Great Lakes Software Symposium
November 9 - 11, 2012
Android for Tablets
Sunday - Nov 11 2:15 PM CST - Ballroom 1-2
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.
We'll analyse the UI patterns important on tablets (like Action Bars). And you'll learn how to use the specialized classes (like Fragments) that were created especially for tablets.
The following topics are included in this presentation:
The Tablet Marketplace
Tablet UI design
Optimizing layouts for larger screens
Dips, Sips and pixels
Action Bars
Fragments
Side Navigation
3rd Party Libraries
James Harmon
Android Trainer and Consultant
About James Harmon
James is an experienced Java developer and has spent a majority of his career building large-scale online applications at Accenture and at several Web-centric consulting firms. He now specializes in training Android developers to be more productive by using the latest frameworks and techniques.
Jim has provided training and consulting for Fortune 500 companies and large private and governmental organizations including Motorola and the Blue Cross. He lectures extensively throughout the United States and Canada.
Jim is also the author of “Dojo: Using the Dojo JavaScript Library to Build Ajax Applications”.