Mobile Application Course Syllabus

Prior Experience With Java Or Java Training

• Provides clear instructions backed by real-world programming examples
• Classes, Instances, Variables
• Begins with the basics and covers everything Android 4 developers need to know for both smartphones and tablets
• Explains how to customize activities and intents, create rich user interfaces, and manage data
• Variable Types, Conditionals and Loops
• Helps you work with SMS and messaging APIs, the Android SDK, and using location-based services
• Details how to package and publish your applications to the Android Market
• This course pares down the most essential steps you need to know so you can start creating Android applications today.

Introducing The Android Platform

• Establishing the development environment
• Analyzing components of the architecture

Leveraging Application Fundamentals

• Creating activities to process user input
• Implementing views to build the User Interface (UI)
• Packaging applications for deployment
• Developing unit tests

Supporting Asynchronous Behavior

• Performing background tasks with services
• Communicating with intents

Creating User Interfaces

• Building the layout
• Connecting a view to an activity
• Positioning form elements

Working With Resource Declarations

• Declaring component definitions and layouts
• Handling multiple screen resolutions
• Localizing applications

Processing User Input

• Creating and displaying Toast
• Generating status bar notifications
• Logging key application events

Interacting With The UI

• Responding to user input events
• Launching activities with intents
• Writing Java event handlers
• Generating context and option menus

Managing The Activity Life Cycle

• Integrating with the Android system
• Persisting data in response to notifications

Persisting Application Data

• Contrasting internal and external storage locations
• Saving application configuration with SharedPreferences

Manipulating The SQLite Database

• Executing queries to locate information
• Specifying column selections with projections

Consuming And Creating Content Providers

• Accessing shared data resources
• Addressing content providers with URIs

Maintaining System Responsiveness

• Unloading the UI thread
• Designing for asynchronous execution

Building Background Services

• Launching IntentServices
• Declaring services in the manifest

Exchanging Data Over The Internet

• Synchronizing Android devices with servers
• Communicating via HTTP clients

Developing Clients For Web Services

• Connecting to RESTful services
• Creating and parsing JSON

Enhancing The User Experience

• Manipulating objects with drag and drop
• Supporting orientation and multiple screen resolutions with resources
• Combining fragments into a multi-pane UI

Leveraging Geolocation And Mapping Capabilities

• Plotting positions on Google Maps
• Establishing location through GPS, Cell-ID and WiFi