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Android Platform Overview

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Set Android Emulator

Not a Simulator!

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Create new Android project

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Android project layout

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Android Key Concepts and building blocks

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Activity Android Key Concepts

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Android Widgets Android Key Concepts

Button

TextView

EditText

ImageView

ImageButton

And many more…..

INPUT OUTPUT

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Android Intents Android Key Concepts

Intent about=new Intent(getApplicationContext(),About.class);startActivity(about);

SCREEN 1[ACTIVITY]

SCREEN 2[ACTIVITY]

provides runtime binding

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Android Intents Android Key Concepts

Intent intent = new Intent(this, DisplayMessageActivity.class);

Parameters

Context

The Class of the app component to which the system should deliver the Intent (in this case, the activity that should be started)

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Android Intents Android Key Concepts

Carry Collection of Data to another Activity

extras

putExtra

public void sendMessage(View view) { Intent intent = new Intent(this, DisplayMessageActivity.class); EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edit_message); String message = editText.getText().toString(); intent.putExtra(EXTRA_MESSAGE, message); startActivity(intent);}

Receive Intent

Intent intent = getIntent();String message = intent.getStringExtra(MainActivity.EXTRA_MESSAGE);

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XML codesAndroid Key Concepts

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"android:layout_height="fill_parent"android:background="#008080">

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Android Manifest FileAndroid Key Concepts

Think of plane manifest!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.randomname.costech" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0"> <application android:icon="@drawable/appicon" android:label="@string/app_name"> <activity android:name=".AppStartmenu" android:label="@string/app_name"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity>

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Android Manifest FileAndroid Key Concepts

<activity android:name=".Startmenu"></activity><activity android:name=".About"></activity><activity android:name=".Help"></activity> </application> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" /></manifest>

Think of plane manifest!

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Android layoutsAndroid Key Concepts

Linear Layout

Absolute layout

Frame layout

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Android Menus [options menu] Android Key Concepts

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Android Icons

Android Key Concepts

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Android App Deployment

Android Key Concepts

APK FILE

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1 Reference Android App

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