Android Application Development Training Course

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Summary

Android Application Development

Android training in Application Development is a hands-on Android course designed to provide essential skills and experience with developing applications on Android mobile platform. This course is best suited for Java developers who are seeking a fast track to the Android API and best practices. Throughout the course, the students develop a real-life application, which can serve as a basis for their future Android projects. Eclipse and Android SDK are used as the development environment throughout the class.

Duration

2 days

Audience

This course is for anyone who wants to obtain a solid understanding of what Android is and how to develop applications using Android as the platform. Previous experience with Java is required.

Pre-requisites

You must have a hands-on experience with Java programming language. If you don’t have one, we recommend enrolling in our 3-day Java for Android training course, which provides the necessary Java foundation for this class.

Outline

Day 1

  1. Module 1: Android Overview
    1. Course objectives
    2. Development environment
    3. Who, What, When, Where
    4. Android Markets
    5. Platform Versions
    6. Platform Architecture
    7. Framework
    8. Core Applications
    9. Device attributes (input, output, radios)
    10. Development options: native vs web
    11. Desktop vs Mobile
    12. Introduction and demo of “Android Virtual Device” (AVD)
    13. Introduction and demo of eclipse and ADT plugin
    14. Demo/Lab: Create “Hello, World” using eclipse and AVD
  2. Module 2: Activity/Intent Introduction
    1. Component Introduction (including JavaDoc)
    2. Activity, life cycle
    3. View
    4. Application/Task stack
    5. Intent
    6. Project organization (directories)
    7. Manifest
    8. Resource directories
    9. Trace logging
    10. Widgets: Button, TextView
    11. Event listeners
    12. Multiple activities
    13. Introduce “Android Debug Bridge” (ADB)
    14. Introduce Eclipse debugger
    15. Demo “ThreeActivity” application
      1. Note logging support
      2. Instrumented Activity lifecycle
      3. Run as application and debug mode
  3. Module 3: Views and Layouts
    1. View/ViewGroup
    2. Units: dimension, colors
    3. Styles/Themes
    4. Layout XML
    5. AbsoluteLayout
    6. FrameLayout
    7. LinearLayout
    8. RelativeLayout
    9. TableLayout
    10. SlidingDrawer
    11. ScrollView
    12. TabWidget
    13. Screen Orientation (portrait vs landscape)
    14. Screen Size
    15. Drawables (introduction)
    16. Screen Density
    17. ImageView
    18. Android 2.x/3.x/4.x platform differences
    19. Demo “LayoutDemo” application
  4. Module 4: More Views, Custom Buttons, Build A Form
    1. OptionMenu
    2. Digital/Analog Clock
    3. CheckBox
    4. DatePicker/TimePicker
    5. EditText
    6. ImageButton
    7. ProgressBar
    8. RadioGroup/RadioButton
    9. RatingBar
    10. SeekBar
    11. Toast
    12. ToggleButton
    13. WebView/WebViewClient
    14. Dialog:Alert, Custom, List, Radio
    15. Custom View basics
    16. 9 patch graphics
    17. StateListDrawable
    18. Android 2.x/3.x/4.x platform differences
    19. Passing information between Activities
    20. Master/Detail use case
    21. Demo “WidgetDemo” application
  5. Lab Session
    1. Introduction to WxTrax with MultiActivity

Day 2

  1. Module 5: BroadcastReceiver
    1. ComponentName (class)
    2. Context
    3. Application
    4. Intent/Intent Filters
    5. BroadcastReceiver
    6. Activity/BroadcastReceiver
    7. AlarmManager
    8. NotificationManager
    9. Display (class)
    10. PackageManager
    11. Build (class)
    12. Demo “AlarmDemo” application
  2. Module 6: Service
    1. Threads (intro/review)
    2. Handlers/Loopers/Message Queues
    3. Main UI Thread
    4. AsyncTask
    5. Services (Local and Remote)
    6. IntentService
    7. AIDL
    8. DDMS
    9. Demo “ServiceDemo” application
    10. Demo “RemoteDemo” application
  3. Module 7: Networking
    1. Network Services
    2. HTTP review
    3. REST
    4. Security Certificate Management
    5. JSON
    6. XML
    7. HTTP client
    8. JSON parsing
    9. XML parsing
    10. ConnectivityManager
    11. TelephonyManager
    12. RoboDialing
    13. SMS transmit/recieve
    14. Email generation
    15. HttpClient
    16. BlueTooth
    17. Demo “NetworkDemo” application
  4. Lab Session
    1. WxTrax: add background collection service started by AlarmManager
    2. WxTrax: add network collection

Instructors

Guy Cole

Guy Cole Guy Cole is a former UC Extension instructor w/years of classroom experience. He is also a freelance designer/developer and an author of several Android and iPhone applications (search for "digiburo" within the Android market or iTunes App Store). Guy's extensive bio includes companies such as Cray Research, Cisco Systems, Wells Fargo Bank, Barclays Global Investments, Motorola, DHL Airways and many smaller, less well known companies. Guy completed a BSCS from San Diego State and holds multiple industry certifications. You will thoroughly enjoy both his clear presentation style as well as his keen sense of humor!

Jim McKeeth

Jim McKeeth

Jim is a veteran software developer, community activist, podcaster, blogger, trainer and conference presenter with 20 years of experience. He is developer evangelist for RemObjects Software where he travels the globe teaching and inspiring developers to achieve new levels of success in their development efforts. Jim's belief that training should be fun and informative is evident by his creative style.

Jim presents at conferences all across North America and Europe. Most recently he was one of the top presenters at the 4 day AnDevCon conference in California presenting four advanced sessions on topics ranging from web services to multiplatform development. When he isn't travelling and training he enjoys spending time with his family in Boise, Idaho.

Doug Stevenson

Doug Stevenson Doug Stevenson is an experienced developer and architect with a rich background in Java, C++ and mobile software systems. He has been a software developer for over 16 years, with last three years spent specifically on writing Android applications. His Android venture started when he became an early adopter of an Android device as they first hit the market in 2008. His popular application, “Act 1 Video Player”, has had over 40,000 downloads on the Android Market since its release and has become the “de facto” third-party Android video player. Doug has won prizes for Google’s Android Developer Challenge 2 and Google I/O 2011. He studied Computer Science at Ohio State University and has held principal software positions with several high-profile companies such as Motorola and America Online. He is a regular attendee and contributor to various Android conferences and Android user groups throughout the country.