Mark Murphy: Mastering the Master-Detail Pattern

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Mark Murphy: Mastering the Master-Detail Pattern

While Android tablets are around 10% of the Android device market, they still represent a compelling niche for many app developers. One of the touted techniques for targeting phones and tablets is the so-called "master-detail pattern" that shows a list of things, then details of a selected thing. However, there are many ways of implementing the master-detail pattern, hitting on other design "hot buttons" (do we offer horizontal swiping between details? How about multiple selections and a contextual action bar?).

In this talk, we will review the ways that you can make the most of master-detail with the least amount of headaches. You should have basic knowledge of Android application development.

About Mark
Mark Murphy is the founder of CommonsWare (http://commonsware.com/) and the author of the Busy Coder’s Guide to Android Development (http://commonsware.com/Android/). He is active in supporting the Android developer community, from answering questions on StackOverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/users/115145/commonsware) to publishing sample code and reusable components as open source.

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A three-time entrepreneur, his experience ranges from consulting on open source and collaborative development for the Fortune 500 to application development on just about anything smaller than a mainframe. He has been a software developer for nearly three decades, from the TRS-80 to the latest crop of mobile devices. A polished speaker, Mr. Murphy has delivered conference presentations and training sessions on a wide array of topics internationally.

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Location sponsored by Venturef0rth

Venturef0rth provides tech startups and early-stage companies a physical home in Philadelphia designed for coworking and collaboration, a community of peers, and guidance from entrepreneurs-in-residence including strategic and operational support. We also provide a range of educational events spanning the subjects of entrepreneurship, technology and design that are open to the public while also serving as a venue for larger-scale events such as Meetups, Startup Weekend and Lean Startup Machine.

Venturef0rth was founded to support the continued growth and success of Philadelphia’s early-stage tech community. Irrespective of the industry they serve, these upstarts face common challenges in the early stages of life. Venturef0rth exists to enable our members to to stay lean, efficient and unrelentingly focused on successful execution.

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