introduction to
Android
By Jerome Pimmel
&
Phil Whelan

Smartphones....

Smartphones
iPhone
Nokia
BlackBerry
Palm
Android

Android Handsets
HTC Dream
HTC Hero (Oct 09)
Motorola Cliq (Oct 09)
15-20 more in 2010
(LG, Samsung, Sony, HTC....)

Other Android
Devices
Media Players
- Creative
- Archos
VOIP Console

Android Compared
To iPhone

Android Compared To iPhone
Similarities
Screen
Browser
Storage
Sensors
Camera & Video Recorder

Android Compared To iPhone
Interface Differences
Keyboard
Trackball
Multitouch

Android Compared To iPhone
Keyboard Differences

Android Compared To iPhone
Software Differences
APIs and Control
App Stores
Flash Support
Interface Concepts

APIs and Control
Apple
Apple likes to
“Control the experience”
No multi-tasking
Cannot use 3rd Party APIs
App cannot hook into native phone
events
Objective-C only
No interpreted languages

APIs and Control
Android
True Multi-tasking
3rd Party APIs allowed
Inter-application communication
UI Customization
Multi-language support
(Java, C, C++, Simple)
Interpreted language support
(Python, Lua, Ruby, JS)

App Stores
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App Stores
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Flash Support
Fully supported in Android

Interface Concepts
“Home Screens” / “Scenes”

Interface Concepts
App Widgets

Interface Concepts
People Centric

Developing
Android Apps

Android Architecture

Android Architecture

API Concepts
Activities
Intents and Services
Content Providers

API Concepts
Activities
Layouts
(Main View and
Widgets)
Handles user
Inputs
Broadcasts Intents

API Concepts
Intents
Apps
Broadcast Intents
Activities & Services
Handle Intents

API Concepts
Intents

API Concepts
Services
Activities interact with (and can
share) Services
Enables long-lived Apps
Provides background Services
Services receive Intents

API Concepts
Content Providers

Android Architecture

Additional API
Telephony
Notifications and Alarms (Sensors / Timers)
Graphics and Animation
Multimedia
Location / GPS

Development Tools
SDK & Emulator

Conclusion
iPhone OS presently faster, smoother and best
market
Android probably the next dominant OS
beside iPhone
Android solves additional problems
2010 will be critical for Android