Android Discovery Zone

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]
    • Add a map object.
    • Draw markers.
    • Change views.
    • Get your API key for Maps (Getting Started Guide)
      • an example of having API keys for two apps
  • 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)

XMLPullParser

• Working with XML on Android (IBM DeveloperWorks) [16]
• Vogels' Tutorial [17]
• Android Developers [18]

Android UI Design

• Android UI Design
  • Design Principles (e.g. Simplify My Life) [19]
  • Peter Liu's favorite: Navigation in Android (video) [20]
    • stack-based! (John Selmys)
  • Best Practices for User Experience & UI [21]
• Android UI: Menus vs Action Bar
  • the choice [22]
  • "Say Goodbye to the Menu Button" (Android Developers Blog - 26 January 2012) [23]
• 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 [24]

Decompiling Android

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

Installing and Debugging Android Apps on Eclipse on a Kobo Vox in Ubuntu/Unix

turn on your device. In settings go to application. From applications go to development and enable USB debugging.

plug in your device to the usb in your computer/laptop

log in as sudo and create a file called 51-android.rules in your etc/udev/rules.d in the root folder.

Sudo -i

enter your password

cd ../..

cd etc/udev/rules.d

gedit 51-android.rules

in that file you enter the following

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2237", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

ATTR{idVendor} is passed the vendor code for your device and varies depending on the type of android device you are using. (in this case vendor 2237 is the vendor ID for the Kobo Vox)

A list of vendor ID's can be found here:

http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html

exit and save the file

now type in adb devices. Your device should now be listed

activate eclipse and select your application

right click on it, select run as android application. As long as your device runs the minimum SDK version listed in your apps manifest file (ie: <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />) then your device should be on the list of devices where you can run and debug your app. Most devices can run a SDKVersion 8 though for some of the later labs you might need SDKVersion 10.