ACCESS NATIVE DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY? INVOKE NATIVE INTERFACES?
How to integrate native iOS, Android etc. functionality into your Codename One app without sacrificing the portability of the whole app
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ACCESS REMOTE WEBSERVICES? PERFORM OPERATIONS ON THE SERVER?
Invoke server functionality from the client side using the Codename One webservice wizard
CREATE A BASIC HELLO WORLD APPLICATION & SEND IT TO MY DEVICE USING ECLIPSE
Getting started guide for Eclipse developers
CREATE A BASIC HELLO WORLD APPLICATION & SEND IT TO MY DEVICE USING INTELLIJ/IDEA
Getting started guide for IntelliJ developers
CREATE A BASIC HELLO WORLD APPLICATION & SEND IT TO MY DEVICE USING NETBEANS
Getting started guide for NetBeans developers
CREATE A GORGEOUS SIDEMENU
Great UI needs great navigational interface
CREATE A LIST OF ITEMS
Infinite lists of items are powerful tools
CREATE A SIMPLE THEME
Create or customize a theme for your application
CREATE AN IOS PROVISIONING PROFILE
Signing & provisioning on iOS is a bit painful, hopefully this will aleviate some of the pain
CUSTOMIZE COMPONENT BORDERS AND BACKGROUNDS
The 9-piece image border is a cornerstone tool for theme design
DEBUG A CODENAME ONE APPLICATION ON AN ANDROID DEVICE
Debugging on a device using the Android Studio IDE
DEBUG INTO CODENAME ONE SOURCE, MODIFY IT & CONTRIBUTE IT BACK
Use the sources on github, to improve your app, learn & contribute
FIND PROBLEMS IN MY APPLICATION, USING THE CODENAME ONE TOOLS AND THE STANDARD IDE TOOLS
Review of the simulator tools for network monitoring, performance monitoring etc.
GET REPEATABLE BUILDS? BUILD AGAINST A CONSISTENT VERSION OF CODENAME ONE? USE THE VERSIONING FEATURE?
Versioning allows us to build against a point release and get stability/consistency over time
HANDLE EVENTS/NAVIGATION IN THE GUI BUILDER & POPULATE THE FORM FROM CODE
Event/variable handling in the Codename One GUI builder is a bit different from typical desktop development
IMPROVE APPLICATION PERFORMANCE OR TRACK DOWN PERFORMANCE ISSUES
Covers the basics of "what is slow" and how to find out what is bogging down your app
LAYOUT BASICS
Determine where components are placed especially when dealing with varied screen sizes/orientations
LOCALIZE/TRANSLATE MY APPLICATION? APPLY I18N/L10N (INTERNATIONALIZATION/LOCALIZATION) TO MY APP?
Codename One features seamless localization and BiDi RTL support
TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE CAMERA
Using the capture API to take a picture
USE CLOUD CONNECT
Instantly preview your work on multiple devices
USE CRASH PROTECTION? GET DEVICE LOGS?
Track down issues that occur on the device or in production using these tools
USE HTTP, SOCKETS, WEBSERVICES AND WEBSOCKETS
Networking options explained
USE OFFLINE BUILD
Build without the cloud build servers
USE PROPERTIES TO SPEED DEVELOPMENT
Simplify UI, Database/Storage and Parsing code
USE PUSH NOTIFICATION SEND SERVER PUSH MESSAGES?
Codename One unifies the push architecture for the various platforms under a single API
USE STORAGE, FILE SYSTEM AND SQL
retain application data in Codename One
USE THE DESKTOP AND JAVASCRIPT PORTS
Build apps that run in PC's and Macs
USE THE INCLUDE SOURCES FEATURE TO DEBUG THE NATIVE CODE ON IOS/ANDROID ETC.
The source is useful for debugging on device, looking under the hood and writing native interfaces
WORK WITH MULTI IMAGES AND DEVICE DENSITIES
Understand the complexity of phone/tablet images