Android 11 Meetup with GDG Philippines

Google launched the Android 11 Beta with pages, videos, and other resources on June 10. They also announced the 11 Weeks of Android. Each week focuses on a specific topic and they will release more content relevant to it. Global developer communities will also host Android 11 Meetups to help developers learn and prepare for the new Android version.

GDG Philippines has invited me to be their speaker for their Android 11 meetup. I've done Android talks and workshops with them before. However, this time it is going be online, which will be the first time for me. I prepared a presentation about Android 11 and other relevant updates for Android developers.

The event was streamed live on YouTube and Facebook. I was a bit nervous because it has been years since the last time I gave a talk but it has been a great experience for me. It feels good to help out GDG Philippines and the Android developer community.

You can check the slides on Speakerdeck. If you need more information about Android 11, you can check out https://developer.android.com/preview.

Google I/O 2017 Extended Roadshow

Google I/O is Google's annual developer conference, where they share the latest products and technologies. Google I/O 2017 was held in Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California on May 17-19. GDG Philippines brought the I/O experience to different cities with Google I/O 2017 Extended Roadshow, a series of talks and workshops to help professional and student developers deep dive in the new technologies announced. We visited Rizal, Manila, Laguna, Palawan, and Naga this year.

Rizal

The first leg, Google I/O 2017 Extended Rizal, was held in University of Rizal System - Morong Campus on June 24. I talked about the latest updates from Google I/O 2017 in the morning plenary and conducted a basic android workshop in the afternoon.

Manila

Google I/O 2017 Extended Manila was held on July 1 at University of Sto. Tomas. I had a talk/workshop about Android Instant Apps in the afternoon breakout session.

Laguna

We were back in UP Los Baños for Google I/O 2017 Extended Laguna (July 15). I conducted a basic android workshop in the afternoon.

Palawan

Google I/O 2017 Extended Palawan was held on July 28 at Palawan State University. I had another Android workshop in the afternoon breakout session.

Naga

The last leg, Google I/O 2017 Extended Naga, was held at Ateneo De Naga University on August 12. I talked about the latest updates about Android Development from Google I/O 2017 in the morning plenary and conducted a basic android workshop in the afternoon.

Palawan Android Study Jams

GDG Philippines, in cooperation with Palaweño ICT Association (PICTA) organized Android Study Jams on April 11-12. The event has been a part of the Puerto Princesa Technology Month and was held in partner school Western Philippines University-Puerto Princesa Campus.

Ralph and I went to Puerto Princesa for the two-day Study Jams. More than 24 participants attended the sessions. At the end of the second day, 5 groups presented the apps they have built.

Participants of the Palawan Android Study Jams

March Android Talks

I was able to do two Android talks this month despite the busy schedule.

On March 2, I went to Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila to talk about Android Nougat to CS and IT fourth year students in their Mobile AcCSess Seminar.

Here is the slides I used in my talk:

I also went to STI Academic Center Novaliches on March 15 to talk about Android Apps Development in their STIers Congress on Information Technology.

Check out the list of my talks and workshops at http://www.tigcal.com/talks.html.

Android for Beginners Study Jams

Google Developers Groups Study Jams is a free series of global, community-run, in-person study groups. Last year's Study Jams focused on the Android Fundamentals Udacity Course. Check out the video summary below:

The second Study Jams series is presented in partnership with Udacity and will follow their Android Beginners curriculum. GDG Philippines is partnering with schools/collleges/universities for the Study Jams. I am facilitating an Android for Beginners Study Jams in Cavite State University (CvSU)-Bacoor for March-April. On April, there is also a tentative Study Jams in Caloocan.

Here are some photos from our first Study Jams session in CvSU-Bacoor last week:

Ozamiz Android Workshops

I was invited to the 7th ICT Youth Convention in La Salle University (LSU) Ozamiz. This time, I had two whole-day workshops. The convention was composed of three days (February 22-24). The first day was mostly talks while the other two were workshops.

I arrived early in the morning of February 23. My first workshop is an Android App Development Workshop. Instead of the usual letting the participants work on the workshop materials after the intro talk, I demonstrated how to code one by one and ask them to do the same on their machines.

On my second day, I facilitated an Android Game Development Workshop using Love 2D and Lua. We then exported their games to installable APKs after the activities.

Here are some photos of the event:

UMAK Android Workshop

I was invited to University of Makati to talk about Android apps development on the afternoon of February 18. It was supposed to be an Android Workshop but due to certain factors, I just talked about the basics and did some live demos. Here is the slides I used in my talk:

Here are some photos during the event:

This event officially starts my Android talks, workshops, and events for the year. Looking forward to learning more and sharing more.

Android Dev Summit Extended

The inaugural Android Dev Summit was held on November 23-24 in Mountain View, California. Android Dev Summit was an event for Android developers to learn from technical sessions and network with the Android team. GDG Philippines organized an Android Dev Summit Extended last Saturday (December 12).

We started the event with an introduction of GDG Philippines and promotion of GDG HackFair Philippines. I then did a short talk about news and updates from Android Dev Summit. Then, I did a demo of Instant Run and the new Android emulator.

Afterwards, participants did the Android Dev Summit Code Labs until the afternoon. I assisted the participants in doing the hands-on activities and answered their questions.

Android Dev Summit was a gathering for developers to learn and connect with the Google engineers behind Android. There were two days of deep technical sessions from and networking with the Android engineering team. If you weren't able to join it live, you can check the videos in the Android Developers YouTube channel.

Android Dev Summit 2015 Video Playlist

GDG Philippines HackTime

GDG Philippines is organizing the first GDG HackFair in the Philippines on December 19-20. HackFair is an interactive two-day event where thirty App/Website/IoT that were created using Google Technologies are given the opportunity to be featured.

In preparation for HackFair, we had a GDG Philippines HackTime on December 5 at Globe Corporate Showroom. Morning talks include introduction to GDG Philippines and GDG HackFair (by me) followed by Design Talk & Workshop and Google Cardboard.

In the afternoon, we had talks and workshops Arduino & Gemma Kit, Android Wear, Firebase, and Polymer. I talked about Developing for Android Wear.

SEIPI-ASITEP Talk

Ramon Pastor and I were invited to talk about Mobile Applications Development at the 3^rd General Membership Meeting of SEIPI-ASITEP. ASITEP (Association of IT Executives and Professionals) is a networking committee of SEIPI(Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation, Inc.).

The event was held at Technopark Hotel, Greenfield Autopark, Sta. Rosa, Laguna on October 9. Ramon talked about iOS app development while I talked about Android app development. The time was not enough to do a hands-on workshop though.

More photos during the event is available in ASITEP's Facebook Page

UPHSL Talk

I was invited by Oliver Junio, Dean of the College of Computer Studies of University of Perpetual Help System Laguna to conduct a talk in their Thesis/Capstone Commercialization Seminar on August 26, 2015. The seminar was attended by fourth year students doing their theses and third year students who will be doing theirs next year. Dean Oliver hoped students could publish their apps they will developing for their theses and monetize from them after.

I did a short talk about Android App Development to encourage the students to work on Android apps not only for their thesis, but for their future career. My main talk was about Publishing Android Apps on Google Play. I discussed how they can create Google Play developer accounts and demonstrated the Google Play Developer Console.

I also encouraged the participants to join Android Masters. After my talk, I answered some questions from the students. Hopefully, the participants will publish their Android apps soon (and join and win in Android Masters).

Google I/O 2015 Extended Roadshow

Google I/O is Google's annual developer conference, where they share the latest products and technologies. This year, GDG Philippines brought the Google I/O experience to Manila and different provinces. The Google I/O 2015 Extended Roadshow is a series of workshops and talks centered around the technologies announced during Google I/O 2015. It was held in Pampanga (July 4), Manila (July 11), Batangas (July 18), Albay (July 25), Camarines Sur (July 26), and Cavite (August 1).

In each Extended events, we had talks in the morning and hands-on workshops in the afternoon. Morning plenary talks include the keynote, Google Cardboard and Google Translate Community. Workshops include Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping, Web, and Android. In all six legs, I talked about the basics of Android apps development and facilitated hands-on sessions.

Pampanga

Creating Android Virtual Devices (Emulators)

Participants in the Android workshop in I/O Extended Pampanga

Manila

Encouraging participants in the Manila leg Android workshop to join Android Masters

Batangas

Participants in the Android workshop in I/O Extended Batangas

Albay

Participants in the Android workshop in I/O Extended Albay

Camarines Sur

Participants in the Android workshop in I/O Extended Camarines Sur

Cavite

Using white board and marker in the discussion

Participants in the Android workshop in I/O Extended Cavite

Google I/O 2015 Extended Pampanga

GDG Philippines went to Pampanga last Saturday (July 4) for Google I/O 2015 Extended Pampanga, which is in partnership with GBG Angeles and Pampanga Dev Group.

In the morning, we had a keynote (Paul Pajo), and talks about Google Cardboard (Benj Tupas), Google Translate Community (Celine Barrozo), Android Masters (Wayne Manuel), and short talks from sponsors. We also had booths for Android One and Google Cardboard.

In the afternoon, there were three break-out workshops: Design Thinking Workshop with Toni-Jan Keith Monserrat, Polymer and Google Maps Javascript API with Wayne, and Android Workshop with me. I talked about the Basics of Android App Development before facilitating a hands-on workshop.

The participants in the Android workshop

After the workshops, Wayne and I raffled off some Cardboards and tote bags, and closed the program.

The participants of Google I/O 2015 Extended Pampanga

Google I/O 2015 Extended Pampanga is the first leg of our Google I/O 2015 Extended Roadshow, a series of workshops and talks centered around the technologies announced during Google I/O 2015. On July 11, we'll be in DLSU Manila for Google I/O 2015 Extended Manila. Other legs include Batangas (July 18), Albay (July 25), Camarines Sur (July 26), and Cavite (August 1). Check http://ioextended.gdgph.org for details about the events.

Trip to Zamboanga

I was at Zamboanga City from June 25 to June 28. It was my second time there. The last time was a day trip when I was a speaker in GDG DevFest Zamboanga back in 2013.

From June 25 to 27, I conducted Android app development training at Universidad de Zamboanga.

On the first training day, I talked about Java and Android Basics and how to install and setup Android Studio. For the next days, our topics included Android app development and install/setup of JDK. On Saturday night, I joined GDG Zamboanga volunteers in their planning for their series of I/O Extended roadshows, the first one of which will be the day after.

I participated in GDG Zamboanga's Google I/O 2015 Extended event on June 28. In the morning, I talked about Google I/O updates, Google Cardboard, Google Developer tools and technologies, and Basic Android App Development. After the talk (and lunch), I went back to Manila.

Me talking about Google Cardboard (Photo from the Google+ Events Page)

Below is the Google Photo Story of my trip to Zamboanga:

Baguio Weekend

Celine, Gerardo, Mama Chelle and family, and I spent last weekend (June 20-21) in Baguio City. We arrived in the early morning of June 20 and went straight to Azalea Hotel to rest first.

We woke up early and went to the Centennial Building of University of Baguio (UB) for the Google I/O 2015 Extended Baguio (link). I talked about the new Android updates from I/O.

The slides I used in my talk during Google I/O 2015 Extended Baguio

In the afternoon, we facilitated code labs in UB's computer laboratory. Gerardo was supposed to do the code lab about Google+ signin in Android and I was supposed to facilitate the App Indexing Code Lab but due to technical difficulties, I suggested he do a basic Android workshop and I will do an advanced code lab (Unit Testing). These didn't really work out because the Windows computers do not want to cooperate. We shared tips and answered some questions. I also shared about an upcoming inter-school Android app development competition.

The participants of Google I/O 2015 Extended Baguio

After the event, we had dinner with the organizers and volunteers of GDG Baguio at 50s Diner (in ). Celine, Reymart, Mama Chelle, Gerardo, and I went to the night market before going back to the hotel.

The next day, we woke up early to go to the strawberry farm. We were able to do some strawberry picking. Afterwards, we went back to the hotel and rested. We then had lunch at Cafe by the Ruins before Celine and I went back to Manila.

Trip to Ozamiz City

I was again invited by La Salle University-Ozamiz to be a part of the 6th ICT Youth Convention on January 28-30, 2015.

I arrived in Ozamiz in the morning of January 28. We went to Royal Garden Hotel and had breakfast in The Coffee Lounge while waiting for the rooms to be ready. I went to the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, which is just a few steps away from the hotel, for prayers before going to LSU. The cathedral has the largest pipe organ in the country and is the biggest in Mindanao. In LSU, I checked the machines and started the download of the latest version of Android Studio for the afternoon workshop. We went back to the hotel to have lunch at Hukad Sa Golden Cowrie. I ordered Chicken Pandan.

After lunch, we went to LSU. Android Studio has been installed but the download of other components is taking too long so we just used ADT Bundles which were already installed there last year. There were around 30 participants in the Android workshop. I did a talk first about Android apps development. We were already starting with the hands-on when the power went out. It lasted for more than 30 minutes. I talked and demonstrated Google Cardboard, Android Wear (Moto 360), and Chromecast during the blackout. Most of the participants were able to finish the activity.

The next day, I woke up early and we had breakfast at The Coffee Lounge in the hotel. After breakfast, we went to LSU. I was the second speaker for the morning. My talk was "Android: Beyond Phones and Tablets." I discussed Android Wear, Android TV, and Android Auto. I also told them about other innovations like Google Cardboard, Chromecast, and Project Ara.

The slides I used in my talk

We went to Chicken Ati-atihan for lunch. After eating, Sir Harold and other teachers toured me to Fuerte de la Concepcion Y del Triunfo (Cotta). It was an old Spanish fort built to protect the region. We checked the Cotta Museum, Cotta Shrine, and climbed the lighthouse.

Miniature of the Fuerte de la Concepcion Y del Triunfo

We also went to Clarin, Misamis Occidental to try the different flavors of suman in House of Suman and Pasalubong Center. There were a total of 13 flavors. Only 7 flavors were available that day and we were able to try six.

Some of the suman we tried

We went back to LSU campus. After the other speakers finish their talks and workshops, we went to Tangub City to go to Hoyohoy Highland Stone Chapel Adventure Park. Unfortunately, it is already too dark when we arrived there. We checked out the Highland Chapel Hotel in the compound before going back to Ozamiz. We went to Dahon Boodle and Grill for the Social Nights but we had dinner at Hukad Sa Golden Cowrie in Royal Garden Hotel.

Hoyohoy Highland Stone Chapel Adventure Park

Sweet Chili Chicken for dinner at Hukad Sa Golden Cowrie

The morning after, I was picked up by Miss Leslyn and Miss Jabie of LSU. We had breakfast at Jollibee before going to the Ozamiz Airport. It was great to visit Ozamiz again. Hopefully, Celine and I can go back there soon to explore the city more.