The document discusses how combining Android and Google App Engine allows developers to easily build scalable and secure Android apps that leverage cloud services. It highlights key App Engine benefits like cost, scalability, security and ease of use. The Google Plugin for Eclipse 2.4 beta now includes tools that make it simple to connect Android apps to App Engine through features like remote procedure call support and push notifications. An example task management app demo is shown to illustrate the architecture and capabilities.

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3. Android + App Engine:
A Developer's Dream Combination
Xavier Ducrohet,
SDK Tech Lead, Android
Brad Abrams,
Product Manager, Cloud Developer Tooling
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4. Why Are We Here?
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5. Questions with the cloud
•Cost
•Scalability
•Security and Identity
•Ease of Use

6. Google App Engine to the Rescue
• Cost
o Free to get started
pay for only what you use
• Scalability
o Simple and Built in
• Security and Identity
o Google Accounts built in
• Ease of Use
• Java Eclipse plugin

7. Google Plugin for Eclipse Overview
• Java development with App Engine
o Local debugging and test environment
o Integrated push to production
o Easy Google API Access
o GWT based web application development
 Including a great visual designer
• Widely used
o over 150K deployments to App engine every month

8. Task Demo Application Architecture

9. Task Demo Application Architecture

10. Announcing....
Google Plugin for Eclipse 2.4 Beta
• Now includes support for android Applications
• RPC Tooling Support
• Seamless C2DM support
Download it today
o http://code.google.com/eclipse

11. The Demo

12. Summary
• Increase your customer-love by cloud connecting your Android Apps
• Google App Engine is the ideal platform for many applications
• GPE 2.4 beta makes it very easy

13. Resources
• Demo
• Starter Project: http://bigdaddy-io.appspot.com/
• Source code: https://code.google.com/p/cloud-tasks-io
• Running App: http://cloudtasksio.appspot.com/
• Android and the Android Developer Tools (ADT)
o developer.android.com
o Other IO Sessions
 Android Development Tools
 Best Practices for Accessing Google APIs on Android
• App Engine and the Google Plugin for Eclipse (GPE)
o code.google.com/appengine/
o Other IO Sessions
o Bring the Cloud to Your IDE with the Google Plugin for Eclipse
o Scaling App Engine Applications

14. Next Steps
We need your feedback!
Several enhancements in the pipe
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15. Questions?
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