How to start

writing

good apps

for Android

I have a phone with Android...

and I tried to write something for it.

Jake Wharton reviewed my code.

I review Jake Wharton's code.

There will be CODE

Feel my pain

Tools

• Android SDK

• Android Studio

• Genymotion

Le Basics

• build.gradle
• AndroidManifest.xml
• Activities
• Views & Layouts
• configurations
• strings and other values
• styles à la CSS

Pitfalls

• Learning from Google
• Context leak
• There is no "main" function
• Application vs process

Save time & money

• ButterKnife
• Crashlytics
• Lombok
• Parceler
• Picasso
• Realm
• Retrofit
• RetroLambda
• RxJava

"Advanced" stuff

i.e. Testing

"Advanced" stuff

i.e. Testing + DI

What else would you like to know?

@mg6maciej