Course in Android

Course details

Android Architecture

• System architecture of Android
• Activities
• Android Components
• Android Manifest

Android Development Tools

• Installation of the Android Development Tools (ADT)
• Creating Android projects
• Defining Devices, Emulator and Images

Defining Android User Interfaces

• Views
• Layouts
• Accessing widgets in Activities
• View interaction

Development of different screen sizes

• Screen sizes and Densities
• Using device independent pixel (dp)
• Converting between pixels and dp

Intents and Activity Communication

• Intents
• IntentFilter
• Defining Activities
• Activity stack

ActionBar

• ActionBar vs. OptionMenu
• Defining an ActionBar menu
• Custom Views in the ActionBar
• Contextual action mode

Services

• Android System Services, AlertManager, VibratorManager, etc
• Outlook: Definition of own Services

Broadcast Receiver

• Definition of a BroadcastReceiver
• Registration of own BroadcastReceiver

NotificationManager

• Using the NotificationManager
• NotificationBuilder
• Rich Notifications

Canvas API for custom Views

• Defining custom Views
• Canvas API
• View state persistence

Location services and Google Maps

• Location based Services
• Google Maps
• Map-Overlays
• Geocoding / Reverse Geocoding
• Using GPS, Wifi, ...

Styling and Themes

• Styling of Views
• Using Themes for styling Activities
• Extending Android themes (Holo)
• Using Themes for styling Activities
• Extending Android themes (Holo)

ListViews and ListActivity

• ListView
• ListActivity
• Defining List Adapter
• Performance Optimization

File based Persistence

• Preferences
• File and Access restrictions
• Permissions

File based Persistence

• Preferences
• File and Access restrictions
• Permissions

Security

• Androids security concept
• Using Permissions
• Defining Permissions

Network Communication

• Apache HTTP Client
• REST
• JSON
• XML

Asynchronous Processing in Android

• Multitasking
• User Interface Updates via Threads
• Androids Limits - Application Not Responding
• Using Handler for message communication
• Using AsyncTask

SQ3Lite and ContentProvider

• Using the SQLite Database in Android
• Outlook: Using and defining ContentProvider
• Outlook: Loader

Using Android Sensors

• Accelerometer
• Orientation
• Camera

Audio and Video

• Playing and recording audio
• Playing and recording video

Build Management

• Apache Ant
• Maven

Professional Testing

• Overview Android testing
• Android Test Project
• Using Robotium
• Using Robolectric

Targeting Tablets and Smartphones

• Overview Fragments
• Multi-Pane Layouts with Fragments
• Designing layouts for tablets and phones

Deployment

• Deployment Option
• Markets (Google Play / Amazon)