.Presentation by: * Ben Stroobants* Kenneth Van Rumste* Mark Fonteyne* Mikhail Panshenskov* Alexis Mathieux* Geoffroy Mispelaere* Tom Pluym
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Android Tech Track
Mobile App development24 February 2011
Sogeti, Evere
Ben Stroobants, Kenneth Van Rumste, Alexis Mathieux, Geoffroy Mispelaere, Tom Pluym
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Agenda
• Introduction
• Demonstration
• Set up
• Track Actions
• Conclusion
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Introduction
• Smartphones & Mobile Apps
• Android
• Case: Antalis
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Introduction: Smartphones & Mobile Apps
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Mobile Apps
• Communication is already multi/cross-channel
• New channel
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Mobile Apps vs Mobile Website
• Mobile Website– One single design for all devices– No obligation to download new versions– Save on the cost of development– Independence with regard to app stores and operators: not
subject to market place checks– No commission to pay to an app store– Instantly available to the public (automatic indexation in
search engines).
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Mobile Apps vs Mobile Website
• Mobile App– Format perfectly suited to the device– One-click access (no searching as on a mobile site)– Can work offline– Look and feel is more accessible to the general public– Can offer more advanced functions: integration of device
features like geolocation, camera, accelerometer– Modern image– Direct shortcut to the ‘brand’: users tend to spend more time
on an application than to spend on a website. Also, a person downloading an application reflects already trust and interest in the ‘brand’.
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Mobile Apps vs Mobile website
• Consultant’s answer: ‘It depends’
• Important to ensure – consistent image– consistent cross-channel experience.
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Android
1. What is Android?2. The Open Handset Alliance3. Recent version history4. Features5. Architecture6. Apps on Android7. Global market importance
Overview
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Android
• A software platform and operating system for mobile devices
• Initially developed by Android, inc. (bought by Google in 2005)
• Since 2007, result of collaboration by Open Handset Alliance
• Open platform, released under the Apache license
What is Android?
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Android
The Open Handset Alliance (OHA)
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Android
• Established on November 5, 2007• Led by Google. Initially 34 enterprises joined (number still
growing)• Enterprises include major players from different sectors:
– Mobile operators: T-Mobile, Vodafone,…– Software companies: Google, eBay, Nuance,…– Commercialization companies: Accenture,…– Semiconductor companies: Intel, Nvidia,…– Handset manufacturers: HTC, Motorola,…
• Goal: Develop technologies that will significantly lower the cost of developing and distributing mobile devices and services
The Open Handset Alliance (OHA)
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Android
• Android 2.1 - Eclair: Released January 2010• Android 2.2 – Froyo: Released May 2010
– General OS, speed, memory improvements– Support for Adobe Flash 10.1
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread: Released December 2010– Improved hardware support and power management
• Android 3.0 Honeycomb: Preview release January 2011– Support for multicore processors– For now: only tablet-support– Improved user interface– Today? Launch of Motorola Xoom, first tablet with Android 3.0
Recent version history
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Android
Recent version history- market share
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Android
• Integrated browser based on open-source WebKit engine, coupled with Chrome JS engine v8.
• SQLite: RDBMS• Wide range of media support• Multitasking possible• Dalvik Virtual Machine: optimized for mobile devices
Software features
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Android
• connectivity technologies: GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LTE, and WiMAX.
• Wide range of hardware support:– Touchscreen (multitouch)– Cameras– GPS– Accelerometers– Gyroscopes– Proximity and pressure sensors
• Accelerated 3D graphics
Hardware features
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AndroidArchitecture
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Android
• Android SDK or native code• Android Market (Google’s appStore)
– Made available in October 2008– Support for paid applications since February 2009– Since december 2010: +200,000 apps available– Est. 2.5 billion downloads so far– Not the only place where you can find apps!
• Alternative markets: Andspot, Handango,…• Install the apps yourself by use of the APK-file (Android
package)
Apps on android
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Android
• 300,000 android-based devices are activated each day• Best-selling mobile platform at this moment• On daily-use basis, there’s still heavy competition from iOS,
Symbian and Blackberry, but Android’s usage is rising rapidly
Global market importance
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Android
Global market importance
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Case Antalis
• Long user session: collect products to order during the day
• Fast order flow: users know their product codes
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Demonstration
• Android App
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Set Up
• Android SDK + Eclipse ADT plugin
• Source control : private repository in GitHub
• Server Application
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Android Tech Track
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Approach / Actions: BeJUG
What is BeJUG?• Belgian Java User Group• Official mission statement; “The primary focus of The
Belgium Java User Group (founded in 1997) is to inform our members about the Java ecosystem.”
• When? Every two weeks.• Where? Several location in Belgium (Ghent, Antwerp,
Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve).• More information on www.bejug.org
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Approach / Actions: BeJUG
BeJUG and Sogeti• 5 silver subscriptions; 5 persons from Sogeti can join BeJUG
sessions.• Check your mailbox for proposals or make your own.
(… and don’t forget the free drinks and the free pizzas!)
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Approach / Actions: BeJUG
BeJUG and the Android Tech Track• Regular session
– The “usual” conference,– One or several gurus present a technology or framework,– In the case of Android, the conference was about presenting
the most important components of an Android application, as well as the interesting “buzzwords” to look into when making an application.
• Dojo session– A much more technical approach,– A small contextual idea is given at the beginning of the
session,– Everyone, one person after another, is invited to add a little
brick to the whole.
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Approach / Actions: Initial App
A hello-world applicationA hello-world application
• Create a hello world app
• Structure
• Information
http://developer.android.com/
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Approach / Actions: Initial App
Antalis projectAntalis project
• Notepad tutorial
• CRUD on Products and User Account
• SQLite
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Approach / Actions: Authentication
• Oauth2: protocol for secure API authorization
• Tokens over credentials
• Scenario
• Client Credentials flow
• Implementation– Server: Spring Security + Spring Mobile Security– Client: leeloo
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Approach / Actions: Promotions
Goal : A way to display promotions to customers.
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Approach / Actions: Promotions
Idea : Usage of a list that shows different banners and details.
Expandable List
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Approach / Actions: Promotions
Server side
Two webservices :
• getPromotions to retrieve all the promotions as a JSON object.
• getPicture to download the banner linked to a promotion.
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Approach / Actions: Promotions
Client side
• ExpandableListActivity It’s an activity that displays an expandable list of items by binding to a data source and exposes event handlers when the user selects an item.
• ExpandableListAdapterAn adapter that links an ExpandableListView with the underlying data. This adapter will provide access to the data of the children (categorized by groups) and also instantiate Views for children and groups.
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Approach / Actions: Promotions
Problems :
• Refresh of the list of promotions when the application is running.
• Latency to display the list due to the download of the pictures.
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Approach / Actions: Promotions
Promotions – Services - Introduction•Services are used to;
– Perform a longer-running operation while not interacting with the user
– Supply functionalities for other applications to use
•It has its own lifecycle and can be bound to an activity or any other component having an Android context.
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Approach / Actions: Promotions
Promotions – Services - Specifications•Although it can be set up to have its own process, it is by default managed by the main application thread.•Binding to a service is an asynchronous operation, meaning that you have to first use a callback method before calling specific operations on your service.
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Approach / Actions: Promotions
Promotions – Asynchronous tasks•An easy way to execute one-shot background operations without blocking the UI.•Used by subclassing the AsyncTask class and running the execute(…) method.•The system keeps a link to the UI thread to allow easier update of the progress in the interface.
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Approach / Actions: Barcode scanning
• Integration of other functionality by Intents
• Handle the response: ‘onActivityResult’
• Barcode scanner ZXing
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Approach / Actions: Layout
• Activity class– Lifecycle– start Activities and get
results
• XML-configuration
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Approach / Actions: iPhone
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Approach / Actions: iPhone
Android• Java
(subset of J2SE)• Component reuse,
Activity, Intents• JUnit tests• Open source
Iphone• Objective-C (C with
extensions for OO)• MVC model, Controller,
Sharing Data• Unit tests
Language, Programming model and platform.
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Approach / Actions: iPhone
Android• Guide and API
reference (online and offline).
• Videos, tutorials• Open source Android
projects• ApiDemos section
www.android.com
Iphone• Starting guide• videos• Some open source
projects
http://developer.apple.com
Documentations
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Approach / Actions: iPhone
Android• Eclipse Plugin• Android UIBuilder• Eclipse debugger• Trace view• Emulator• Debug on real device
Iphone• XCode• UIBuilder• Debugger• Profiler• Emulator• Debug on real device (need to pay for that)
Tooling
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Approach / Actions: iPhone
Android• Android market• Available in a few
minutes• Take 30% of your
app price.
Iphone• App Store• Need to be
approved by Apple• Take 30% of your
app price.
App Store
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Conclusions
• Know how
• Confidence
• Track approach worked