1. Android and the GeneXus
Smart Devices Generator
#GX2911
Fernando Panizza
fpanizza@genexus.com
@minipanizza

7. Android
• Operating System for mobiles (phones, tablets, TVs, &c)
– Better user experience
– Open and Free
• Linux-based
• Browser based on WebKit
• SQLite (data storage)
• Java, Android SDK and API

8. Diversity

14. Evolution
• 1.3 million new Android devices activated each day
• 210% shipments over a year ago

15. Sales Evolution
70%
60%
50%
Symbian
40%
Android
Blackberry
30%
iOS
20% Microsoft
10%
0%
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Q2

16. Sales Evolution Smartphones
Millions of units sold / Q2
98
2011
46 2012
28
19
12
8
2 4
Android iOS BlackBerry Microsoft

17. Applications
• 600,000 apps in Google Play
• 20 , now 25 billion app downloads

18. Versions
2.x 3.x
4.x

19. Versions
4.1 1.x
1% 1%
4.0
21%
1.x
3.x 2.x
2% 3.x
4.0
4.1
2.x
75%

20. 4.x UI
• New Style
• Action bar
• Tabs
• Split

21. 4.1

22. 4.1
• New style for notifications
• New animations and transitions
• Android Beam (NFC , Bluetooth)
• Wi-Fi Direct
• Browser with better support of HTML5
• Smart App Updates

24. Functionality
• CRUD Online
• Data Caching
• Actions
– SD APIs
• GeneXus Interop
– Procedures, Web Panels

25. Functionality
• Geo Location tracking
• Multimedia upload
• Audio playback
• Save image to Gallery

26. Functionality
• Push Notifications (GCM)
• Ads (AdMob)
• In-app purchases

27. UI - Controls
• New Action Bar
• New Tab control
• Maps
• For Grids
– Pager
– Magazine
• Dynamic Combos
• Charts

28. UI - Style
• 4.x-style in all devices (2.x to 4.x)
• Same app in multiple devices (phone to tablet)

29. UI - Layouts

30. User Experience

31. Explore
• http://showcase.genexus.com/mobile.aspx

33. GeneXus Future
• Improvements in UI
– Animations
– Transitions
– Visual Rules
– Containers
• Continue improvement in SD APIs
Tilo Overview - Gastón Milano

34. GeneXus Future
• Support features of latest OS versions
• Continue supporting multiple devices

35. GeneXus Future
• Limited connectivity / Offline
– Data in SQLite
– Execution of procedures and BCs in device
• Synchronization
• “Tilo” Alpha Version
Aplicaciones offline para Smart Devices - Gustavo Proto
Offline Smart Device Apps, estado del arte con GeneXus - Pablo Mazzilli

36. Smartphone Era
• More Smartphones
• More Native Applications

39. building (our) mobile
app on HTML5, which
was slow and clunky,
“
v
was the biggest
strategic mistake
we've ever made
Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook CEO - 11 Sep 2012
”

40. Growing Pass
• GeneXus
– X Ev2 Release – March
– X Ev2 U1 – August
– X Ev2 U2 Preview 1 – Next week
• http://www.genexus.com/gxev2

41. THANK YOU!