Android tips and tricks

Android development introduction- Tips & TricksŽeljko Plesac

Ljubljana, 14.04.2014.

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ANDROID OS

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T-MOBILE G1end of 2008.

ANDROID 4.4.2Kitkat

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PLATFORM VERSIONS

WHERE DO I BEGIN?(short introduction)

0. LEARN ACTIVITY AND FRAGMENT LIFECYCLE

1. INSTAL ANDROID STUDIO2. If you want to install Eclipse with Android SDK, read first

statement once again

3. INSTALL GENYMOTION ANDROID EMULATOR

4. If you want to use default Android Emulator, good luck and have a nice day

5. LEARN JAVA :) 6. And JSON7. And XML

8. READ AND MEMORISE ANDROID DEVELOPMENT

GUIDELINES

9. NEVER, AND I MEAN NEVER DEVELOP AN APPLICATION WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY

TO GUIDELINES!!!

10. USE VERSION CONTROL SYSTEMS

(GIT)

11. INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE WORLD OF MAVEN

REPOSITORYRetrofitOkHttp

ActiveAndroidEventBus

Universal Image LoaderButterknife

Android Maps UtilsViewPager & ViewPagerIndicator

GSONCrashlytics

12. LINT IS YOUR ENEMY; HATE IT, BUT ADMIRE IT

13. USE PROGUARD, AND USE IT FROM BEGINNING

14. REMEMBER TO TEST ON REAL DEVICES

15. Never ever forget to test on Samsung Galaxy S2 and Sony Ericsson devices

15. ADB LOGCAT IS UGLY, USE PIDCAT OR

COLOREDLOGCAT

16. SUBSCRIBE TO ANDROID WEEKLY

17. FOLLOW OTHER DEVELOPERS

Jake WhartonChris BanesCyril MottierMark MurphyMark AllisonReto Meier

18. WATCH OUR ANDROID TALKS

www.infinum.co/android-talks

19. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER & READ OUR

BLOGwww.infinum.co/the-capsized-eight

20. LIVE DEMO

QUESTIONS?