Android Basics

Course details

Introduction to Android

• Overview of Android and Android SDK
• History of Android
• Android features
• Android SDK Versions

Android Architecture overview

• Introduction to Android OS layers
• Android Development Environment
• Android Project Structure

Android Application Fundamentals

• Android application building blocks
• Lifecycle of Application
• Development tools, Manifest File
• Lifecycle of Activity

User Interface

• View Hierarchy and Layouts
• UI Events
• Building Menus
• Notifying users
• Creating dialogs
• Introducing Adapters

Main Building Blocks

• Activity
• Intents
• Broadcast Receivers

Resources

• Overview of Android Resources
• Creating Resources
• Using Resources
• Localization

Data Storage

• Shared Preferences
• External Storage (SD Card)
• SQLite

Android Media API

• Playing audio/video
• Media recording
• Working with Camera

Location

• Working with GPS
• Working with Google Maps

Android Threading and Networking

• Working with Threads , Handlers and Async Tasks
• Calling Web services
• Json Processing
• HTTP Access

Fragments

• Static Fragments.
• Dynamic Fragments.

Signing and Publishing Applications

• Publish your Android Application on the Android Market
• Application Marketing, Promotion, and Distribution Strategies