The iPhone revolutionized the world of mobile application development. However the iPhone’s proprietary hardware and software development environments are a roadblock to many. Google’s Android platform with its promise of open standards for hardware and a free and familiar development environment make it a strong contender for competing with the iPhone platform. After introducing the Android platform we will discuss the paradigms and constraints in building a mobile application. We then dissect a simple “social” Android application which uses a REST-based webservice to communicate. This will help us understand the core components of an Android application and the Android SDK functionality.

1. Building an Android client Rohit Nayak Talentica Software

3. The iPhone Phenomenon

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8. Motorola Droid

13. Android Stack

14. Demo Android Contacts App

23. Demo App Preview

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