[SGVLUG] This is the droid you've been writing for...

[Matthew Campbell]

Good evening,

Ray Yip and I will be giving a talk for our Thursday meeting titled on
getting started with Android programming.

Please bring a laptop, an Android phone (yours or a friend or
stranger's) and a USB cable to connect the two.

I will cover:
Android programming overview.
Installing the development environment (Eclipse 3.5.2), the Android
SDK and the Eclipse ADT development tools.
Writing your first hello world application.
Compiling and emulating the application.
Installing the application on your phone.
Using the Google APIs.
Publishing your application.

Rae will cover more details of the Android operating system including
the filesystem layout
third party libraries
Open Intents


I have sent Tom an excerpt of the class notes that covers how to
install the development environment.  It is posted on the club's home
page at http://sgvlug.org/.  Due to limited network bandwidth in our
meeting room please download and install the development software
before the meeting.  Successful members will be on hand to help those
of you who run into problems with the install.  Ask on this list for any
help before the meeting.

Matt

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:05 PM, Rae Yip <rae.yip at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, Matt has done most of the groundwork for this first talk,
> and will walk us through a "getting started" guide. I'm preparing some
> other Android material in case we have some time left over.
>
> -Rae.
>
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Tom Emerson <starman9x at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well, the holidays are over, lights taken down, and lives slowly
>> getting back to normal - time to start considering the next SGVLUG
>> meeting!
>>
>> This month, Rae will give a tutorial on Android (phone) programming -
>> if you're frustrated about apps that "don't do quite what you want"
>> (or charge more than you think it is worth), here is a chance to learn
>> how to "roll your own" program and live the high life.
>>
>> This may be a good topic to bring a laptop and "follow along" as he
>> talks about different techniques -- you will want to install the
>> "SDK", or "software development kit", beforehand so you can run the
>> examples yourself.  Rae and Matt just sent me instructions which I've
>> just posted on our site [you can also head on over to
>> http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html and follow through
>> the installation steps (and do the "hello world" application if you
>> can)]  Although Rae will talk about installing the android platform
>> SDK, he won't go into too much specific detail (otherwise we'll spend
>> the entire evening talking about installing the SDK and not actually
>> talking about programming!)
>>
>> Note that if you run OpenSuSE like I do, there is an extra step you'll
>> need to perform to get the SDK to work - I don't remember the
>> specifics of it, but it is covered in the associated forum on the
>> developer.android site.  (basically, do a forum search for the error
>> message you get when trying to install the SDK - it complains of some
>> missing dependencies - and you should find the thread that specifies
>> how and where to get the "correct" package to provide those
>> dependencies)
>>
>> Installing the SDK and doing the tutorial should not take more than a
>> couple hours - if you get stuck, first check the forums on the
>> developer site (chances are your problem has been covered before) or
>> post to this list (well, consider this the second line of defense -
>> the people who reply in the forums do this every day...)  If you're
>> really stuck, and the forum answers are not helping, be ready with
>> your question at the start of the meeting - Rae or I or someone may be
>> able to provide some insight right off, but we don't want to get
>> sidetracked into what may be a one-off problem.
>>
>



-- 
Matthew Campbell
818.314.9897 (M)
dvdmatt at gmail.com