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    Android Tools and SDK Overview

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    This document provides an introduction and overview of an Android programming tutorial. It discusses the structure of an Android project including the src, gen, and res directories. It also covers using layouts and images in an Android app, and how they are referenced using the R class. The tutorial will cover topics like views, layouts, activities and the manifest file. Attendees are encouraged to explore sample Android apps before the next session on creating a first Android app.

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    This document provides an introduction and overview of an Android programming tutorial. It discusses the structure of an Android project including the src, gen, and res directories. It also covers using layouts and images in an Android app, and how they are referenced using the R class. The tutorial will cover topics like views, layouts, activities and the manifest file. Attendees are encouraged to explore sample Android apps before the next session on creating a first Android app.

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    The document discusses the basics of Android development including project structure, command line tools, layouts and images.

    Some command line tools discussed are adb, android, adb, hierarchy viewer, layoutopt, and monkey.

    The main components of an Android project structure include the src, gen, res, assets, and AndroidManifest.xml files.

    Hands-On-Android

    An Introduction to Android Application Programming

    Session 0 : Introduction

    Thinking like an Android Developer


    The Android Software Developers Kit
    Project structure
    Working with layouts and images
    Playing with SDK samples

    Hands-On-Android, Loeb & Angrave


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    2010
    Welcome!

    Your hosts today are


    Lawrence
    Alex

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    2010
    Is it easy to master Android Programming?

    API Features
    2D and 3D Graphics
    Layouts and views
    SQL Database
    Sensors, Cameras,
    Broadcast Intents and Receivers
    Live desktop

    Performance on a low resource machine


    Breaking OO Rules
    Activity Lifecycle
    GUI Thread and handlers
    Background Threads & Background Services
    Battery Life. Connectivity failures
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    2010
    About Today

    Is it a guided tour?
    A laundry list of tips and tricks?
    A Jumping off point?
    A chance to make mistakes?
    A chance to meet others?

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    Your Android SDK directory

    docs/
    guide A comprehensive introductory guide
    resources FAQs, Articles, Howtos and Best
    Practices
    reference javadoc (Java class documentation)

    samples sample code


    tools useful command line tools for specific
    tasks
    platforms different versions of Android systems
    addons Google extras e.g. Maps API

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    2010
    Use adb to talk to device (or emulator)

    SDK/tools must be on your path otherwise cd


    to the correct directory.
    Open a terminal (dos window).
    Phone: Settings>Applications>Allow USB Debugging
    Start emulator / attach your phone then

    Try it!
    adb logcat . Useful to have logcat running all
    the time.
    adb shell (then ls)
    adb (will list all adb commands)

    Useful: adb push/pull to transfer files and directories


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    2010
    Other command line tools exist
    android (android ) A script that lets you manage AVDs and generate Ant build files that you can use to compile your
    Android applications.
    Android Debug Bridge ( adb ) The adb tool lets you install your application's .apk files on an emulator or device and access
    the emulator or device from a command line. You can also use it to link a standard debugger to application code running
    on an Android emulator or device.

    Hierarchy Viewer The Hierarchy Viewer tool allows you to debug and optimize your user interface. It provides a visual
    representation of your layout's hierarchy of Views and a magnified inspector of the current display with a pixel grid, so
    you can get your layout just right.
    layoutopt This tool lets you quickly analyze your application's layouts for efficiency.

    UI/Application Exerciser Monkey The Monkey is a program that runs on your emulator or device and generates pseudo-
    random streams of user events such as clicks, touches, or gestures, as well as a number of system- level events. You can
    use the Monkey to stress-test applications that you are developing, in a random yet repeatable manner

    zipalign An important .apk optimization tool. This tool ensures that all uncompressed data starts with a particular alignment
    relative to the start of the file. This should always be used to align .apk files after they have been signed.
    Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (ddms) Integrated with Dalvik, the Android platform's custom VM, this tool lets you manage
    processes on an emulator or device and assists in debugging. You can use it to kill processes, select a specific process to
    debug, generate trace data, view heap and thread information, take screenshots of the emulator or device, and more.
    Traceview This tool produces graphical analysis views of trace log data that you can generate from your Android application.

    sqlite3 Included as a convenience, this tool lets you access the SQLite data files created and used by Android applications.

    Android Emulator A QEMU-based device-emulation tool that you can use to design, debug, and test your applications in an
    actual Android run-time environment.
    Draw 9-patch The Draw 9-patch tool allows you to easily create a NinePatch graphic using a WYSIWYG editor. It also previews
    stretched versions oft he image, and highlights the area in which content is allowed.
    dx The dx tool rewrites .class bytecode into Android bytecode (stored in .dex files.)
    Android Asset Packaging Tool (aapt) The aapt tool lets you create .apk files containing the binaries and resources of Android
    applications. Android Interface Description Language (aidl) Lets you generate code for an interprocess interface, such as
    what a service might use.
    mksdcard Helps you create a disk image that you can use with the emulator, to simulate the presence of an external storage
    card (such as an SD card).

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    Android Project

    Look at HelloWorld project

    Hands-On-Tutorial, Loeb & Angrave


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    2010
    Android Project Structure

    src/
    Your Java files for your application go here in subdirectories.
    gen/
    Contains Java files automatically generated such as your
    R.java file.
    res/
    Contains app resources, such as images, layout files, string
    values.
    assets/ Optional
    You can use it to store other raw asset files.

    AndroidManifest.xml
    Describes the contents of your application.

    default.properties
    This file contains Android project settings. Do not edit it directly
    instead right-click the project folder and select "Properties".

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    Introducing Layouts

    xml file that describes how to layout a set of window


    components.
    e.g. chesslayout.xml

    <LinearLayout >
    <ImageView > </ImageView >
    <TextView > </TextView>
    <TextView > </TextView>
    </LinearLayout>

    Many attributes. Eclipse wizard. More about this in


    Session 1.
    Can create custom components.
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    2010
    Project Layout
    Java classes are compiled when you save them
    src/game/chess/GameActivity.java
    Compiled to .class .. which is translated into
    Androids .dx format

    Strings, Images, Views, Layouts etc go in res


    subdirectory
    Integer constants appear in R.java so that you can
    easily use the resource from Java

    Output?
    Everything zipped up into a single apk file
    To manually install adb install chess.apk ; but lets use
    Eclipse
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    2010
    Images and layouts

    Put
    chesslayout.xml in res/layout
    bishop.png in res/drawable

    Entries in R.java magically appear.


    Dont control or care about the actual integer values.

    gen/game/chess/R.java
    public final class R {
    public static final class drawable {
    public static final int bishop=0x7f020002;

    Your Java code


    setContentView(R.layout.chesslayout);
    mBishop = getDrawable(R.drawable.bishop);
    Hands-On-Tutorial, Loeb & Angrave
    04/27/17 12
    2010
    Now

    Session 1 @ 10am My first app


    views,layouts,manifest,activities.

    Now Playtime

    Create New Android Project from APIDemos sample and


    from Notepad sample
    Run them on your phone/emulator.
    Explore the source code and resources.

    Hands-On-Tutorial, Loeb & Angrave


    04/27/17 13
    2010

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