Meetings

An Introduction to
Android App Design

Anthony Hand

Tuesday October 26th 2010 at 7:00pm
Wheaton, Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus, Room 103

Abstract

Google's open source Android OS is rapidly gaining in popularity for devices ranging from smartphones to tablets to TV entertainment systems and more. As an open platform, Android allows users to install apps via the Android market -- and that exploding user base is hungry for compelling apps.

This talk will provide an overview of the Android platform and ecosystem. We'll discuss a few issues in Android app development, including tips for avoiding UI gotchas and maximizing compatibility of your app across devices. We'll also discuss the Android market, the market's size, and general features. Please feel free to bring additional questions for the Q&A section.

Bio

Anthony Hand is a user interface designer at Motorola working on the Android platform. Mr. Hand has a Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction from the Univ. of Michigan and has designed user experiences for all of the major smartphone platforms and mobile Java. Mr. Hand is also co-chair of Mobile Monday Chicago (www.momochicago.org), an organization dedicated to professional networking and promoting the mobile industry in Chicago. On the side, Mr. Hand promotes and maintains MobileESP, an open source code library for PHP, Java, .NET, and JavaScript to detect mobile device visitors to web sites.

Getting to the meeting

The next general meeting of UniForum Chicago will be: 

        IIT Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road
        Wheaton, IL 60187-8489
Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton
The 19-acre campus is located just northeast of the intersection of Naperville and Butterfield roads in sou th Wheaton's Danada development. The campus is three miles west of the Butterfield Road interchange of the N orth-South Tollway (I-355) and two miles north of the Naperville Road interchange of the East-West Tollway ( I-88).

From the North or South: From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on B utterfield Road to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's and the new Chick-fil-A. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway), take the I-88 (East-West Tollway) westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.

From the East or West: From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville Road exit. At the traffic light, turn left onto Naperville Road and continue north for 1\275 miles to Rt. 56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Road and proceed 1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left on to East Loop Road, ( Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's and Chick-fil-A. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building.

Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

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