Johannes Lindenbaum on Android Development
The Regina Technology Community welcomes Johannes Lindenbaum!
Topic: Introduction to Android Development
In the first half of the talk we'll step through Android application concepts: activities and their life cycles, views in xml and programmatically, basic networking, and basic background tasks.
In the second half of the talk we'll create a basic application: setup, hooking up a user interface (UI), and executing some basic logic.
To code along:
Speaker: Johannes Lindenbaum
Originally from Germany, Johannes moved to Saskatoon to study Computer Science. He worked throughout school at zu and on-contract for SaskTel Labs. Recently, he moved to Regina for a position with SaskTel Labs. Johannes was raised on PHP/MySQL and moved to Python/PgSQL. His mobile focus is primarily Android with a pinch of iOS.
Location:
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
2445 Albert Street, Regina
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Date: Wednesday evening, December 5th, 2012
Cost: Free
Schedule:
5:30 pm Food and social - please register if you are joining us for dinner
6:00 pm Welcome
6:05 pm Android application concepts
6:55 pm Break
7:10 pm Application creation demo
8:00 pm Closing
Registration:
We need to know how much food to order! :)
If you’re joining us for dinner, please register through the Regina Technology Community website.
If you’ve registered and are unable to attend, please let us know.
We order food at 12:00 pm on the day of the event, so please register (or unregister) before then!
Season Sponsors:
A big thank you to our sponsors!!
Want to invest in your community? We’re just starting our sponsorship drive for the season. Check out our sponsorship page.
Topic: Introduction to Android Development
In the first half of the talk we'll step through Android application concepts: activities and their life cycles, views in xml and programmatically, basic networking, and basic background tasks.
In the second half of the talk we'll create a basic application: setup, hooking up a user interface (UI), and executing some basic logic.
To code along:
- Download Eclipse form www.eclipse.org
- Download the Android SDK http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
- Install the Android Developer Tools for eclipse
- In eclipse go to Help > Install New Software
- Hit "Add", paste https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
- Install the Developer Tools
- After that's completed go Help > Android ADK Manager - install at least one platform. For simplicity sake go with 4.0.x (4.1 will also work).
Speaker: Johannes Lindenbaum
Originally from Germany, Johannes moved to Saskatoon to study Computer Science. He worked throughout school at zu and on-contract for SaskTel Labs. Recently, he moved to Regina for a position with SaskTel Labs. Johannes was raised on PHP/MySQL and moved to Python/PgSQL. His mobile focus is primarily Android with a pinch of iOS.
Location:
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
2445 Albert Street, Regina
Map
Date: Wednesday evening, December 5th, 2012
Cost: Free
Schedule:
5:30 pm Food and social - please register if you are joining us for dinner
6:00 pm Welcome
6:05 pm Android application concepts
6:55 pm Break
7:10 pm Application creation demo
8:00 pm Closing
Registration:
We need to know how much food to order! :)
If you’re joining us for dinner, please register through the Regina Technology Community website.
If you’ve registered and are unable to attend, please let us know.
We order food at 12:00 pm on the day of the event, so please register (or unregister) before then!
Season Sponsors:
Paradigm - Prairie IT Pro & Dev Conference - ctc TrainCanada - Allstar Tech - Solvera - Oracle - Greystone - Imaginet - DevFacto - SaskPower - Conexus - Telerik - Microsoft Canada - Sutherland Consulting - SaskTel - MicroAge - ISM Canada - Adxstudio - Fujitsu
A big thank you to our sponsors!!
Want to invest in your community? We’re just starting our sponsorship drive for the season. Check out our sponsorship page.