https://github.com/blundell/BrightonJavaTwitter This is an introduction to Android for Java developers. The original event was at the Brighton Java Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Brighton-Java/events/145569932/

1. Hands-on
Android
Paul Blundell - Novoda

2. Android Threading
- Main (UI) Thread
- dispatching events
- drawing
- Worker Threads
- accessing network
- accessing database
http://developer.android.com/guide/components/processes-and-threads.html

3. Android Components
- Activity
- screen with which users can interact
- Fragment
- portion of user interface / behaviour
- View
- Objects that draw to the screen
- ViewGroup
- Holds other views & viewgroup’s to define layout
http://developer.android.com/guide/components/activities.html

4. Android Activity Lifecycle
- Resume
- Running in the foreground & has focus
- Paused
- Another activity is in the foreground & has focus, but
this activity still visible.
- Stopped
- The activity is completely obscured by another activity,
“backgrounded” but still ‘alive’. Maintains state but is unattached.
http://developer.android.com/guide/components/activities.html#Lifecycle

5. Hands-on Twitter
- https://github.com/blundell/BrightonJavaTwitter
- https://twitter.com/search?q=brighton
- Activities & Fragments
- Threading
- Activity Lifecycle
- Views & Layouts
- Device ‘Fragmentation’

6. Recommended
Sites
- http://developer.android.com/
- http://developer.android.com/training/index.html
- http://www.youtube.com/user/androiddevelopers
- http://commonsware.com/Android/ - Mark Murphy
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android
Books
- Professional-Android-Application-Development - Reto Meier
- Smashing-Android-UI - Juhani L