Tutorial for Android

BEGIN ANDROID JOURNEYIN HOURSCS425 / CSE 424 / ECE 428 [Fall 2009]Sept. 14, 2009Ying HuangREFERENCE Online development guide http://developer.android.com/guide/index.html Book resource “Professional Android Application Development”, by Reto Meier, (Wrox, amazon link) “Android A programmers guide”, by J.F. DiMarzio, (McGraw Hill, amazon link) “Beginning.Android”, by Mark L. Murphy, (Apress, amazon link) “Pro Android”, by Sayed Y. Hashimi, SatyaKomatineni, (Apress, amazon link)MOBILE OS Symbian iPhone RIM's BlackBerry Window mobile Linux Palm webOS Android ….WHAT IS ANDROID? Google  OHA (Open Handset Alliance) The first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices, all of the software to run a mobile phone but without the proprietary obstacles that have hindered mobile innovation. Linux OS kernel Java programming Open source libraries: SQLite, WebKit, OpenGLWHY ANDROID A simple and powerful SDK No licensing, distribution, or development fees Development over many platform  Linux, Mac OS, windows  Excellent documentation Thriving developer community For usrd Java-based, easy to import 3 party Java library Funding (40+ G1 phones) Prize (amazon’s kindle) Job opportunityANDROID SDK FEATURE GSM, EDGE, and 3G networks, WiFi, Bluetooth API Support for Bluetoothe, WiFi Ad hoc mode Libraries Media, SQLite, WebKit, SSL Hardware control: Accelerometer, compass, microphone, camera, ...