Diploma in Android Mobile Application Development via Online Distance Learning

Overview of the Android Environment

Learning Objectives; Overview of Android OS; Android Market;

Installing the Android Environment

Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE); Android Development Tools (ADT); Software Development Kit (SDK); Android Versions;

The Eclipse IDE

Building your App using Eclipse; Breakpoints in Eclipse; Debugging in Eclipse; Fixing Errors;

Java Programming Language

Variables; Strings; Control Structures; Arrays; Methods; Classes and OOP; Inheritance;

XML

XML Format; XML Schema; XML used in Android;

Your First Android App

Creating your App using Eclipse; Understanding the Default Files; Setting up the Emulator; XML Layout and String resources;

Android Application Lifecycle - Activities

Creating Activities; The Activity Lifecycle; Activity Stacks; Activity States; Monitoring State Changes; Understanding Activity Lifetimes; The Activity Class;

Interacting with your Android Application

How to create Inputs/Widgets; How to Add Images; How to respond to User Input Events;

Designing the User Interface

App Design Guidelines; Introduction to Views and View Groups; Using Layouts; View Orientations;

Android UI Elements

Using Android provided Views; ListViews; PickerViews; Using Menus; Adapter Objects and Adapter Views; Displaying properties file contents;

Android Intents

Using Intents to launch Activities; Setting launch and task behavior; Understanding the Intent Object; Creating Intent Filters;

Broadcast Receivers 

Broadcast Receivers; Listening for Android System Broadcasts; Intent Filters; Pending intents;

Notifications and the Action Bar

Basic Notifications; Notification Big Text and Inbox Styles; How to create a new action when the Notification is Clicked; 

Android Services and Threads

The Main UI Thread; An Android Service; Async thread; IntentService; How Services and ActivitiesInteract and Communicate;

Saving Data to Files

Saving simple data using SharedPreferences object; Modifying preferences using a PreferencesActivity class; Reading and writing files in internal Android storage; How to read and write files in external SD card;

Databases

How to Create an SQLite Database; How to Create a Table; How to Add; View and Delete Table Data; How to access the SQLite Database using a third party Application; How to create a standalone SQL database which you can import into your application; 

Networking

Connecting to the Internet; Consuming WebServices via HTTP; BitMaps; Text; XML; JSON Data; 

Android Fragments

The Fragment Lifecycle; The Fragment Manager; Adding Fragments to Activities; Interfacing between Fragments and Activities; Adding Listener Eevents; Using the Backstack; Android Fragment Classes;

Content Providers

Sharing data in Android; Using a Content Provider; Create your own Content Provider;

Android Media

Introduction to the Media Player; Using the Audio Manager; Using the Camera to take Pictures; Storing content on and SD card;

Publishing your App

Preparing your App; Become a market publisher; Understanding Android Market; Uploading your App;