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= Google Maps Android API v2 =
 
= Google Maps Android API v2 =
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* Google Maps Android API v2 - Tutorial (Lars Vogel 2013) [http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidGoogleMaps/article.html ]
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* '''Hands-On Tutorials'''
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*Demo projects (Google Maps Android API v2) from Dartmouth College [http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~campbell/cs65/lecture18/lecture18.html]
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** Google Maps Android API v2 - Tutorial (Lars Vogel 2013) [http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidGoogleMaps/article.html ]
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**use your own Maps API keys for different apps!
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**Demo projects (Google Maps Android API v2) from Dartmouth College [http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~campbell/cs65/lecture18/lecture18.html]
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* Google Maps Android API (Google services) [http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/maps.html ]
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***use your own Maps API keys for different apps!
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**Add a map object.
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** Google Maps Android API (Google services) [http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/maps.html ]
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**Draw markers.
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*** Add a map object.
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**Change views.
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*** Draw markers.
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**'''Get your API key for Maps (Getting Started Guide)'''
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*** Change views.
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*** [[Google Maps API Keys - An Example |an example of having API keys for two apps]]
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***'''Get your API key for Maps (Getting Started Guide)'''
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*'''Google Maps Android API v2 (Google Developers)''' [https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/intro]
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**** [[Google Maps API Keys - An Example |an example of having API keys for two apps]]
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** A simple example using Google Maps Android API v2 [http://android-er.blogspot.ca/2012/12/a-simple-example-using-google-maps.html]
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*'''Exploration with Google Maps Android API v2'''
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**'''Google Maps Android API v2 (Google Developers)''' [https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/intro]
 
** '''Getting Started'''  [https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start]
 
** '''Getting Started'''  [https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start]
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*Google Maps Android API v2 and v1 - different operations [http://mobisys.in/blog/2013/04/google-maps-android-api-v2-different-operations/ ]
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**Google Maps Android API v2 and v1 - different operations [http://mobisys.in/blog/2013/04/google-maps-android-api-v2-different-operations/ ]
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*Google Maps Android API v1 - '''DEPRECATED''' (Google Developers) [https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/v1/index]
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**Google Maps Android API v1 - '''DEPRECATED''' (Google Developers) [https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/v1/index]
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** used in the textbook (2012) and many other books
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*** used in the textbook (2012) and many other books
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*'''Testing Problems with an Emulator''' [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18459338/how-to-run-google-map-api-v2-on-android-emulator][http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17609300/how-we-test-google-map-api-v2-on-emulator]
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** '''Problems'''
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** the emulator from GenyMotion? [http://www.genymotion.com/ ]
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***'''Testing Problems with an Emulator''' [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18459338/how-to-run-google-map-api-v2-on-android-emulator][http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17609300/how-we-test-google-map-api-v2-on-emulator]
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** a video demo on GenyMotion's emulator [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kHVWwHRFm8]
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**** the emulator from GenyMotion? [http://www.genymotion.com/ ]
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* '''The Problem of Getting Map Keys for Google Maps Android API v1''' [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13905293/is-google-maps-api-key-v2-eligible-for-mapview-element]
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**** a video demo on GenyMotion's emulator [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kHVWwHRFm8]
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*** '''The Problem of Getting Map Keys for Google Maps Android API v1''' [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13905293/is-google-maps-api-key-v2-eligible-for-mapview-element]
  
 
= Location Awareness =
 
= Location Awareness =

Revision as of 13:25, 2 November 2013

Development Environment Setup for using Google Maps and Location Services

  • the Setup section in the Google Play services guide [1]

Google Maps Android API v2

  • Hands-On Tutorials
    • Google Maps Android API v2 - Tutorial (Lars Vogel 2013) [2]
    • Demo projects (Google Maps Android API v2) from Dartmouth College [3]
      • use your own Maps API keys for different apps!
    • Google Maps Android API (Google services) [4]
    • A simple example using Google Maps Android API v2 [5]
  • Exploration with Google Maps Android API v2
    • Google Maps Android API v2 (Google Developers) [6]
    • Getting Started [7]
    • Google Maps Android API v2 and v1 - different operations [8]
    • Google Maps Android API v1 - DEPRECATED (Google Developers) [9]
      • used in the textbook (2012) and many other books
    • Problems
      • Testing Problems with an Emulator [10][11]
        • the emulator from GenyMotion? [12]
        • a video demo on GenyMotion's emulator [13]
      • The Problem of Getting Map Keys for Google Maps Android API v1 [14]

Location Awareness

  • Making Your App Location-Aware [15]
    • Location Services API (Google Play services)

Android UI Design

  • Android UI Design
    • Design Principles (e.g. Simplify My Life) [16]
    • Peter Liu's favorite: Navigation in Android (video) [17]
      • stack-based! (John Selmys)
    • Best Practices for User Experience & UI [18]
  • Android UI: Menus vs Action Bar
    • the choice [19]
    • "Say Goodbye to the Menu Button" (Android Developers Blog - 26 January 2012) [20]
  • ebooks on Android UI Design at Seneca Library
    • Smashing Android UI responsive user interfaces and design patterns for Android phones and tablets by Juhani Lehtimäki. Wiley 2013.
    • Android UI fundamantals develop and design by Jason Ostrander. Peachpit 2012.
    • Android design patterns interaction design solutions for developers byGreg Nudelman. Wiely 2013.

Resource Types

  • application resources provided in the /res directory [21]

Decompiling Android

  • Decompiling Android by Godfrey Nolan (2012). -- ebook at Seneca Library
    • Dalvik bytecode (DEX files)
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