Android Programming Classes at the Alameda Public Library

Our purpose is to help beginning Android developers learn how to program on the Android mobile platform and publish a simple application on the Android market.

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Past events

  • 2 Different Hackathons to Choose From This Weekend

    Sat, 9 Jun 2012, 01:00 - 04:00 in Alameda, United States

    Note: Please do not RSVP here, follow the links to their event page and RSVP there instead. I know nothing about these events, other than what's listed on their sites.AT&T Hackathon on Education (1.5 days)June 8 - 9 in Palo AltoInfo & RSVP here=> Hackathon - AI Challenge (2.5 days)June 8 - 10 in Redwood CityInfo & RSVP here

  • Preparing for the 2.5 Days AT&T Hackathon

    Fri, 4 May 2012, 02:00 - 04:00 in Alameda, United States

    Note: The RSVPs on this page are disabled. I've enabled the waiting list, but please do the homework assigned before signing up on the waiting list to come to this meeting. We're not meeting at the library this time.First off before I do anything else, I want to congratulate my own team: Felix Palmer, Kent William Inholl, Veda Rogers, and myself for winning 1st place in the Multiple-Screens Category at the Google TV Hackathon last week.

  • Installing a Ready-made Server-side Solution for an Android Client Application

    Fri, 20 Apr 2012, 02:00 - 04:00 in Alameda, United States

    Note: The RSVPs on this page are disabled. Unfortunately, we're not meeting at the Alameda library this April -- so space is going to be extremely limited.We're going to have a hands-on discussion on server-side applications and client-side Android applications. But before signing up on the waiting list, I want you to install LeanEngine on Google App Engine (not just on your localhost) and install its counterpart application on Android.

  • Android Class: TBD (in conference room)

    Thu, 6 Oct 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Alameda, United States

    Topics To Be DeterminedThis time, we're meeting in the large conference room on the ground floor of the library (just walk to the back past the coffee shop and look in conference room A or B)

  • Android Class: TBD

    Thu, 29 Sep 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Alameda, United States

    Topics To Be DeterminedThis time, we'll be inside the computer lab on the second floor of the library.

  • Android Class: TBD (in conference room)

    Thu, 22 Sep 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Alameda, United States

    Topics To Be DeterminedThis time, we're meeting in the large conference room on the ground floor of the library (just walk to the back past the coffee shop and look in conference room A or B)

  • Android Class: TBD

    Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Alameda, United States

    Topics To Be DeterminedThis time, we'll be inside the computer lab on the second floor of the library.

  • Android Class: TBD (in conference room)

    Thu, 8 Sep 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Alameda, United States

    Topics To Be DeterminedThis time, we're meeting in the large conference room on the ground floor of the library (just walk to the back past the coffee shop and look in conference room A or B)

  • Android Class: Flash on Android by Stephen Chin & Oswald Campesato

    Fri, 22 Apr 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Alameda, United States

    With the availability of Flash Player 10.x and AIR for Android, the range of devices that you can develop for and deploy Flash on has grown significantly.Learn from Stephen Chin and Oswald Campesato, the co-authors of the upcoming Pro Android Flash book, how to write applications for the Android platform using Flash and Flex technologies.End to end samples in both Flash Professional and Flash Builder will be demonstrated on devices.

  • Introduction in OpenGL and Animation on Android OS

    Fri, 1 Apr 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Alameda, United States

    Alex V. Bush will be making a 20 minute presentation on OpenGL and Animation in Android.We'll fill in the rest of the time with a beginner lab section.More information to follow.

  • Developing for Honeycomb on the Motorola Xoom Tablet

    Fri, 25 Mar 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Alameda, United States

    This is going to be a technical talk about developing android applications for Honeycomb on the Xoom Motorola tablet, given by Anna Schaller, a Motorola Android Technology Evangelist.More details will follow.

  • Android Class: Intents, Intent Filters, Services, Broadcast Receivers, etc.

    Fri, 18 Mar 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Alameda, United States

    This week, we'll be going over Intents and Intent Filters, as they are used to call Activities, Services, and Broadcast Receivers (last week, I discovered I gave out some wrong information during the Q&A, and I'd like a chance to correct myself).We'll be using the open source SMS Popup application as our example

  • Android Class: Small Lab Section

    Fri, 11 Mar 2011, 02:00 - 04:00 in Alameda, United States

    Tonight, we'll debrief each other on what happened at Android DevCamp and AnDevCon. Otherwise, we'll just have a small lab section for beginning android developers.If you haven't installed Eclipse yet, and haven't run "Hello world" yet on android, I recommend you download the android SDK and the Motodev Android Studio. Downloading these tools can already take a couple of hours in itself (so better start early)

  • Android Class: Cancelled

    Fri, 25 Feb 2011, 02:00 - 04:00 in Alameda, United States

    I recommend that we go to this Bada event in Sunnyvale instead.

  • Android Class: Bluetooth (Bring Your Own Laptop)

    Fri, 18 Feb 2011, 02:00 - 04:00 in Alameda, United States

    Our theme for tonight will be the Android bluetooth stack.I'll post some code samples and more details about this meeting later.

  • App Day Contest

    Sat, 12 Feb 2011, 21:00 - 23:00 in Alameda, United States

    Dear App Day Contestants,Please enter the url to your contest entry in the comment section of your RSVP.For those of you that have already RSVPed, just click on "Change your mind about attending?" and update your comment with that url as you update your RSVP. This will register your intent to compete and do a presentation, and allow us to monitor your progress as you work on your Android application and associated documentation.As to the contest rules, they are:1.

  • Android Class: Unit Testing Exercise

    Fri, 11 Feb 2011, 02:00 - 04:00 in Alameda, United States

    I'll upload some homework exercise to before class shortly.Newcomers are welcome. Do not worry about the homework. If you haven't installed Eclipse yet, I recommend you download the full Motodev Android Studio (which is also based on Eclipse and ADT). If you need help, we can help you troubleshoot your installation.

  • Android Memory Leaks and How to Diagnose them

    Fri, 4 Feb 2011, 02:00 - 04:00 in Alameda, United States

    <p>Tonight, we'll just review the topic that was presented at the T-Mobile Android Technical Session in Mountain View last week (for many of us that couldn't be there, or for those of us that would like to go into a little more depth). &nbsp;</p><p>The homework to do before class is therefore to find/read some materials on Android Memory Leaks, and each of us bring in at least one printed article (or code example), that we can present to the class and have a discussion on.</p

  • Free O'Reilly Class: Developing Android Apps with Java - A Twitter Client

    Tue, 18 May 2010, 18:00 - 20:00 in Alameda, United States

    This is a free six-module course by Tony Hillerson which is getting streamed live from Seattle.For this first session, I've reserved one of the large conference rooms for us to watch it together on the big screen. The remote class is happening from 11 AM to 1PM (we actually have the room till 2:30 PM).You are encouraged to bring your laptop, (and if possible do some preparation before you even come to class): *Watch those two videos

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