Course Description:

Fast Track to Android Programming

The Android platform is an open source platform for developing mobile applications that has rapidly become the most popular mobile platform available. While rich in capabilities, Android has a sophisticated architecture and API with many capabilities that are unique to Android. This can make it challenging for programmers new to Android to become productive in this environment.

This course provides everything you need to get up to speed with Android programming. It starts with the basics, such as acquiring and installing the Android platform, the environment, and the architecture. It goes on to cover all the important concepts - from straightforward GUI development to more advanced concepts like Intent filters, Services, and data storage.

By the end of the course, you will have gained experience in building your own Android applications that use the important capabilities that Android provides. With this experience, you can immediately be productive in writing Android applications, and in exploring all the capabilities that Android provides.

The course is focused and informative, and designed to quickly ramp you up to being productive in working with the Android platform. It gives you the in-depth knowledge that you need to understand the key concepts that Android programming is based on, without getting bogged down in superflous details that you can easily understand by looking at the documentation.

Course Information

Duration: 3 days

Hands-on: 50% hands-on, 50% lecture

Supported Platforms: Android 2.2+

Skills Gained:

Understand what the Android platform is, how to acquire and install it, and how to develop Android applications
Understand the Android architecture
Use the Eclipse-based Android development environment and the Android emulator to build and run Android applications
Be able to write, package, and deploy Android applications
Be able to create Android user interfaces using basic widgets and layouts
Create and use resources, and use them for localization
Understand the structure and lifecycle of an Activity, and write your own Activity
Use more advanced UI components such as lists (and their associated adapters), menus, and custom widgets
Use Intents to connect activities together
Do background processing using threading, notifications, and AsyncTasks
Create Services, Content Providers, and Broadcast Receivers
Store data using internal storage, external storage, and the SQLite database
Do basic network programming
Package, sign, and distribute Android applications to the Android market
Gain experience using the extensive Android documentation to extend your knowledge