Introduction to Mobile Application Development

Nguyễn Anh Tuấn Ph.D. Department of Network Administration and

Application Development – NAAD Faculty of Computer Network and Communication

University of Information TechnologyEmail: tuanna@uit.edu.vn

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Why do we learn this course ?

What is course talking about ?

How do we learn this course more effectively ?

Agenda

A Day Made of Glass 2

Xem Youtube Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=jZkHpNnXLB0

Why do we learn this course ?

3. The world is not a desktop 2. An important part of our life

1. Mobile phones are everywhere

Mobile phones are everywhere

@ Airport

Rural area

Phones become an important part of our life

Connecting People Our secretary Entertainment Device

3. The world is not a desktop

2011, World populations 7 billion people, 5.6 billion mobile phones

2011, USA, 327.5/310, 103.9%

2009, GER, 107/82, 130%

2008, UK, 75.7/61.6, 123%

2010, VIETNAM, 72/90, 79%

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_mobile_phones_in_use

Are there enough software for eveyone ?

The world is going mobile

Many challenges

You can find more reasons

That’s why we learn this course !

1. Introduce the mobile phone for 21st century

What is course talking about ?

3. What area can we apply this skill for

2. How to develop an innovative program on Mobile phone

The mobile phone of the 21 centuty

The mobile phone of the 21 centuty

SmartMobil

e

It has Operatin

gSystem

It is an entertainme

nt device

It has Sensors

Network connectio

ns

It is powerful

The phone is powerful

Plenty of RAM Heaps of external storage

Multi-core CPU

Khái niệm CPU Core

CPU: Central Processing Unit

Computational power of a computer is

usually measured by the power of its CPU

Quad-core

Quad cores = 4 cores

Means: 4 “CPU” in a box

More powerful, strongerMore engergy consumption More difficult to manage

It has operating system

Connectivities – Wide range

3G

Connectivities – Short range

It has sensors

AccelerometerTouch Screen GPS receiver

Capacitor Sensor

Human body is a capacitor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZVgKu6v808

Accelerometer

GPS – Global Positioning System

It first used in US Army for navigation Now it is free for

civiliants

Triangulation algorithm Visible satelite (at least

3)

It is pervasive / outdoor

Assisted GPS (A-GPS) (on smartphones)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOwMkFsJXRI

Documentary about current GPS system

Location based Services

Map related applications

Navigation Based Services

Routing Services

It is an Entertainment Device

The smartphones problems

Difficult to interact

Battery life

Expensive

Social issuesDistraction

Difficult Interaction

Small Screen Icon based ?

Too complicated

Menu based ?

Short battery life

Battery Awareness

How much energy that your app uses ?

They are expensive

Social issues

Distractions

Mobile phones have changed our way of

communication

Isolationism

Though, there are many difficulties: We still love them !

How to develop an innovative program on Mobile phone ?

context awaren

ess

User experien

ce

Social Networks

innovative

Anind Dey, 1999: “Context is any information that can be

used to characterize the situation of an entity. An entity is a person, place, or object that is considered relevant to the interaction between a user and an application, including the user and applications themselves.”

What is context ?

Context-awareness

http://www.mlab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/research/2005/context-aware_computing/index_e.php

GUI

Menu & Navigation

Intuitive

User experience

We live in a community, not in an island

Wireless connections are everywhere

Knowing & Sharing & Caring

Connectivity & Social networks

How do we learn this course more effectively ?

Self Learning Time

management Working hard Teamwor

k DedicationEnthusiasm

Love

LOVE

Self learning – Self motivation

Reading books

Learning skills

Attend lectures & Follow Examples

Practice & and Practice Not only reading But also writing

report

Teamwork

Team of 3 students Group name, group constitution,

group contacts Team documentations

Website, CVS, Subversion Team assignment

Writing reports

Assignment will be given in the 3th week of the semester

Assignment plays an important role in the course (30% marks)

Assignment will be submit and presented on the week 18th of the semester (may be vary in time)

Assignments

Mid-term exam, 20% Presentation, 10% Assignment, 30% Final Exam, 40%

Note: Cheating failed immediately !

Marking schema

The world is going mobile !

The goals of this course: how to write a program on

smartphones (J2ME, Android), gives you the ideas on Pervasive

Computing

Provides learning skills

Conclusion

Books to read Meier, R., Professional Android 2 Application Development,

Wrox Press Ltd., 2010 Lee, W., Beginning Android Application Development, John

Wiley & Sons, 2011 Loke, S. W., Context-Aware Pervasive Systems: Architectures

for a New Breed of Applications, Auerbach Publications, 2006

Papers to read In the http://courses.uit.edu.vn

Websites to follow : Android Homepage, Google, Tuan Nguyen UIT pages

References

Questions & Answer ?

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