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It's more fun in Android!

Jomar Tigcal
Jomar Tigcal

Android is a popular and open-source mobile operating system. It offers users choice in manufacturers, hardware specifications, default apps, and keyboards. Android integrates well with Google services and has a wide selection of apps available. Notifications are expandable and actionable, and the home screen supports widgets. Android allows for multi-tasking, face unlock, voice typing, and voice search. It has a large market share and the Android developer platform has a low learning curve and many development resources available.

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It's more fun in Android! Jomar Tigcal December 10, 2012
Jomar Tigcal Community Manager of GDG Philippines Mobile Apps (Android) Developer Software Engineer at Stratpoint Technologies, Inc. http://jomar.tigcal.com jomar@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 aboutlandmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and moreand instantly get information thats relevant to your query.
Hadware External storage Standard USB cables
Other features Multi-tasking Face Unlock Screen-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 downloads 675,000 apps and games 1.3 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 Guide http://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 Tigcal December 10, 2012

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It's more fun in Android!

  • 1. It's more fun in Android! Jomar Tigcal December 10, 2012
  • 2. Jomar Tigcal Community Manager of GDG Philippines Mobile Apps (Android) Developer Software Engineer at Stratpoint Technologies, Inc. http://jomar.tigcal.com jomar@tigcal.com @jomartigcal
  • 4. What is Android? Linux-based mobile operating system World's most popular mobile platform Open-source
  • 5. 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
  • 6. Integration with Google Services Gmail Google Calendar Google Drive Google Maps Google Talk Google Chrome Youtube
  • 7. Wider app selection Google Play (formerly Android Market) Amazon App Store Other market place
  • 8. Notifications Expandable, actionable notifications Swipe to dismiss notifications Image Source: http://www.android.com/about/
  • 9. 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/
  • 10. 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.
  • 11. 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 aboutlandmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and moreand instantly get information thats relevant to your query.
  • 12. Hadware External storage Standard USB cables
  • 13. Other features Multi-tasking Face Unlock Screen-lock option that lets you unlock your device with your face Voice typing and Voice search
  • 14. It's more fun in Android Apps Development
  • 15. 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 downloads 675,000 apps and games 1.3 million devices are activated worldwide daily (http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/2012/09/google- play-hits-25-billion-downloads.html)
  • 16. Powerful development framework SDK provided by Google Android Developer Tools Android Emulator for testing Free to download and use Great documentation
  • 17. 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/
  • 18. 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)
  • 19. Development Resources Android Developers Guide http://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
  • 20. 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
  • 22. Thank you very much!
  • 23. It's more fun in Android! Jomar Tigcal December 10, 2012