Application Development

3 Most Important Classes

These 3 components form the building blocks for every Android Ap.  (There are more advanced components also).

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Differences To iOS

Buttons

Android devices have buttons, and in particular a back button  Android users expect the back button to work even if you have a back icon on the screen.

Logo, Brand and Android Name Use

Official Android Brand Guidelines

http://www.android.com/branding.html

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Overview

Files

AndroidManifest.xml

Central config file for the project.  Use the tabs to see all of it’s settings.

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Screengrabs

In the ‘Devices’ window of DDMS use the ‘Screen Capture’ button to take a screengrab of the selected emulator or device.

Starting Designing A Project

Create The Project

Open Eclipse > File > New > Android Project (or File > New > Other > Android > Android Project)

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