Events (2011-2012)

Dec 22, 2011 (Thu) Time: 12:30-15:30 Venue: RRS638	Workshop on Android App Development: Session 1: Application Fundamentals Prepare the tools for Android app development Setup development environment and emulator Debug and control the emulator Understand fundamental concepts of Android app Understand android application components (Activities, services etc) Define the app properties in Android Design the user interface Use XML to create basic UI elements Add text and image to the interface Deploy and publish Android apps Event handling UI listener
Jan 13, 2012 (Fri) Time: 19:00-21:00 Venue: RRS638	Workshop on Android App Development: Session 2: User interface & location service Handle activity operation Handle long-running task Design the user interface Use XML to create intermediate UI elements Add menu, dialog, notification for apps Manipulate phone location Get start with Google Maps (MapView) Get data from GPS module Get latitude/longitude from Google Maps
Jan 18, 2012 (Wed) Time: 19:00-21:00 Venue: RRS638	Workshop on Android App Development: Session 3: Server client communication, user Interface & other topics Send and receive data between device and server Send data through HTTP POST/GET Parse data using XML format Use XML to create advanced UI elements (e.g. Tabbed UI, ListView) Overlay UI elements on Google Maps (MapView) Other interesting topics (E.g. Scan QR code, Work with speech recognition and sensors)