Android Training Course Outline

Android Programming Course Contents

Introduction Android App Development

• Introducing the Android
• History of Android
• Different Versions of Android
• What is the role of Java
• Eclipse IDE as a development tool
• Android Market
• What is SDK
• Install SDK
• Native Libraries
• Dalvik

App Framework

• Android Architecture
• Activities
• Intents
• Broadcast Receivers
• Services
• Content Providers

Hello, World! Android App

• Create Hello, World Application
• Compile and Run Hello, World! Android App
• Use app Emulator

Android App development IDE

• Use Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA for building Android applications
• ADT Plugin for Eclipse
• Debugging and editing using IDE
• Dalvik Debug Monitoring

Android GUI, Lists and Adapters

• How to create UI for applications
• Using themes
• Views
• Buttons
• Text view
• List
• Dialog views
• Menu in Android Applications
• GUI Adapters
• Logging
• Threading
• Colour
• Using the standard widgets
• Preferences
• File System
• Manifest File

Localisation and Screen Resolution

• Understanding localisation
• Understanding Screen resolution
• Creating apps that works with multiple layouts
• Creating apps that works with multiple screen resolutions
• Handling localisation and screen resolution changes

Database for Android App

• SQLite
• DbHelper
• Opening database
• Closing a database
• execSQL
• Cursor
• SQLiteOpenHelper
• SQL select
• SQL insert
• SQL update
• SQL delete

Graphics & Animation

• User of graphics in app
• How to use images
• Android graphic routines
• Draw bitmap
• How to make animation in Apps
• Canvas Drawing

Broadcast Receivers

• what are broadcast receivers
• Network receiver
• Boot receiver
• Broadcast intent

System Services

• Location Service
• Intent services
• custom services
• service class
• Start a service
• run a service
• Stop a service

Integration with APIs

• Openweather map

Publishing your app on the Android Market

• How to publish an app?
• What to consider before submitting app
• Preparing for Release
• Application licensing
• Signing and publishing apps
• Versioning Your Applications

 

Project in Android App Development

Project - Build a complete Android application:

Build a complete real world Android application from start to finish, in class with an experienced developer as mentor.