Common Entry Points for Android Applications
Nowadays most successful mobile applications are published on multiple platforms. There is a strong tendency to try to design application workflows that work, regardless of the platform. But this can be a mistake. Many applications might find themselves elevated from "just some app I downloaded" to "an essential app I have to have on my device!" simply by making some tweaks to the way users access the application. By providing different, cleverly conceived entry points to your application, your application might very well be used a lot more and become invaluable to your users. The basic application entry points are pretty standardized across the different mobile platforms and developers often focus on these. However, there are also platform-specific mechanisms for getting your user to use your application more often, which are, for the most part, fairly straightforward to implement, and often well worth the effort. In this tutorial, we will provide an overview of co...