How to be productive?

... or how to be lazy?

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Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
Robert A. Heinlein

Tip #1 - Write Less Code

But how?

Libraries

How many are available?

More than 75 000 results

40 000 of them in Java

iOS - 27 000 repositories

35 repositories

UI and custom views

Networking

ORM

Testing

Utilites

Dependency Injection

Some code

Reduce amount of code with AndroidAnnotations

View Initialization Without @AA

ListView bookmarkList;
EditText search;
...
bookmarkList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.bookmarkList);
search = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.search);
Using @AA
@ViewById ListView bookmarkList;
@ViewById EditText search;

Some code

Reduce amount of code with AndroidAnnotations

Click Handlers Without @AA

View updateBookmarksButton1 = findViewById(R.id.updateBookmarksButton1);
updateBookmarksButton1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
 
      @Override
      public void onClick(View v) {
        updateBookmarksClicked();
      }
});
Using @AA
@Click({R.id.updateBookmarksButton1, R.id.updateBookmarksButton2})
void updateBookmarksClicked() {
    // Do something
}

Some code

Reduce amount of code with AndroidAnnotations

REST Client Without @AA

// Code is hidden in order not to get scared someone
Using @AA
@Rest("http://www.bookmarks.com")
public interface BookmarkClient {
  
  @Get("/bookmarks/{userId}?search={search}")
  Bookmarks getBookmarks(String search, String userId);
 
}

Library Agregators

Tip #2 - Look for 3d party tools

You're not alone!

Lucidchart

Quick UI Prototyping

Different Types of Icons

Device Frames

9-Patched Images

Themes / Styles

e.g. app size 2.4Mb => 1.3Mb (45% less)

Next level ACRA

Great integration with IDEs

Supports stacktrace de-obfuscation

Working with color

Tip #3 - Bootstrap your project!

Did you heared about Twitter Bootstrap?

Android Bootstrap

Pross&Cons

Pross

  • Already configured project with a lot of libraries included
  • Integration with Parse.com
  • Generates app with defined package

Cons

  • Not flexible, at all

How many time will it take for you to configurate project with Maven, ActionBarSherlock, AndroidAnnotations, etc?

5 mins !

AndroidKickstartR

Pross&Cons

Pross

  • Very flexible
  • Can generate Maven projects as well as Eclipse
  • A lot of libraries to choose
  • Direct GitHub integration

Cons

  • Gradle is not yet supported
  • Some libraries are outdated

Tip #4 - Automate your builds!

Look for my presentation on Sunday:)

There are several options to choose

But idea is the same

  • Easy controll over project dependencies
  • Easy to work with library projects
  • Flexible build process configuration
  • ... and a lot of other cool featues

Why Gradle is cool?

           
buildscript {
    repositories { mavenCentral() }
    dependencies { classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5.+' }
}

apply plugin: 'android'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 17
    buildToolsVersion: '17.0.0'
}

Tip #5 - Use other goodies!

Android Resource Navigator

Chrome Extension

It's better to show, than talk about it...

Open Source Projects

The Most Important Tip

KEEP CALM

AND

HAVE FUN