Introduction to Android
Overview of Android
Java Editions and comparison with Android
Android Apps – Design, Vendor, Behavioural Classification
Android Architecture Overview
Android Architecture
Application Frameworks
Android Libraries, Run time, Dalvik Virtual Machine
Setup of Android Development Environment
System Requirements
Java, Eclipse and Android SDK Installation
Android SDK? and Tools
Android Virtual Devices & Device Definitions
Your First Android Application
Creating Android Application
Creating Configurations
Testing the app: AVD, Active Device
Android Project Structure and Manifest file
Publishing to the Play Store
Release process and Release build of Android Application
Signing the .apk file
Preparing the Store Listing page
Content Rating
Distributing the Application
Merchant Registration for Paid Applications
Activities
About XML – approach to design layouts
Views and Layouts
View properties
Linear Layout vs. Relative Layout vs. Frame Layout vs. Absolute Layout
Localization of UI
Best practices for targeting various form factors: phone, tablet, TV
Best practices when working designing Android UI
Android Testing
Creating a Test Project for Android project
Working with Test Packages
Writing test cases
Fragments
Designing fragments
Fragments life cycle
Fragment management and integration
User Interfaces
Creating the Activity
XML versus Java UI
Selection Widgets, Using fonts
Common UI components
Handling UI events: a bit about listeners
Advanced UI
Adapters
Complex UI components
Menus and Dialogs
Tabbed Activities
Navigation Drawer
Animations
Create activity layouts programmatically
Testing and optimizing UI
Android Material Design
What is material ?
Material properties and Styling / Animations
Material Patterns
Resources
Overview of Android Resources
Creating Resources
Using Resources
Drawable Resources
Animation Resources
Broadcast Receivers
Broadcast receiver usage patterns: when and why to use them
Implementing a broadcast receiver
Registering a broadcast receiver via the manifest file and Programmatically
Background Services
Overview of Android services
Service lifecycle
Declaring a service
Registering a service
Starting and stopping a service
Threads and other concurrency considerations with services
Bound versus unbound services
Remote versus local services
Intents
Working with Intents
Explicit and implicit intents
Using Intents as messaging objects
Intents to start components expecting results
Storing and Retrieving Data
Storage Model selection criteria
Shared preferences
Internal Storage – Files
External Storage – SD Card
Testing the created files, tools
SQLite Database
Introducing SQLite
SQLiteOpenHelper and creating a database
Opening and closing a database
Working with cursors
Inserts, updates, and deletes
Native Content Providers
Content provider types
Searching for content
Adding, changing, and removing content
Native Android Content Providers
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