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ActionBarCompat

Back to when Android 4.3 and Nexus 7 announced, Google released a new backward-compatible Action Bar implementation called ActionBarCompat that's part of the Support Library r18. The ActionBarCompat APIs let you build the essential Action Bar design pattern into your app, with broad compatibility back to Android 2.1.

The post in Android Developers Blog helps you get started with ActionBarCompat, from setting up the Support Library to adding an Action Bar to your UI.

An introduction to this new support library, which allows you to add a compatible Action Bar to your application, targeting Android v2.1 or newer. This DevByte covers integrating the library, from adding it as a dependency to modifying your resources and code.

For more information you can visit -
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html

ActionBarCompat Step-by-step:

Good official lessons teach Caching Bitmaps and Managing Bitmap Memory

When your app have to load a number of bitmap, memory allocation will get complicated. Here is official lessons from developer.android.com.

Caching Bitmaps teach you using a memory and disk bitmap cache to improve the responsiveness and fluidity of your UI when loading multiple bitmaps.
Managing Bitmap Memory teach specific things you can do to facilitate garbage collection and bitmap reuse.

Also, the video Bitmap Allocation by DevBytes introduce how to speed up bitmap loading and reduce garbage collection by reusing existing bitmaps.

New UI features and design guidelines for Android 4.4 KitKat

Android Design in Action: New in Android 4.4

What's New in Android 4.4

DevBytes: What's New in Android 4.4

KitKat has been optimized to run on a much broader range of devices, with special focus on the millions of entry-level devices that have as little as 512MB RAM. To help, new APIs have been created, better tools, and better documentation to let you create apps that perform well on all devices.

Check out this video summary of some of the most significant developer features in the latest Android release, including new ways to make your apps beautiful, NFC Host Card Emulation, a printing framework, the storage access framework, low-power step detector and step counter sensors, and more!

Be sure to get the full Android 4.4 API Overview
http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.4.html

And take a look at related DevBytes videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc-2quE-o0enpILZF3nBZg_K

Connecting your Android App to Azure Mobile Services (including Android Dev Tools setup)

Chris Risner and Nick Harris have a set of excellent Mobile Services videos in the Windows Azure area of Channel 9 here.

The video in this post is for those of you who have no experience with the Android Development Tools (ADT). You'll get some errors with the latest build of the ADT unless you follow the ADT setup instructions in this video.

I'd suggest following along with this video to set up the ADT and then watching Chris and Nick's excellent set of Mobile Services videos to extend your knowledge.

Source: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Connecting-your-Android-App-to-Azure-Mobile-Services-including-Android-Dev-Tools-setup

Android Design for UI Developers

Google I/O 2013 tutorial, Android Design for UI Developers:

In this tutorial video, will explore the arsenal of tools available to Android UI engineers that let developers implement some of these important guidelines, including responsive design with multi-pane layouts, metrics and layout grids, and core navigation components.

New Features in the Google Maps Mobile APIs for Android and iOS

Maps Live: New Features in the Google Maps Mobile APIs for Android and iOS

Google Maps API Team members Daniel Schramm and Chris Broadfoot discuss exciting new cross platform features in the Google Maps Android API v2 (http://goo.gl/5k18Es) and the Google Maps SDK for iOS (http://goo.gl/r2c2e). New to the latest versions are map padding, marker rotation, and flat markers.

The series:

A simple example using Google Maps Android API v2, step by step.

Android KITKAT 4.4 -- The future of confectionery

KITKAT's Chief Breaks Officer tells us why KITKAT 4.4 is the future of confectionery.
For more information visit http://www.kitkat.com

Intro to ActionBarCompat Support Library

DevBytes: Intro to ActionBarCompat Support Library

An introduction to this new support library, which allows you to add a compatible Action Bar to your application, targeting Android v2.1 or newer. This DevByte covers integrating the library, from adding it as a dependency to modifying your resources and code. For more information you can visit - http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html

Bluetooth Low Energy API in Android 4.3

With Android 4.3 comes the Bluetooth Low Energy API. In this DevBytes Fred Chung gives a brief overview of the technology, and how Android supports it at the platform level.

Boot to Qt - SDK Demonstation

This is a demonstration of the Boot to Qt SDK. It shows how to configure Qt Creator for hardware development and how to run applications in both the emulator and on embedded hardware.

Boot to Qt is a light-weight UI stack based on the Qt Framework. It is built on top of a a minimal Android baselayer. Boot to Qt is a commercial offering by Digia, including ready-made images for several hardware types, Single-click deploy from the Qt Creator IDE, a device emulator. For more information see qt.digia.com.

When Android Meets Maps, Google I/O 2013 video

Build intuitive and compelling mobile map apps with the Google Maps Android API. This session will demonstrate innovative ways to integrate maps and Android sensors with Google services on Android. We will explore concepts on visualizing contextual, personalized and timely information.