Sessions at Strange Loop 2011 about Mobile Development

Monday 19th September 2011

• Mirah for Android Development

  by Brendan Ribera

  Mirah is a new JVM language that offers Ruby-like syntax, type inference, closures, metaprogramming, and macros. It lets you write expressive code without the penalty of requiring its own runtime environment. As such, it is very well-suited for platforms in which introducing additional runtimes would be impractical; to wit, Android devices.

  This talk will introduce using Mirah for Android development by way of the following topics:

  • A basic overview of JVM languages on Android and potential pitfalls.
  • A brief introduction to Mirah and its relation to Java/Ruby.
  • Using Pindah to start and build a toy Mirah application.
  • Mixing Mirah code into an existing Java/Ant application.
  • Rudimentary knowledge of Java, Ruby, or Android would be useful, but not necessary.
  • Android
  • Mirah
  • Mobile Development

  At 3:30pm to 4:20pm, Monday 19th September

  In Gateway 3, Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark

Tuesday 20th September 2011

• Android App Assimilation

  by Logan Johnson

  The best Android apps are those that tightly integrate with the platform and other applications. Unlike many other platforms, in Android this capability is available to any application developer; Android is designed for users to hop from app to app seamlessly and for data to be ubiquitous and shareable, not kept in silos accessible only from the home screen.

  In this talk we’ll take a tour of integration points available to the Android application developer. We’ll touch on opportunities to integrate tightly with the platform itself and with the built-in applications; on consuming data and services from other apps; on exposing your own app’s data and services for consumption; and on providing convenient entry points into your app itself.

  • Android
  • Mobile
  • Mobile Development

  At 8:30am to 9:20am, Tuesday 20th September

  In Gateway 3, Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark

  Coverage slide deck slide deck

• Taming Android

  by Eric Burke

  Android is a challenging platform. The market is full of ugly applications that crash the instant you hold your phone sideways. We can do better! Through working code examples, this talk shows how to make amazing Android applications that defy expectations.

  • Scale to any screen size using custom layouts
  • Create custom views from scratch
  • Translate fixed-size design assets into scalable drawables
  • Beat ListView into submission

  We won’t waste any time on Hello, World in this session. Beginners may be exposed to uncomfortably realistic code, lifted directly from a world class Android application.

  • Android
  • Mobile Development

  At 9:30am to 10:20am, Tuesday 20th September

  In Arch View, Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark