Development Environment Setup for using Google Maps and Location Services

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]

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

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.

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