Day 1. ->Program Introduction ->Installation guide ->Creating New Application ->Project Structure ->Basic Application development using Button, Edittext, textView and Toast

1. HELLO
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2. @vivekbhusal
Vivek Bhusal
Mobile Application Developer,
YoungInnovations
2 years in mobile application development
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4. Anjan Shrestha
UX Lead,
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5+ years in UI design and development
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5. Prawesh Shrestha
Project Manager,
YoungInnovations
3+ years Manager for Mobile Nepal

6. Mobile Nepal Community
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7. This is an extensive course that covers the Android Basics and more.

8. This is an extensive course that covers the Android Basics and more.
Aimed to get you STARTED on the right foot.

9. This is an extensive course that covers the Android Basics and more.
Aimed to get you STARTED on the right foot.
Know your Android better.

10. This is an extensive course that covers the Android Basics and more.
Aimed to get you STARTED on the right foot.
Know your Android better.
Develop an Android Application?

11. INSTALLATION

12. The official development environment
Google recommends for Android
Java SDK
Android SDK
Android Eclipse IDE

13. The official development environment
Google recommends for Android
Java SDK
Android SDK
Installed Together is the
ADT Bundle
Android Eclipse IDE

14. Installed Together is the
ADT Bundle
PREREQUISITES
Java SDK and the Java Runtime Environment
http://bit.ly/bMkbpo

15. Download ADT Bundle from
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Unzip and Extract
Navigate to the “eclipse” folder to launch eclipse

16. Development demands
packages which can be
downloaded from SDK
Manager

17. Select these
boxes.
Also, select
- Doc, Samples,
Intel
- Optional
-
-
Android
Support Library
Google USB
Driver
Select Install
Packages

18. TESTING ON
EMULATORS

19. http://
developer.android.com/tools/
devices/emulator.html
We can test apps that we
are building on Android
Emulator
Testing can also be done
plugging an Android
device
For a smoother experience,
installation of the Intel x86
HAXM is recommended.
http://bit.ly/1aFloCd

20. Setting up
Emulator

21. AVD
Manager

22. In Eclipse, select window ->
Android Virtual Device
Manager
Select New … on the right
menu.
Enter values as shown.

23. Running the
Emulator

24. AVD
Manager

25. TIME TO
PROGRAM

26. SETTING UP THE PROJECT

27. SETTING UP THE PROJECT

28. SETTING UP THE PROJECT
Checklist
Minimum SDK support must be setup
Features like the ActionBar is not available in
earlier API versions.
Target APK
The API being targetted
Always compile with the latest API
Keep clicking on Next untill we end the setup process

29. 1
Create the UI for our
application.
xml
2
Make the UI functional
java
Getting
started

30. xml
java
UI Instatiation
UI Functions

31. Guidelines

32. <Button
android:id = “@+id/button”
android:layout_width = “fill_parent”
android:layout_height = “wrap_content”
android:text = “Press Me”/>
While working with
Views/UI elements
always give them an id
width and height are compulsory to declare.
id's are to be declared if they are to be manipulated.

33. setContentView() :
…
setContentView(R.layout.file_name);
Refer to your layout in
your src with this

34. Button button:
… (inside onCreate())
button =
(Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
Refer to the Button
declared earlier

35. button.setOnClickListener( … );
Manipulating the
Button

36. Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), “This
is a short popup message”,
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
Displaying the Short
Popup

37. Auto-generated: DO NOT EDIT
Contains ID of the project resources
Use findViewById and Resources object to
get access to the resources:
R class found under
gen
E.g.
Button =
(Button)findViewById(R.id.button);
E.g.
getResources().getString(R.string.
hello);

38. THAT’S ALL FOLKS!
WE’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW