This document provides an overview of Android application development. It begins with prerequisites like Java and version control. It then discusses smartphones and various smartphone platforms like Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. The bulk of the document focuses on Android, explaining what it is, its technical and business advantages, opportunities to monetize apps, and the developer tools needed to get started with Android development within 30 minutes. It provides diagrams of the Android architecture and ecosystem and guides readers through creating a simple first app.

1. 1
Quick Start
Anuchit Chalothorn
anoochit@gmail.com
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

2. About Me
Current
● Senior Software Engineer @ SIPA
● Writer @ thaiopensource.org
● Open Source Contributor

3. Prerequisites
● Java Programming Language
● Database Management System
● Web Service
● Web Application Programming
● Version Control System

4. Smartphone
● Mobile phone that offer more advanced
computing ability, feature and connectivity
● Handheld computer integrated with mobile
telephone
● They also provide their own operating
system with application development
framework
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone

5. Smartphone Platforms
Smartphone platforms
● Android
● iPhone (iOS)
● Blackberry
● Windows Phone
● Tizen
● SailFish
● Firefox OS
● Ubuntu Touch

6. Tablet Platforms
Tablet Platforms
● iPad (iOS)
● Android Tablet
● Surface (Windows)
● Ubuntu Touch

7. Application Platforms
Platforms Language Remark
Android Java, C, C++ http://developer.android.com
iOS Object-C,HTML5 http://developer.apple.com
Blackberry C/C++,Java,HTML5,Air http://developer.blackberry.com
Windows C# http://dev.windowsphone.com/
Tizen C++ https://developer.tizen.org/
SailFish C++ https://sailfishos.org/develop.html
Ubuntu Touch QML, HTML5 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch

8. What is Android ?
Android is a Linux-based operating system
designed primarily for touchscreen mobile
devices such as smartphones and tablet
computers.

9. Why Android ?
Technical advantage
● No need to pay, you can develop and test
in your own device
● Open Source Platform
● Java programming language
● Rich and easy to integrate feature set
● Development environment support in
Windows, Mac, Linux

10. Why Android ?
Business advantage
● Google Play
○ Integrated market app
○ One time low registration fee ($25)
● Many Distribution Channel
● Low Barrier to Market
○ No approval process
○ Less restriction copyright issue

11. Opportunities
● Google Play
● Amazon Appstore for Android
● Cisco Enterprise Market
● Blackberry App World
● 3th party distribution channel
○ Andspot
○ Handango
○ Getjar
○ SlideMe
○ AppBrain
○ etc

12. Monetize Opportunities
● Paids Apps
● In-App Billing
● Free Apps with Ads
○ AdMob
○ AdWhirl
○ Mobclix
○ etc

14. Developer Console

15. APK

16. Pricing and Distribution

17. Device Compatibility

18. User Install by Android Version

19. User Install By Device

20. User Install By Country

21. User Install By Language

22. Monetize your App with Admob

23. Admob revenue chart

24. Architecture Diagram

25. Android Version
● Android 1.0
● Android 1.1
● Android 1.5 Cupcake
● Android 1.6 Donut
● Android 2.0 - 2.1 Eclair
● Android 2.2 - 2.2.3 Froyo
● Android 2.3 - 2.3.7 Gingerbread

26. Android Version
● Android 3.0 - 3.2 Honeycomb
● Android 4.0 - 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich
● Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
● Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
● Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie

27. Diagram

28. Diagram
Source : http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

29. Diagram

30. Android Devices
● Smartphone
● Tablet
● Smart TV
● TV Box
● Android Box, Android Stick
● Multimedia Box
● etc

32. Diagram

33. Developer Tools
● Java SDK (6 is better)
● Eclipse or ADT bundle
● Android Development Toolkit (ADT)
● Android SDK
● Smartphone or Tablet (optional)
● Install emulator images a.k.a AVD
* If you want to use an emulator your machine must have at least 4GB of ram, atom image and intel
hardware accelerator software.

34. Design Tools
● Pencil
● Fluid UI
● Device Art Generator
● Google Play Badge
● Android Asset Studio
● Font Awesome

35. 30 Minutes install software
● Java SDK
● Eclipse or ADT bundle
● Install ADT
● Install Android SDK Tools
● Install Android Platform Tools
● SDK Platform & Google APIs (10,17)
● Install System images (Atom)
● Android Support Library
● Google Admob Ads SDK
● Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAMX)

38. Create your first App
● Create new Android project...
● Identify project name or application name
● Identify package name usually use reverse
domain name eg: com.example.appname
● Select Minimum API Level
● Select Target API Level
● Select Compile with API Level
● Theme

40. Diagram

42. Running your App
Only 2 ways to test your application
● Running on your device
○ this is better way but don't forget to install USB driver
for debugging and set your device to USB
debugging
● Running on your emulator
○ very slow, you should accept this issue T_T

44. Project structure
● src
● gen
● assets
● libs
● res
○ drawable
○ layout
○ menu
○ values
● AndroidManifest.xml

45. Building simple UI
● Play with UI designer
● Put some widgets to your activity
○ Label
○ Text Editor
○ Button
○ etc
● Run your app again...

47. Debug Tools
Play with debug tools
● Log
● DDMS

49. End