This document provides an overview of developing Android applications. It discusses why embedded engineers should learn Android development and reviews Android's market share. It then covers the Model-View-Controller framework used in Android and demonstrates how to build a simple "Hello World" app in Android Studio. It explains the various files used in an Android project and how to run the app on an emulator or Android device. The document concludes by suggesting some next steps like modifying the app text and adding an interactive button.

1. Android Workshop
Explore, Learn and Design
By Sagar Patel

2. Why an EC fellow should develop app
• Embedded Engineer
• Hardware optimization for Application life
cycle
• Link between pure Hardware engineer and
pure IT engineer
• Entrepreneurs are focusing on Mobile
Application

3. Why should I go for Android?

4. Numbers
• Worldwide 700 million smartphones sold in
2012.
• 0.5 billion Smartphones belong to Android
with around 70% market share globally.

5. Where to look?

6. How android phone works?
Input
Touch
Output
View

7. Android MVC

8. Development
• I/O Interface or User Interface
XML Layout
• Database update
XML Resources
• Controller
Java Classes
• Layout between Java
Android Manifest file

9. Let’s Build First Application

10. Tools required
• Android SDK (Software Development Kit)
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
• ADT Plug In
http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/eclipseadt.html

11. Eclipse
• Start new project by File -> New -> Android
Application Project.
• Select the Appropriate API version and
package name for your project.
• Click on Next. Again click on next.
• Select the launcher icon if you want.
• For Activity select Blank Activity and click on
next and then finish.

12. What do all this file do?
• MainActivity
– Starting point of your application
– Responds to events, clicks and
switches between activities
• Layout Files
– GUI for your application
– Keeps Database
• Android Manifest
– Keeps track of Layouts and Java files
– It contains the permission for other
interfaces like camera, memory card,
Bluetooth, GPS, Internet Access.

13. Create an Android Virtual Device
• Click on AVD Icon :
• Windows -> AVD Manager -> New.

15. Android Phone can be used
(Much Faster)

16. Running your First App
• Click the project folder so that it is highlighted (very
important . You must run your app from here)
• Run as an Android App
• The app will install on your android virtual device
• Find your app name by clicking the apps icon and start
it

17. App on Emulator

18. Let’s Hack It
• Changing the Hello World by “Welcome
Developers”

19. Adding Interactions (Button)
• Button is used for input from User
• It is designed in XML
• Let’s Add button to start new Activity

20. Adding some Maths

21. Nice Job!!!
• Made our First Application.
• Test app on Virtual Device.
• Directly debug on mobile.

22. Acknowledgement
• Special Thanks for Prof. Akash Macwan
• Thanks to Prasann Shukla

23. Android Help
• Developer.android.com
• TheNewBoston open Source tutorials on
Android

24. Contact
• Mobile: +91 89054 50243
• Sagarpatel.9556@gmail.com
• Blog: Creat-Tricks.blogspot.com
• YT Channel : Sagar Patel

25. Thank You