Course Outline
- Introduction to the Android ecosystem
- Architecture layers and the Native Development Kit (NDK)
- Understanding the Dalvik Virtual Machine
- The Android Software Development Kit (SDK) and associated tools
- Utilizing Eclipse IDE alongside the ADT plugin
- Navigating the Android Emulator
- Core components: Activities, Services, Content Providers, and Broadcast Receivers
- Implementing intents and intent filters
- Deconstructing an Android application
- The AndroidManifest.xml file
- Managing application permissions
- Handling activities and user interfaces
- Working with Views and layout structures
- Integrating Widgets
- Processing user events
- Managing Lists and Adapters
- Creating Menus and Dialog boxes
- Data management and SQLite databases
- Implementing Content Providers
- Interfacing with device sensors
- Building location-aware applications
- Utilizing the Telephony API
- Working with Broadcast Receivers
- Responding to system broadcasts
- Retrieving content over networks
- Implementing threading in Android
- Creating responsive user experiences
- Deploying applications to Google Play
Requirements
A foundational understanding of an object-oriented programming language, such as Java, C++, C#, Smalltalk, or PHP5, is required.
Testimonials (7)
I really enjoyed our learning and experimenting with kotlin multiplatform.
Renzo Olivares Macias - Google
Course - Android Development
A great variety of useful topics are covered.
Tong Mu - Google
Course - Android Development
Basic introduction to Android and Kotlin.
Nan Yu - Google
Course - Android Development
It struck a good balance between depth of exercises and variety of exercises, within the time constraint.
Gray Mackall - Google
Course - Android Development
Lectures (David is very knowledgeable on Android)
Johnny Miller - FedEx
Course - Android Development
The detail given about each topic was really nice, he made sure we understood each topic before moving to the next.
Richie Wood - FedEx
Course - Android Development
breaking down the multiple services, actions, devices, etc into the component parts.