This document provides an introduction to Android 4.0 including its history, key features, and how to get started with Android development. It outlines that Android is an open source, Linux-based software stack that is the market leader in smartphones. Android 4.0 introduced a single, consistent API for both mobile and tablet devices, available source code, a holo theme, action bar, grid layout, and many other new features. It recommends tutorials and books for learning Android development.

2. 3 Minute Android Intro
History lesson
Features of Android 4.0
Can I use it already?

3. About me – Lars Vogel
Independent Eclipse and Android consultant, trainer and
book author
Eclipse committer
More then one million visitors at http://www.vogella.de

4. What is Android?

5. Software stack based on Linux
Open Source
Developed by Google

6. Marketleader in the
Smartphone area

7. 880 000 new phone
activiations per day
(Febr. 2012)

8. Currently looser in the
tablet space
(Number 2)

9. Programming
Using the Java language to
create applications

10. We sue
them for that!
BIG MONEY ahead!

12. The age of
Android 3.x

13. Mobile
Tablet
Two different API's

14. If I only had the
source code.

15. Google?

16. Android 4.0
One API
Source code available

17. Android 4.0

18. Hardware
Rendering

19. Holo Theme – Consistent
Theming cross devices
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo"
Theme: DeviceDefault

20. ActionBar

21. GridLayout

22. Resizable Widgets

23. StackView in Widgets

24. Drag &
Drop

25. Texture View

26. Calendar API

27. ViewPager

28. Properties
Animation API

29. Fragments

30. Fragments

31. More Stuff
Android Beam via NFC
Wi-Fi Direct
Social API
Bluetooth Health Device Profile
… audio and media

32. Can I use it?

34. Comp Lib v4
Fragements
Solution for ActionBar
ViewPager
GridLayout promissed
Own package

35. Android 4.0

37. Android: Where to go
from here:
Android Introduction Tutorial
http://www.vogella.de/articles/Android/article.html
Or Google for „Android Development Tutorial“
Android SQLite and ContentProvider Book
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006YUWEFE
More on Android
http://www.vogella.de/android.html

38. Thank you
For further questions:
Lars.Vogel@gmail.com
http://www.vogella.de
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Google+ http://gplus.to/vogella

39. License &
Acknowledgements
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