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INTRODUCTION TO
JAVA AND ANDROID
Our Ecosystem
Android SDK
Eclipse
Java
What is Java?
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Created in 1991 for interactive television
Sun released the first real version in 1995
 Write once run anywhere
 Runs on most systems thru the
Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
The language is a de facto standard
In 2006, most of the code was
released as free and open source
Now Oracle is the steward of Java
technology
What is Java?
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Like VB and C#, it’s an object-oriented
programming language
The language syntax resembles C or C#
Like C#, Java is strongly typed
Note that Java is not JavaScript
What is Java?
Java Benefits
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Syntax is easier than C++
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No real pointers and pointer arithmetic
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Similar to .NET in this regard
Java takes care of memory management
It's not possible to overwrite memory
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The language syntax is similar to C++ though
Note Java takes the sandbox approach to security
The libraries are quite small and there are libraries
to do just about anything
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Source code is freely available
Java Shortcomings
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No simple to use standard integrated IDE
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There are various IDEs, however
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Sun 1 Studio
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There are free and for purchase versions
NetBeans 4.0
Eclipse, which we will use in this class
Java can be slower than a true compiled
language
Java Versions
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J2SE (Standard Edition)
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We will use this for most class work
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J2EE (Enterprise Edition)
J2ME (Micro Edition for PDAs)
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Note that all of these are FREE
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The Java Model
What is Eclipse ?
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Eclipse is an open source IDE maintained by
various software leaders including IBM and
SAP
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It was initially developed by IBM
We will be using version 4.4.1 (Luna) in this
course
Note that there are many other IDEs such as
NetBeans but we need Eclipse to work with
Android
Eclipse Concepts
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All of the code you create lives in a
workspace
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It’s just a folder where programs are stored
You can create many workspaces
What is Android (1)?
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An operating system designed from the
ground up to operate with mobile devices
It’s based on the Linux kernel
Developers can tap into the phone, and all
other hardware components
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Make calls
Send texts
And everything else
What is Android (2)?
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It was developed by the Open Handset
Alliance (bought by Google)
Applications are developed in Java using
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Eclipse
The new Google Android Studio
We will use Eclipse here because Android
Studio does not work well in a lab (multiuser)
environment
Android Architecture (1)
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Like most frameworks, it’s a stack based
architecture
The Linux kernel at the bottom
A robust set of libraries in the middle
An application framework at the top
Android Architecture (2)
Android General Concepts (1)
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Programming is based on Java
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Application components are based on inherited
classes
Functions are executed via callbacks
There are two development environments
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Use Eclipse with the necessary Android SDKs
(installed in the labs)
Use Android Studio (You will be on your own if
you do this)