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 UI Design

• Android UI Design
  • Design Principles (e.g. Simplify My Life) [18]
  • Peter Liu's favorite: Navigation in Android (video) [19]
    • stack-based! (John Selmys)
  • Best Practices for User Experience & UI [20]
• Android UI: Menus vs Action Bar
  • the choice [21]
  • "Say Goodbye to the Menu Button" (Android Developers Blog - 26 January 2012) [22]
• 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 [23]

Decompiling Android

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