Android Mobile Apps Development Course

Chapter 1: Understanding the Android Architecture

• Android System architecture
• Various Functions of Android
• Different Activities of Android
• Android Components
• Android Manifest

Chapter 2: Working of Android Development Tools

• How to Install Android Development Tools (ADP)
• Building different Android projects
• Understanding the Devices, Emulator & Images

Chapter 3: Understanding Android User Interfaces

• Views & Layouts in Apps
• How to Access widgets in Activities
• How to view interaction Layouts

Chapter 4: How to develop different Screen Sizes in Android

• Understanding the different Screen sizes & Densities
• How to Use device independent pixel (dp)
• Converting between pixels and dp

Chapter 5: Overview of Intents & Activity Communication

• Intents & Intent Filter
• Defining Activities for Apps
• Activity stack

Chapter 6: Understanding the Action Bar

• Difference between Action Bar & Option Menu
• Understanding the Action Bar menu
• Custom Views in the Action Bar
• Contextual action mode

Chapter 7: Working of Styling & Themes

• How to Use Themes for styling Activities
• Styling of Views
• Extending Android themes (Holo)

Chapter 8: What are List Views & List Activity

• Understanding List Activity
• Understanding List View
• Optimizing the Performance of App
• Understanding the List Adapter

Chapter 9: How to use File based Persistence

• File and Access restrictions
• Preferences
• Permissions

Chapter 9: Implying Security in Android Apps

• Androids security concept
• Using Permissions
• Defining Permissions

Chapter 10: How to Use Network Communication

• REST
• Apache HTTP Client
• JSON
• XML

Chapter 11: Understanding the Processing of Asynchronous in Android

• User Interface Updates through Threads
• Multitasking
• Androids Limits - Application Not Responding
• How to use Handler for message communication
• Working with Async Task

Chapter 12: What is SQLite & Content Provider ?

• How to use the SQLite Database in Android
• Outlook: Using & defining Content Provider
• Outlook: Loader

Chapter 13: Different Services in Android

• Android System Services including Alert Manager, Vibrator Manager and so on.
• Outlook: Definition of own Services

Chapter 14: Concept of Broadcast Receiver

• What is Broadcast Receiver?
• How to register own Broadcast Receiver

Chapter 15: Complete Understanding of Notification Manager

• How to use Notification Manager
• Notification Builder
• Rich Notifications

Chapter 16: What is Canvas API for custom Views?

• What are custom Views
• View state persistence
• Canvas API

Chapter 17: Location services & Google Maps

• Understanding Google Maps
• Location based Services
• Map-Overlays
• Geocoding Reverse Geocoding
• How to use GPS, Wifi?

Chapter 18: Overview of Home screen Widgets

• Remote Views & Pending Intents
• Updates with Services
• Updates with a fixed time interval

Chapter 19: Using Android Sensors

• Accelerometer Remote Views and Pending Intents
• Orientation
• Camera

Chapter 20: Playing Audio & Video

• Playing & recording audio
• Playing & recording video

Chapter 21: Build Management in Android

• Apache Ant
• Maven

Chapter 22: Professional Testing in Android

• Overview Android testing
• Android Test Project Updates with a fixed time interval
• How to use Robotium?
• How to use Robolectric?

Chapter 23: Targeting Tablets & Smart phones

• Fragments Overview
• How to design layouts for tablets & phones
• Multi-Pane Layouts with Fragments

Chapter 23: Deployment of Apps

• Deployment Option
• Markets (Google Play and Amazon)