Mobile Device Programming

I don't know about the Apple world, but for Android you may want to start by reading the Android tutorials and the SDK manuals. The tutorials are either in the SDK or on the SDK website IIRC and the impression I have

I looked briefly at learning the Android environment last year (before deciding to do some long pending embedded projects instead :-)) and I came to the conclusion that there was nothing in any of the books I looked at in the technical sections of the local bookshops which wasn't already covered by the Android documentation.

You may also wish to think about if you want to get into the Android NDK world, or if you wish to remain with the SDK.

Simon.

What do 'SDK' and 'NDK' stand for in this context?

SDK is the software development kit for Dalvik applications. Dalvik is a Virtual Machine implementation that is platform independent (like Java, but with a different model).

NDK is the native version, running directly on the CPU, without a Virtual Machine.

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And we need a NNDK Native Native Development Kit, compiles on the phone itself. NDK compiles on Linux or Window.

Actually, it might be more helpful in a hands-on seminar. We are seriously considering a Droid Boot Camp this summer. I can provide all necessary equipments (I got 6 LG VS740 running Android 2.2) and space.

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------------------ Android development seminar (one to two weeks)

The Android environment is 90% open sources. However, the last 10% is hidden, either by designs or by omissions. We examine the needs and techniques to solve the final issues, in a real design project. By the end of the seminar, we hope to organize a team to fully implement a Local Development Environment to compile and run projects on the phone itself.

Review the Android development environments using:

Java Development Kit (JDK) Android Development Kit (ADK) Native Development Kit (NDK)

Examine the pros and cons of:

Android Debug Bridge SD card interface Rooting

Explore the implementations of:

Local Development Kit (LDK) Native C compiler Native build environment Custom ISO stack Custom kernel

Basic UI programming for iOS is similar to that of Mac OS X. A good book on= the latter is "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X" by Aaron Hillegas (ISBN 978=

-0-321-50361-9). Of course you will need a Mac and Apple's XCode developmen= t system (3.2 is free, 4.X is $5 from iTunes). There is also a video lectur= e series from Stanford on iOS programming on iTunes (look under iTunesU). A= ctually there are several but get the latest (Fall 2010).

The SDK (free)includes an iPhone emulator. To download code into a real dev= ice requires you to pay $99 to be an iOS Developer (I guess it requires a c= ode or maybe you have to go through iTunes - I haven't paid as I just want = to play around).

Sorry. I had just assumed you were familiar with the basic Android components and were looking for how to best learn how to use them.

The main Android SDK website is at:

and the NDK website is at:

The SDK Hello World tutorial, which also covers most of the basic Android SDK tools, (including command line usage if you are not a Eclipse type of person), is at:

Simon.