Global Android Dev Camp - 17th - 19th February 2012

What a weekend

2012-02-20T00:40:00.002-08:00

This was an amazing and inspiring weekend. More than 30 user groups were hacking on Android apps at the same time. Small groups with a few people and large groups with as many as 100 participants. For some impressions see +Global Android Dev Camp

Please do not forget

to publish your app at nexva as described here and
spread the word about what happend in your city the last weekend!

Prizes and Submission

2012-02-15T14:41:00.000-08:00

The page "Prizes - Submission" has been added. Read the FAQ and about prizes and how to submit an application.

O'Reilly sponsors one ebook for each participant - ask your local organizer!
BugSense sponsors a discount for each participant as well as a Plus package for one year to the global winner (value $1188)
Sony Ericsson provided already SmartWatches to some locations and sponsored one as a global prize. Instructions are available here.
PayPal supports “Global Android DevCamp 2012”

PayPal is directly supporting the “Global Android DevCamp 2012” initiative with a dedicated category.

Whatever European, Middle Eastern or African (EMEA) team can apply for this category….. and risk to win a great prize !

If you want to participate….you have to create:

“The best Android Application - Mobile, Tablet - that integrates PayPal as the payment platform and that can significantly increase the number of PayPal users and/or the number of transactions made through PayPal”

PayPal tech evangelists and engineers will be present at some EMEA stages to support the teams during all the weekend and will be available to be contacted by the other EMEA stages during all the hackathon

Prize
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime + Keyboard…… yeah !!!

(max 4prizes for the winning team)

Online resources for Android Developers (Mobile and Tablet):
Mobile Express Checkout (in-browse experience)
Mobile Payment Libraries (native libraries and developer package includes all documentation and sample Android applications)
PayPal Sandbox (development and testing environment)

For any technical question or regarding the PayPal category, please contact: corrado@x.com or saulius@x.com

Current status and information for organizers

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Communication

In order to have an entry point for every participant we've created http://android-dev-camp-2012.blogspot.com.

We'd like to set links to all locations available on this blog.

Please send us the link to you local event web site/registration form within the next 36 hours so that we can link it on the global blog.

Also there are Google Plus pages for the Global Android Dev Camp as well as some local groups:

Feel free to create your own social media channels for swift updates.

Let Global Android Dev Camp know that you are out there and we'll share a circle with all locations.

Global sponsors

Are there sponsors that want to provide sponsoring to the global community?

Sponsoring could be i.g. licenses, swag...

Please let me know if you have a potential global sponsor at hand.

So far, we have ebooks from O'Reilly and there are talks with Paypal, Sony Ericsson and HTC.

Projects

First of all, I'd like to inform you that projects can now be globally registered.

The advantage of registering a project online is, that people can work on the same projects without actually having to be at the same location.

You can see registerd projects here and register your project using this form.

Please spread the word to your local community.

If there are any participants who want to join an already existing project please ask them to mention it in your local registration form.

Schedule

We've also created a global schedule where important Hangouts and start & end-times can be registered for each location.

If project members or sponsors have interesting information that they want to share with the global community, this is the place to look for scheduled Hangouts.

Also ongoing Hangouts can be registered. Please provide a link to the profile hosting the Hangout with your schedule entry.

Please take note that Hangouts can only be scheduled on the hour i.g. 12 o'clock, 1 o'clock...

To register your Hangout, post your proposed time to Google Plus, mentioning Global Android Dev Camp. The managers of this page will take care of the final scheduling.

Locations

In order to register your location to the DevCamp please use this form.

Also updating your location's status can be done here. We'll sort out the duplicates and will be using the newest entries.

Please check the status of your location and update it, so that participants know where they can hack during the Dev Camp.

Only locations with a status different to "Interested" will be listed as local events.

Design

If you want to use the corporate design for your location feel free to download and use the Global Android DevCamp Webkit created by Marie Schweiz.

Aftermath

We'd like to vote the best app after the Dev Camp. To achieve this we've decided to use nexva.com.

You'll get more information on this topic as the Camp comes closer.

Feel free to contact me, write to this list or Global Android Dev Camp, if you have further questions.

Let's rock this Dev Camp,

Anika, Ben, Friedger, Stevie

Giving the global dev camp a cute face

2012-01-20T06:10:00.000-08:00

Marie Schweiz, the creator of the great logo for the GTUG community weekend in 2011, once again took the time to create another awesome logo especially for the Global Android Dev Camp 2012.

Even more awesome: She provides every location with the graphics source file so YOU can build your own version for the international Dev Camp!

Create your own Android

You can download the package here.

50 Registered User Groups so far

2012-01-10T03:25:00.000-08:00

So far, there are 50 user groups registered that are interested in taking part in the global Android dev camp. They come from all continents (only Oceania is missing). Five groups have already confirmed and booked a location.

Global Android Dev Camp 2012 Locations on a bigger map

Please spread the word! If your user group is not registered please leave a comment below.

Android hacking - worldwide

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The idea was already discussed during the GTUG Barcamp @ Google I/O 2011. Now, it is time to get it organized!

Format: Each GTUG/Android User group holds an Android Dev Camp at the same time.

There is one global registration site like RHOK or SFD.
15 Minutes Hangouts held by API, library providers every two hours.
There can be local teams as well as international ones.
48h Coding (maybe with some tutorials inbetween)

Result: New apps, Knowledge Transfer

If you manage a user group please indicate your interest here
If you are not sure what is involved in organizing a hackathon see e.g. https://sites.google.com/site/hackathoninabox/Home

Please spread the word and add comments what you think and what you plan.