Intro to Android Training Course

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Course Summary

Introduction to programming for the Android platform course is designed to quickly get you up to speed with writing apps for Android devices. You will learn the basics of Android platform. You will get to understand the application lifecycle. By the end of the course, you will be able to write simple GUI applications, use built-in widgets and components, work with the database to store data locally, and much more. This is a perfect course to get started with Android programming. Upon completion of this course, we suggest you take Advanced Android training, or take both courses together as Android Bootcamp.

Duration

3 days.

Audience

Basic Java programming skills, or equivalent OOP language experience.

Outline

Android Stack

Overview of the stack
Linux kernel
Native libraries
Dalvik
App framework
Apps

SDK Overview

Platforms
Tools
Versions

Hello World App

Creating your first project
The manifest file
Layout resource
Running your app on Emulator

Main Building Blocks

Activities
Activity lifecycle
Intents
Services
Content Providers
Broadcast Receivers

Basic Android User Interface

XML versus Java UI
Dips and sps
Views and layouts
Common UI components
Handling user events

Android System Overview

File System
Preferences
Notifications
Security model

Advanced UI

Selection components
Adapters
Complex UI components
Building UI for performance
Menus and Dialogs
Graphics & animations

Multimedia in Android

Multimedia Supported audio formats
Simple media playback
Supported video formats
Simple video playback

SQL Database

Introducing SQLite
SQLiteOpenHelper and creating a database
Opening and closing a database
Working with cursors Inserts, updates, and deletes

Basic Content Providers

Content provider MIME types
Searching for content
Adding, changing, and removing content
Working with content files