Course Overview

With Android phones being produced by all of the major phone manufacturers and with the addition of new tablet devices, it's no surprise that the Android platform is the fastest growing mobile development platform in the world. In this course, you will learn to develop Android applications using Java and the Eclipse development environment. You will learn basic application development including using the Android mobile camera, working with geolocation tools, and playing audio and video files.

 

Skill Gained

 

• Use Eclipse and the Android ADT plugin to develop and debug Android applications
• Build resizeable user interfaces
• Build sophisticated applications using multiple activities
• Communicate between and within Android applications using Intents
• Create Services to represent behind the scenes aspects of your application
• Set up text input from the hardware or software keyboard
• Display scrolling lists and grids with custom layouts
• Learn to properly handle rotation
• Parse and display XML from web services
• Use AsyncTask to background long running work
• Display context menus and search dialogs with the hardware search and menu buttons
• Listen and react to touch events

 

Who Can Benefit

 

• New and experienced application developers who wish to expand their toolset and specialize in developing Android apps for business, education, or personal use
• Developers seeking a career as an mobile applications developer
• Those new to mobile apps development
• Anyone who started building an app and needs help putting all the pieces together

 

Pre-requisites

• Experience in Java programming is required
• No experience in Android development is necessary
• Experience developing graphical user interfaces in JavaSE is helpful but not required

 

Android Application Development - Schedule

Day 1
09.00am – 10.00am	Introduction to Android History Versions Architechture NDK vs SDK Tools Emulator Basic building blocks Text Fields Buttons Spinnner Dialog Switches
10.00am – 10.30am	Breakfast
10.30am – 12.45pm	Installation Eclipse intro Java ADT Tools Emulator setup Creating virtual device AVD acceleration with Intel HaXm Interacting with AVD
12.45pm – 02.15pm	Lunch
02.15pm – 05.00pm	Activity Lifecycle Declaration XML Java Layout Hello World Wizard Running in AVD Installing APK in phone Direct run Intro to Debugging
Day 2
09.00am – 10.00am	Layout Absolute Frame Linear Table
10.00am – 10.30am	Breakfast
10.30am – 12.45pm	Views Text Button Image
12.45pm – 02.15pm	Lunch
02.15pm – 05.00pm	Dialog Toast AlertDialog Custom Dialog Intro to Intent Connecting two or more activity Types of Intent
Day 3
09.00am – 10.00am	Intent Explicit Intent Implicit Intent
10.00am – 10.30am	Breakfast
10.30am – 12.45pm	Intent (cont.) Sending values to Intent Retrieving values from Intent
12.45pm – 02.15pm	Lunch
02.15pm – 05.00pm	Menu Design Handling menu events Preference Design Saving preference Preference loading
Day 4
09.00am – 10.00am	SQLite Creating helper class Create database DB query
10.00am – 10.30am	Breakfast
10.30am – 12.45pm	GPS Intro to Providers Intro to Permissions GPS Provider GPS events Handling GPS events Getting latitute & longitude Maps Static Maps Maps API Displaying location based on latitude & longitude Camera Camera Permission Launching camera Intent Retrieving captured Image
12.45pm – 02.15pm	Lunch
02.15pm – 05.00pm	File File Permision Create, Write, & Save file Internet Internet Permission Using WebView Summary