Fwd: Africa Android Challenge 2014
Stephen Muiruri
From: Moffat Ngacha <moff...@gmail.com>
Date: 3 March 2014 16:22
Subject: Fwd: Africa Android Challenge 2014
To: Stephen Muiruri <muir...@gmail.com>
Cc: eucossa <euc...@egerton.ac.ke>
Moffat Ngacha
From: Mercy Orangi <mercy...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 8:29 AM
Subject: Fwd: Africa Android Challenge 2014
To:
Co-Lead Google Developer Group - Nairobi, Kenya
INFINITY Space Head of Mobile Technology
+MercyOrangi |@mercy_orangi |Linkedin
Are you aware of #aac2014?
Africa Android Challenge #aac2014 is a competition that allows us to groom the next generation of successful developers and Android experts on the African continent. These developers will create innovative Android applications with a focus on #design.
Why AAC?
The challenge aims at increasing the quality of Android Apps written by African Developers and well as to increase the quantity of video content on Youtube and Google+ illustrating ambitions and aspirations of African developers.
Where is it happening?
1. Sub-Saharan Africa
2. North Africa
3. Middle East Africa
When?
Round 1 :
30th Jan : Submission site opens
10th April : Deadline for resubmitting apps
15th April : End of first-round - Judges announces Semi-Finalists
15th April : Shipping Android Phones and Tablets to winners (semi-finalists)
15th April to 30th April : Frame to organize GDG Barcamp sync events (GDG/JUG) to celebrate the winners.
Round 2 :
15th April : Re-submission site opens
15th May : Deadline for resubmitting apps
20th May : End of the second round - Judges announce the winners
20th May : The team announces the destination for the winners
Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept : The winners travel (all-expenses-paid) to the Android/Google Developer Group community event.
Categories:
Education/Not for Profit/Reference/Productivity/Tools Enterprise/Small Business
Games(Arcade/Action)/Social Networking / Lifestyle/Travel/Misc
Criteria :
Effective Use of Google Cloud platform (bonus)
Such submissions must have an URL of http://aac2014-[AppName].appspot.com domain for the cloud back-end
Usability on multiple screen sizes
User-friendliness (Ease of use)
Relevance to Country (i.e. value-add to users)
Innovation and creativity
Execution of idea
Use of hardware platform or use of Android’s features
Branding (clever, catchy, sticky or innovative branding strategy)
Necessity (solve a unique problem, meet a need)
Judging criteria:
The Judges will evaluate each entry and give it a score from one (1) to five (5) according to specific criterias. The entry with the highest score will receive the first prize;
In the event of a tie between any eligible entries, an additional judge will break the tie based on the criteria outlined below
The team will create a pool of countries with less than 3 submissions
What tools do you need to begin developing Android Apps:
1. An IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for example: Eclispe
2. The ADT (Android Developer Tools plugin) for eclipse: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
3. Android SDK (Software Development Kit) - The Android SDK provides you the API libraries and developer tools necessary to build, test, and debug apps for Android.
If you're a new Android developer, we recommend you download the ADT Bundle to quickly start developing apps. It includes the essential Android SDK components and a version of the Eclipse IDE with built-in ADT (Android Developer Tools) to streamline your Android app development.
With a single download, the ADT Bundle includes everything you need to begin developing apps:
Eclipse + ADT plugin
Android SDK Tools
Android Platform-tools
The latest Android platform
The latest Android system image for the emulator
Important sites for reference and download:
Main Website: http://developer.android.com/index.html
Traning classes: http://developer.android.com/training/index.html
Tutorials: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/android/android_resources.htm
Tutorials: http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/Android/article.html
We shall be having hack days and barcamps for the AAC 2014 but in the meantime you are encouraged to start developing.
All the best!
Visit www.gdgnairobi.info, for more information on GDG Nairobi
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