Introduction to Android Programming by Dr.M.Pyingkodi-kongu engineering college-erode

Android Programming
Introdution

What is Android?
A software platform and operating system for mobile devices
Based on the Linux kernel
Developed by the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) and later
Google
Google is the principle maintainer
Allows writing managed code in the Java / Kotlin languages
Dr. M.Pyingkodi, MCA Department, Kongu Engineering College, Erode,Tamilnadu.

Why Android ?
Android is open
Android is free
Reduced cost of Development
Inter App Integration
Rich Development Environment
Easy Adoption
Large developer Community support
 Java, Kotlin

Integrated browser based on the open source WebKit engine
SQLite for relational data storage
Media support for common audio, video, and still image
formats(MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF)
Dalvik Virtual Machine optimized for mobile devices.
Widgets (weather,calendar,stock market,switches to turn
on/off WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth etc)
Android Features –S/W

Cellular networking : GSM, EDGE, 5G
LAN : Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi (hardware dependent)
Graphics Hardware Acceleration(3D graphics processing)
Camera, GPS and Compass
Touch screen and accelerometer for motion sensing
 FaceDetector
 MediaRecorder- putting voice as password
 Sensor(intimating climate change,walking, no of hours used)
Android Features – H/W

Android vs. Competitors
7. Blackberry OS

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Platform - The Android Software Stack

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Android S/W Stack - Application
• Android provides a set of core applications:
 Email Client
 SMS Program
 Calendar
 Maps
 Browser
 Contacts, ect
All applications are written using the Java/kotlin
language.

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Android S/W Stack – App Framework
• Most of the application framework accesses these
core libraries through the Dalvik VM, the
gateway to the Android Platform

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Android S/W Stack –
App Framework (Cont)
Feature Role
View
System
Used to build an application, including lists, grids, text
boxes, buttons, and embedded web browser
Content
Provider
Enabling applications to access data from other
applications or to share their own data
Resource
Manager
Providing access to non-code resources (localized string
, graphics, and layout files)
Notification
Manager
Enabling all applications to display customer alerts in the
status bar
Activity
Manager
Managing the lifecycle of applications and providing
a common navigation backstack

Location Manager

Notification Manager

Notification Manager
• How background app interact with users
• Consistent notification presentation

View System

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Android S/W Stack - Libraries
• Including a set of C/C++ libraries used by components
of the Android system
• Exposed to developers through the Android application
framework

Written in C/C++ - System C Library(libc)
 Display/Graphics
Media Libraries
SQLite –RDB engine-light weight
LibWebCore–web browser engine–embeddable web
view
Libraries

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Android S/W Stack - Runtime
• Core Libraries
Providing most of the functionality available in the
core libraries of the Java language
APIs
Data Structures
Utilities
File Access
Network Access
 Graphics

The Dalvik runtime is optimised for
mobile applications
Run multiple VMs efficiently
Each app has its own VM
Minimal memory footprint

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Android S/W Stack – Runtime (Cont)
• Dalvik Virtual Machine (Cont)
Executing the Dalvik Executable (.dex) format
.dex format is optimized for minimal memory footprint.
Compilation
 Relying on the Linux Kernel for:
Threading
Low-level memory management

Android applications are compiled to
Dalvik bytecode
Write app in Java
Compiled in Java
Transformed to Dalvik bytecode
Linux OS
Loaded into Dalvik VM

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Android S/W Stack – Linux Kernel
 Relying on Linux Kernel 2.6 for core system services
 Memory and Process Management
 Network Stack
 Driver Model
 Security
• The supplied device drivers include Display, Camera, Keypad, WiFi,
Flash Memory, Audio, and IPC (interprocess communication).
 Providing an abstraction layer between the H/W and the rest of the
S/W stack

Development requirements
• Java JDK
• Android SDK
Software development

Android SDK
• Class Library
• Developer Tools
• Emulator and System Images
• Documentation and Sample Code
Eclipse IDE + ADT (Android Development Tools)
• Reduces Development and Testing Time
• Makes User Interface-Creation easier
• Makes Application Description Easier
Android Studio, Zamarin etc.,
Software development

Android Application Development
Eclipse
IDE
Android
SDK
Android
Emulator
Android
Mobile
Device

Android development
Android
Manifest
Resource
XML
Java
Source
Generated
Class
Java
Compiler
Android
Libraries
.dex
File
Dalvik
VM

Anatomy of an Android Application
• Activity -UI
• Intent –Message Passing
• Service –Run on background
• ContentProvider –Data Sharing
Component(gallery,contacts)
• Broadcast Receivers -Receive and react
(OS-generated--Battery empty,Camera button pressed,New app installed,
Wifi connection established)

Services
• Faceless components that run in the background
– E.g. music player, network download etc…
-code that is long-lived and runs without a UI(Media
Player)

ContentProviders
• Enables sharing of data across applications
– E.g. address book, photo gallery
• -an application's data to be shared with other
applications
• Provides uniform APIs for:
– querying
– delete, update and insert.
• Content is represented by URI and MIME type

Android Building Blocks
AndroidManifest.xml
The control file-tells the system what to do with the top-level
components
Activities
An object that has a life cycle-is a chunk of code that does some
work
Views
An object that knows how to draw itself to the screen
Intents
A simple message object that represents an "intention" to do something
Notifications
A small icon that appears in the status bar(SMS messages)
Services
A body of code that runs in the background

Development Tools
The Android SDK includes a variety of custom tools that help you
develop mobile applications on the Android platform.Three of the
most significant tools are:
1. Android Emulator -A virtual mobile device that runs on our
computer -use to design, debug, and test our applications in an
actual Android run-time environment
2. Android Development Tools Plugin -for the Eclipse IDE - adds
powerful extensions to the Eclipse integrated environment
3. Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (DDMS) -Integrated with Dalvik -
this tool let us manage processes on an emulator and assists in
debugging

Applications

Initial screen BrowserMap

Android & iOS
Dr. M.Pyingkodi, MCA Department,
Kongu Engineering College,
Erode,Tamilnadu.

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