Date:    May 05/20/13 5:15 PM
Subject: NEJUG Meeting: overview of the Android Application Framework - Thu, Jun 13
From:    Mark Johnson


I use my Android phone nowdays more than my laptop PC.  On one little device (my Xoom tablet) is the ability to write emails,
 short documents, make presentations, check stocks and all sorts of other tasks.  my Android devices are so useful,
I keep on considering other applications for my devices.  But to do these types of apps, I need more than "hello Android".
Chong-Lim a long time NEJUG member will take us into the Android world, well beyond those simplistic "Hello Android" type applications.
So if you too are interested in learning more about programming on Android, sign up now and join us for an educational evening.


Topic: overview of the Android Application Framework
Presenter: ChongLim Kim
Location: Constant Contact

Register now to reserve your seat

As always the doors will open at 5pm for networking, pizza provided by Constant Contact will arrive around 5:30pm,
and the presentation will take place at 6pm. Come early meet someone new and ensure you get a good seat.



SPECIAL NOTE: We are trying out a new registration approach for this meeting.  So, please make certain that you
register before the meeting!

Presentation Overview:

This session will provide a high level basic overview of the Android Application Framework, its Intent messaging
facility, and how simple TextToSpeech can be implemented by using an Intent to find and make use of app resource
already installed on the phone. It is a condensed version of a portion of the speaker's Introduction to Android
Application Framework and APIs continuing education class for IEEE Boston Section. Code snippets from a demo app
will be shown. We will touch on the life cycle of an Activity, which is one of the four core application components
of the Android Application Framework, and see how widgets can be laid out and instantiated for an Activity's UI screen.
We will see how an Intent object is used to activate certain operations, and how to take advantage of the intent
 mechanism to implement TextToSpeech. The demo app is taken from "Learning Android" by Marko Gargenta and published by O'Reilly
.

About the presenter:

C. L. Kim recently joined the "architecture" team of the Software Engineering group at Jumptap ("Mobile Audience. Everywhere."),
a leading unified audience platform company. He has an MBA and MSE in Computer & Information Science from the
University of Pennsylvania, and is developer of a fun Android app.

As always, I want to take a moment to thank our sponsors:

    Special thanks to Constant Contact for pizza, water, and our wonderful meeting location
    Contegix for hosting our website
    Hello2morrow for their raffle contribution of a Sonargraph-Architect personal license



Mark Johnson

President, NEJUG
email:markfjohnson@gmail.com