Course Outline
- Introduction to the Android ecosystem
- System architecture and the Native Development Kit (NDK)
- Understanding the Dalvik Virtual Machine
- Overview of the Android SDK and essential development tools
- Utilizing the Eclipse IDE alongside the ADT plugin
- Navigating the Android Emulator
- Core components: Activities, Services, Content Providers, and Broadcast Listeners
- Implementing intents and intent filters
- Deconstructing an Android application
- Configuring the Android Manifest
- Managing application permissions
- Working with Activities and User Interfaces
- Designing with Views and Layouts
- Integrating Widgets
- Handling user events
- Implementing Lists and Adapters
- Creating Menus and Dialogs
- Data management and SQLite databases
- Advanced use of Content Providers
- Interfacing with device sensors
- Building location-aware applications
- Utilizing the Telephony API
- Implementing Broadcast Receivers
- Handling System Broadcasts
- Retrieving data from network resources
- Effective threading strategies in Android
- Creating highly responsive applications
- Submitting apps to Google Play
Requirements
Participants should possess prior experience with an object-oriented programming language, such as Java, C++, C#, Smalltalk, or PHP5.
Testimonials (7)
I really enjoyed our learning and experimenting with kotlin multiplatform.
Renzo Olivares Macias - Google
Course - Android Development
A great variety of useful topics are covered.
Tong Mu - Google
Course - Android Development
Basic introduction to Android and Kotlin.
Nan Yu - Google
Course - Android Development
It struck a good balance between depth of exercises and variety of exercises, within the time constraint.
Gray Mackall - Google
Course - Android Development
Lectures (David is very knowledgeable on Android)
Johnny Miller - FedEx
Course - Android Development
The detail given about each topic was really nice, he made sure we understood each topic before moving to the next.
Richie Wood - FedEx
Course - Android Development
breaking down the multiple services, actions, devices, etc into the component parts.