Revision as of 12:01, 3 January 2013

Description

• First session of Android development class, focused on beginners.
• Date: 24 July 2012
• Doodle: http://www.doodle.com/z54ecrdxr4kbdna7
• Event: http://fixme.ch/civicrm/event/info?id=45&reset=1
• We looked into the pages 1-15, 23-26 from "The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development"

Content

• Installation and configuration of the SDK (a VM will be at disposal for others)
• Presentation of the base tools
• API and first application (Based on the CommonsWare books)

Application

• Use the skeleton app from CommonsWare
• Import into eclipse:
  • File > New > Other > Android Project from Existing Code
  • Browse...: naviguate where your project is and select its root folder
  • Finish

SDK Setup

The already installed VM can be found here: ftp://ftp.fixme.ch/free_for_all/VirtualMachines/FIXME-CoursAndroid.tgz

• Install Java/OpenJDK 1.6
• Download the SDK for your plateform http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
  • Extract in /opt/android-sdk for example
  • Correct the sdk permissions (tgz perms are crappy)

 sudo chown -R <your-user>: /opt/android-sdk
 chmod -R g-w /opt/android-sdk

• • Add the tools to your path

 export PATH="$PATH:/opt/android-sdk/tools:/opt/android-sdk/platform-tools"

• Run android from the cli to start the sdk manager
• Install API version 15, 10 and 4 (Android 4.0.3, 2.3.3 and 1.6) from the sdk manager
• Install Eclipse >= 3.6, (easier to start developping with eclipse then quit when your comfortable)
  • Install the Android Development Tools for Eclipse

Project leader

• User:Rorist

Participants

• User:Nemen

See also

• CoursAndroid2