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Training Introduction to Design and Development of Android Applications in Java - 4 days

Class overview :

Class goals :

Mastery of the fundamentals of Android Java programming and the Android framework.

Content of Introduction to Design and Development of Android Applications in Java

Android Overview and History

• Development and Evolution of Android
• What makes Android unique

Android Architecture

• the various layers that make up the Android stack
• how Android applications and services interface with the Linux kernel
• Java VMs (Virtual Machines) and the move to the Dalvik VM
• structure of the Android App framework
• Android Apps

Overview of the Android SDK

• tools and development philosophy
• supported platforms
• tools associated with the SDK
• versions of the Android SDK

Review of Object Oriented Programming and Java

Introduction and Overview of Eclipse and Java application development using Eclipse

Basic Android Application development and testing

• project creation and configuration
• understanding and using the manifest file
• laying out the user interface
• building and running an application on the Android Emulator

Key Android Concepts and associated Building Blocks

• Activities and the Activity lifecycle
• Intents
• Services
• Content Providers
• Broadcast Receivers

Principles of Designing, specifying and implementing the Android Graphical User Interface

• Overview of XML and use of XML to describe hierarchies of things
• Resources as an approach to describing user interfaces
• Describing Android interfaces in XML
• Dips and sps
• Views and layouts
• Tour of the Common UI components
• Gesture Driven Programming and the Handling user events
• An Introduction to Statecharts and the design and testing of user interfaces

Android from the Systems point of view

• File system
• Preferences
• Notifications
• Security model
• Where have all the Linux things gone?
  • Console?
  • Shell scripts?
  • Linux tools and utilities?
  • is there a root account?

User Interface Programming in Greater Depth

• Using and working with
  • Selection components
  • Adapters
  • Complex (Composite) UI components
  • Menus and Dialogs
  • Graphics and animation
  • Designing and programming for efficiency

Multimedia Application Development

• Audio
  • overview of different audio formats
  • audio formats currently supported by Android
  • overview of video formats
  • video formats currently supported by Android
  • implementing basic audio and video playback applications

Android Database Storage

• Overview of databases and SQL
• Overview of SQLite and how it differs from traditional databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL etc.
• creating Android SQLite databases with SQLiteOpenHelper
• building and testing SQLite database applications
  • SQL – inserts, updates, selects and deletes

Foundations of Accessing and Using Content Providers

• Overview of MIME types
• Searching for content
• Adding, changing, and removing content
• Creating and using content files