Digging deeper into the Ubuntu Phone

Just a list of links

Slides:
Ubuntu Phone Engineering:
http://www.slideshare.net/chihchun/ubuntu-phone-engineering
Ubuntu HTML5 apps deep dive
http://www.slideshare.net/DavidPlanella/ubuntu-html5-apps-deep-dive

Hacking Ubuntu Touch - a series of posts:

https://sturmflut.github.io/ubuntu/touch/2015/05/07/hacking-ubuntu-touch-index/

How hard can it be to make a new app for the Ubuntu Phone?

Some essential knowledge before taking any further steps.

Developers get the full support they need

• Ubuntu App Developer site: http://developer.ubuntu.com
• Real-time communication: #ubuntu-phone IRC channel on Freenode
• E-mail discussion: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone
• Developer Q&A: www.askubuntu.com
• Project coordination, specs and guidelines, handbook: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuPhone/CoreApps
• Project hosting and actual code on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone-coreapps/

Welcome to Ubuntu apps development! -- an outline of the contents

Design comes first: Apps design guidelines.

• Get started: 
  • Design Philosophy
  • Design Values
  • Make it Ubuntu
  • UI Model
  • Why Design for Ubuntu?
• Style:
  
  • Colour Palette
  • Typography
  • Iconography
• Patterns:
  • Gestures ›
  • Navigation
  • Bottom Edge
  • Responsive Design
  • Error Prevention
  • Online Accounts
  • Communicating Progress
  • Content Hub
• Building Blocks:
  
  • Views
  • Header
  • List Items
  • Buttons
  • Selection
  • Progress & activity
  • Text input
  • Dialog

Get started with the Ubuntu SDK:

• Install the Ubuntu SDK
  The Ubuntu SDK is available for Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) onwards.
• Create an App Project
• Running Apps from the SDK
• Managing click targets and device kits
• Using the Ubuntu emulator
• Building cross-architecture click applications

Understanding the Ubuntu App Platform: The Ubuntu Platform Guides

• App Confinement: Security policy for click packages
• Content Hub: import, export and share between confined apps
• URL dispatcher: linking to your app made easy
• Push notifications client guide
• Push notifications server guide
• Frameworks: make your app feel at home on every device
• Let's talk about performance
• Adding a splash screen to your app
• Integrating online accounts with your app
• Guide to page-object acceptance testing

Picking your app toolkit:   

• QML or
• HTML5

Publishing your app

• Sign in or register to MyApps
• Package up your content ready to upload
• Prepare the icons and screenshots
• Add the details and Submit
• Your submission will be reviewed by an automated process.
  If it passes, it will be published within a few minutes,
  if not, Ubuntu Support will give you a helping hand.
• Learn more about publishing scopes
• Learn more about publishing web apps