Mobility Android Training

1. An Introduction to Android

• Android & Smart Phones
• A Brief History
• Important Versions
• Android & Applications
• Android Resources

2. Starting with IDEs and Android –SDK

• Eclipse IDE or IntelliJ Studio for creating UIs effectively or starting with Android ADT-Bundle
• Updating eclipse for different types tools
• Integrating IDE with android-SDK

3.Exploring android development tools for real time debugging and testing applications- Using AVD

• Creating AVD using AVD manager
• Updating SDK for latest release
• DDMS

4. Exploring android development tools for real time debugging and testing applications- Using ADB

• ADB and its use
• Connecting physical devices with computer and testing developed applications
• Useful Linux command to interact with the system via command line(in windows) or terminal(in Linux and Macintosh)

5. Android Architecture Overview

• Android Architecture
• Linux Kernel
• Linux Kernel 2.6
• Androidisms
• Security
• Android System Libraries
• Android Runtime Environment
• Dalvik VM
• Dexclassfile format
• Core Libraries
• Android Application Framework
• Applications
• Java Programming Language
• Tracing a Voice Call

6. Java Fundamentals for Android Application Development

• Java Background
• OOPs Concepts
• Classes
• Constructors
• Access Modifiers

7. Java Fundamentals for Android Application Development

• Inheritance
• Polymorphism: Overloading
• Exceptions
• Packages

8. Android Application Development

• Android Application Fundamentals
• Activity & Activity Lifecycle
• Anatomy of an Android Application
• Java Source Files
• Android Application Manifest
• Specifying Application Configurations
• Application Resources
• Layouts
• Drawables
• Strings and Arrays
• Databases
• Preferences
• Generated Resource Files
• Application 'apk' packaging
• Eclipse & Android SDK Walkthrough

9. Android User Interface

• Views &Viewgroups
• View Elements
• Initialization & Populating
• Dynamic Updates
• Layout Types
• Listeners & Binding actions to view elements

10. Activating Other Android Components

• Need for activating other activities and classes
• Activity, Broadcast Receivers & Services
• Intents & Intent-Filters
• Types of Intent
• How do intents & intent-Filters work in tandem
• Calling specific APIs in Started Activity:
• Start Activity
• Start for Activity for Result
• Communicating results
• Content Providers
• Content Resolvers

11. Utilizing different inbuilt APIs and Using Google Web service

• Exploring MAP APIs to access map using Google web service
• Exploring MediaPlayer framework
• Thread management to updating UI and Content dynamically
• Exploring AsyncTask and Handler in accordance with thread

12. Common Application Building Blocks

• Date and Time
• Databases
• Communication
• Preferences
• Miscellaneous

13. Application Case Studies

• Based on tangible applications.