Android 101 for iOS Developers – Two Sides of the Same Coin
summary
Compares core Android components (Activity, Fragment, Intent, ListView) to iOS equivalents (View Controllers, UITableView) and explains UI/UX differences to make apps feel native on Android Lollipop. Covers data storage and transmission options on Android as alternatives to Core Data, and demonstrates Android’s layout system as a substitute for Xcode’s Interface Builder.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00Start
- 2:34Overview
- 3:29Assumptions
- 4:23Recommendations
- 6:51App Bar (previously Action Bar)
- 9:42Back Button and Navigation
- 10:49Overflow Menu
- 11:07Widgets
- 14:51Instant Benefits
- 16:42Folder Structure based on package naming
- 21:53Dimens and Strings
- 25:08Build Tools
- 26:31Fragmentation
- 28:42Android Apps Crash More
- 30:35Activities are the basic unit of an Android app.
- 31:12Activities can accept and return information
- 32:42Next Activity Finishing with Data
- 37:51UITableView, meet ListView
- 38:14Goodbye datasources, hello adapters
- 43:44Android Layout Basics
- 43:54Width and Height
- 45:15Main Layout ViewGroups
- 46:34Android Homework
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