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Silicon Valley Code Camp : October 3rd and 4th, 2009Session

“Embellish Your Pictures”- Build an Application for an Android Phone

  • When 5:15 PM Saturday
  • Where Hearthside Lounge

About This Session

Google's Android mobile phone software platform is powering the next generation of smart mobile phones, such as the T-Mobile G1™ and myTouch 3G™. Android provides developers a new way to develop unique and creative mobile applications.


In this session, you will learn how to create a complete Android application from scratch using many of the Android built-in features. You will learn how to:


  • o Create simple user interface screen using XML
  • o Create an Android Activity
  • o Create an Intent and start an Activity using that Intent
  • o Retrieve data from the Intent
  • o Add Buttons functionality to the Button click callback
  • o Pick a picture from the Android Gallery
  • o Create A Custom View
  • o Add and use your own fonts
  • o Create a menu using an XML file
  • o Respond to menu item selection
  • o Scale an image
  • o Overlay images and text on the selected picture, or “Mbellish” it
  • o Save an “Mbellished” image to the media store
  • o Send an “Mbellished” image via MMS or email
  • o Have a lot of fun if you love programming and mobile apps!

Pre-requisites: Java programming knowledge. Prior knowledge of Android is desirable, but not required.
  • Time 5:15 PM Saturday
  • Room Hearthside Lounge

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