James Harmon

Introduction to Android Development

Mobile devices are now outselling PCs and Android mobile devices are leading the way. Learn how to develop for this popular and important platform. This session will provide the information you need to configure the Android development platform and begin writing native applications.

No Android experience necessary. If you already know Java and Eclipse that would be helpful but, if not, you'll still get a good understanding of the development process for Android (and you can learn Java later if you want to continue building Android apps).

Advanced Android Development

Mobile devices are fast becoming one of the preferred platforms for enterprise development and Android is the fastest selling mobile device. Prepare yourself for developing powerful business apps on Android by attending this presentation. We'll explore many of the most useful features of the Android architecture. You'll learn how to use databases, AsynTask processes and specialized views like ListView. You'll be ready to start building the new generation of mobile applications.

This presentation is intended for someone who has already built an Android app and has been introduced to the development environment. We will cover some additional topics that are important for development more sophisticated apps.

Android Build, Test and Deploy with Gradle

Creating the right development environment for building Android apps should be the primary concern of a team embarking on native app development. Constructing a comprehensive build process integrating unit testing should be one of the development teams primary goals.

This session will show you how to leverage a number of mature and powerful tools to make creating your Android development process more effective.

You'll see how to use tools provided with the Android SDK to do logging, unit testing and UI testing. We'll cover some third party tools and services like Robotium for more readable unit testing. You'll see how Spoon can be used to produce HTML output and screenshots. Finally, we'll type it all together with Gradle will also be discussed.

This presentation is ideal for anyone about to join and team that needs to do Android development the right way.

Android for Tablets

Update: We'll be using Android Studio and Gradle for this workshop

The smartphone has been the current platform of choice for Android development but we are now in the “year of the tablet” and it is time to upgrade your skills. Even though you think you know Android programming, you still need to learn the unique techniques for developing for tablet.