The Content helps those who wish to program mobile applications using android platform. The content has been used to conduct mobile application boot camps using android platform on different regions in Tanzania

1. Android Boot camp| Tanzania

2. INTRODUCTION TO ANDROID
Android Boot Camp | Tanzania
Denis Minja

3. Today’s Overview
1
• Android at a glance
2
• Setting up IDE
3
• Our first android project
4
• Building block of android
apps
• Best way to learn
android
5

4. Android at glance

5. • How it was started
• Android Versions
• Why android as a developer?

6. How it was started
• Google Acquires Android Inc. in 2005
• Open Handset Alliance formed in 2007
• First android SDK released in 2008

7. Android Versions
Android version
Android 1.0
Android 1.1
Android 1.5
Android 1.6
Android 2.0,2.01,2.1
Android 2.2
Android 2.3,2.3.3
Android 3.0 ,3.1,3.2
Android 4.0,4.03
Android 4.1,4.2
API level
1
2
3
4
5 ,6,7
8
9,10
11,12,13
14,15
16,17
Nickname
Cupcake
Donut
Eclair
Froyo (frozen yogurt)
Gingerbread
Honeycomb
Ice cream Sandwich
Jelly Bean

8. Android Versions
Name of the next

10. Why Android platform as a mobile app
developer?
• Open source platform
• Cost free development
• Contains built-in libraries which makes developer's life easy
• We can develop and test our app without owning a physical device

11. Setting up your IDE

12. •
•
Download Android Bundle
Use Existing IDE

13. Download Android Bundle
Eclipse + ADT(Android Development Tool) +
Android SDK Manager
1.Go to http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2.Extract
3.Run Android SDK Manager
4.Selet and install Latest SDK

14. Use Existing IDE
 Download android SDK from
http://dl.google.com/android/installer_r21.1windows.exe
 Start Eclipse, then select Help→Install New Software
 In the Available Software dialog, click Add.
 In the Add Site dialog that appears, enter a name for the
remote site (for example,
 “Android Plugin”) in the “Name” field.
 In the “Location” field, enter this URL: https://dlssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

15. Use Existing IDE
 Click OK. Back in the Available Software view, you
should now see “Developer Tools” added
 To the list. Select the checkbox next to Developer
Tools, which will automatically
 Select the nested tools Android DDMS and Android
Development Tools. Click Next.
 In the resulting Install Details dialog, the Android DDMS
and Android Development
 Tools features are listed. Click Next to read and accept
the license agreement and install any
dependencies, then click Finish.
 Restart Eclipse.

16. To Finalize your preparation
1. Run Android SDK manager
2. Select Latest SDK and install

17. ANDROID APPLICATION BUILDING BLOCK