Google IO this year, Brad Abrams and Xavier Ducrohet gave a great presentation on how to use GPE 2.4 to build an App Engine connected Android application. Here’s a snippet from Brad’s blog, as well as a link to the full post.
Xavier Ducrohet and I had a great time today demoing “BigDaddy” which is the codename for the Google Plugin for Eclipse 2.4 Beta that we released today.
I started off with the following products installed:
Eclipse Helios, Android Developments Tools and, of course the Google Plugin for Eclipse 2.4 beta.
- Download the complete source code for the demo: https://code.google.com/p/cloud-tasks-io.
- See the demo live (but please only use test data): http://androidcloudtasks.appspot.com.
For the Android client, browse to the bottom of this page on your phone to find the link to the APK. - You can also check out the default Big Daddy application: http://bigdaddy-io.appspot.com/
- Access the slides http://www.slideshare.net/brada/androidandroid-app-engine-a-developers-dream-combination
Our goal is to create a task tracking application for Larry Page. As he takes over as CEO, Larry has a lot of tasks that he needs to track and this app will help him (and the rest of us) track tasks…
The full blog post can be found here: Google IO Session Overview: Android + App Engine: A Developer’s Dream Combination.