Courses Description

Android is an open source and Linux-based Operating System for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Android offers a unified approach to application development for mobile devices which means developers need only develop for Android, and their applications should be able to run on different devices powered by Android. Android powers hundreds of millions of mobile devices in more than 190 countries around the world. It's the largest installed base of any mobile platform and growing fast. Every day more than 1 million new Android devices are activated worldwide.

Course content

• Get Started with Java
  • Packages, classes and running your first program
  • Variables, Literals and Constants
  • Reading input from the user- The Scanner class
  • Introduction to Decision Structures - Operators and Expressions
  • If, if-else, if-else-if, nested if and logical operators
  • Comparing Strings
  • The Switch-Statement
  • Introduction to Loops
  • Useful Loop Calculations - Input Validation and a User Controlled Loop
  • Working with Files
  • Introduction to Arrays
  • Comparing and Copying Arrays
  • Highest and Lowest values / Sum and Average
  • Arrays with Files and String arrays
  • The ArrayList class
  • Classes And Objects
• Setting up Development Environment
  • Introduction to Android
  • Installing Android Studio
  • Introduction to Android Studio
  • Activity Lifecycle
  • Building Hello World app
  • Android Virtual Devices
  • Exploring the Structure of an Android Application
  • Fundamental Components
  • Application Life Cycle
• Building Blocks,User Interface and Controls
  • Activity
  • Intent
  • Content Provider
  • Broadcast Receiver
  • Services
  • Understanding Android resources
  • Understanding Android Intents
  • Text Controls
  • Button Controls
  • The ImageView Control
  • Date and Time Controls
  • List Control
  • GridView Control
  • Spinner Control
  • Gallery Control
  • Understanding Adapters
  • Styles and Themes
  • Understanding Layout Managers
• Android Menu
  • Structure of the Android menu
  • Working with Menu and Events
  • Submenus, Context Menus, Pop-up Menus
• Sub-screen,Dialog and Action Bar
  • What Is a Fragment
  • Fragment Manager
  • Using Dialogs in Android
  • Working with Toast
  • Working with Action Bar and Tabs
  • Save data using text files
  • Making use of the AsyncTask class
  • Save data by using an SQLite database
• Working with Preferences and Saving State
  • Exploring the Preferences Framework
  • ListPreference
  • CheckBoxPreference
  • EditTextPreference
  • Organizing Preferences
• SQLite Database
  • Introduction to SQLite Database
  • SQLiteOpenHelper and working with DB
  • Working with Cursor
• Content Provider,Services,Threading and Handler
  • Android’s Built-in Providers
  • The architecture of Content Providers
  • Consuming HTTP Services
  • Using the AndroidHttpClient
  • Addressing Multithreading Issues
  • Handler, message and message queue relationship
  • Using Background Threads (AsyncTask)
• Working with Web Services and on Socket Connection
  • JSON parsing
  • XML parsing
  • Understanding the Android Security Model
  • Signing Applications for Deployment
  • Self-Signed Certificate Using the Keytool
  • Installing Updates to an Application and Signing
  • Understanding Security at the Process Boundary
  • Declaring and Using Permissions
  • Library Projects
  • StrictMode
• Exploring Maps and Location based Services
  • Understanding the Mapping Package
  • Obtaining a Maps API Key from Google