This document provides an overview of developing Android apps from scratch. It begins by establishing some presentation rules and then discusses the fundamental rule of having at least one guaranteed user before building an app. It explains how this ensures a good app and why this process works. The document then covers identifying problems to solve, opportunities, and where to find user stories. It discusses the differences between customers and users. It provides an example of a basic Metrolink app with a hardcoded implementation for one user story. Finally, it gives an introduction to Android, including an API level breakdown and overview of basic components like activities and views. It suggests next steps for learning Android development.

1. Android Apps from Scratch

2. McKelvey’s Presentation Rules
• Cell Phones – Ok
• Questions – Ok
• Interruptions – Bring it!

4. The Fundamental Rule
• Have one guaranteed user before you start
building your app.
• Really simple…
• How does this ensure a good app?

5. Makes you answer important ?’s
BEFORE YOU START

6. Why this rule works
• Process of Innovation:
– Embodiment of a useful idea in the marketplace
– Useful idea
– In the marketplace

7. For us
• Identify problems to solve
• Solve those problems in new ways

8. Identifying Opportunity

9. Identifying Opportunity
• Fundamental rule for a successful app
• Real-life TDD
• Where user stories can come from
• For profit?

10. Where User Stories Come From

11. For Profit?

12. For Profit
• Customer vs User
• Three vs One
• Three Guaranteed Customers

13. The Metrolink App
• User story we encountered
• Basic hardcoded implementation
– One specific user story

14. What Next?

15. What next?
• Survey your options
• Select your tools

16. Intro to Android
• Has many API levels
• The Android Dashboard
• Quick project structure tour (live code)

17. API Level Breakdown
• Froyo/Gingerbread 1.5->2.3 (3-10)
– Specifically for Smartphones
• Honeycomb 3.0-3.2 (11-13)
– Specifically for Tablets
• Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 (14-15)
– Merging of all previous functionality
• Jelly Bean 4.1+ (16-18)
– UI Updates & Google Play integration
• Next: Kit-Kat

18. Basic Components
• Lots of room for Activities
• Views
• Intents ->

19. Activities

20. Views

21. What you can do tomorrow
• Google “android developer”
• Download eclipse, mess around
• Prepare…

23. October KJUG
• Making Games in HTML5 (aka #!%& flash)
• Intermediate Android Development
• Chip’s Presentation

24. A riddle
• What lasts all night
• Is fueled by energy drinks, snacks and sweets
• really HACKS that frontal cortex
• And looks fantastic on your resume?
• Coming April, 2014