Probably most of you are enjoying some sunny and warming holidays. So now that there is more free time is the perfect moment to start building those android apps!

Moreover, this time Rovio will be visiting us! It will be the perfect opportunity to get to know them and show your development skills during the hackathon. They are really interested in getting to know you!

Remember that Android Aalto does not close during the summer holidays!! So this month hackathon will be on Saturday 16th. Starting at 13.00 with the following topics:

  • Rovio presentation about next hackathons collaboration.
  • Android NFC workshop by Jukka Jokelainen.
  • Thanks to Elisa we will order some food for the attendees and have a relaxed lunch discussing about android and similar topics.
  • Develop new projects and continue evolving the two community projects.

If you have a project that you feel it would be interesting to develop with more people this is the right place, hackathons are the perfect environment! You can discuss technical issues, share and learn new tricks.
Moreover, people usually is happy to help to debug apps in their devices. So it is a great opportunity to polish your project for different mobiles at once!

This time we will be in Aalto Design Factory building (in front of the previous one). Check the map: Betonimiehenkuja 5, Espoo

Remember, the Hackathon will be on Saturday, 16th of July starting at 13.00 at the Design Factory.
We use Git and Github to handle the community projects. Feel free to check out the Android Aalto Github account: http://www.github.com/AndroidAalto. We will publish a step-by-step guide how to use Git in a few days.

Welcome aboard and see you on July 16th at 13.00!

We are looking for developers who would like to do a demo of their app in one of our hackathons. If you are interested feel free to contact us.

Many thanks to Elisa for collaborating with us to build a nice Android ecosystem, and for sponsoring food and beers for all of the attendees.

UPDATED: Please, see address of the event.

Together with The Finnish Center for Open Source Solutions COSS, Inventor’s Factory / Keksimö ry and Hankenes, we are organising Android developer seminar with 4 excellent speakers. Event costs 30 euro, but it is free for people, who are in Android Aalto facebook group or mailing list (androidaalto in google groups).

Time: Tue, March 22th 2011, 14:00 – 17:30
Place: Casa Academica, KPMG-hall, 2nd floor, Perhonkatu 6, Helsinki
Registration: attend on facebook or send an email to maksim (email symbol) androidaalto.org (Include your name and indicate if you are member of mailing-list or facebook group in the message content).

Event Programme

Making Money in the Android Ecosystem
  • Android Market, In-app Billing and alternatives
  • Android advertising and marketing
  • Analyzing the numbers
  • Alternate revenue streams

Presenter: Paul Houghton, Futurice. Length: 30 min

Integration with Android Applications
  • Android primer (Activities, Intents, Application Development etc.)
  • Interacting with Android Apps (Google Maps, Browser, Calls)
  • Web Services (Soap and xml or just json?)
  • Mule for Integration (Demonstration)

Presenter: Stephen Fenech, Consultant, Ricston Ltd. Length: 90 min

How Customization of Android OS Affects App Development?

Presenter: Zoltan Kuscsik, PhD, Software Architect, EMEA Solution Consultancy, Ixonos. Length 30 min

Contractual View to Android Market – the ”R” Approach (Rights, Remedies, Risks and Restrictions)

Presenter: Kai Erlund, Counsel, Technology, Attorney-at-law, Castrén & Snellman. Length 30 min

The Acting Director of Keksimö, Martin von Willebrand, will chair the event.