Android and iOS Mobile app Development Training

Part 1: Android – The Big Picture

• Android Introduction

The Evolution of Android

• Devices running Android HTC Models

• Samsung Models

• Motorola Models

• Tablets and others

• Hardware differences in Android devices Screens – hdpi/mdpi/ldpi

• User Input Methods

• Sensors

• Internal Memory

• Features of Android Multi-process and Application widgets

• Touch, Gestures & Multi-touch

• Soft and Hard keyboards

 The Android Platform

• Understanding – The Android Market Mobile Operators & tech used (CDMA/GSM)

• Android v/s the smartphones
• Android v/s itself

• Licensing Android o Android Layers

• Uses Linux Kernel version 2.6.x

• Running in it’s own instance of Dalvik VM.

• Android Development Environment – Software Development Kit o Installing & Upgrading

• Installing ADT for Eclipse.

• Introducing the Android SDK Core Android packages Optional packages

• Exploring the Android development Environment The java perspective

• The DDMS perspective
• The ADB – command lines tools
• Using the ADB (Android Debug Bridge)

• Using the Android Emulator

• Building an Android application in Eclipse

• Directory structure of project and Auto-generated Content.

• Debugging an Android application

• Understanding Android code architecture & basic components
• The Intent of Android development
  • Empowering intuitive UIs

• Intent and how they work (Explicit v/s Implicit intent)

 its Life Cycle

• Service – (also explaining its Life Cycle)
• Broadcast Receiver
• Content Provider
•  Understanding the Android Manifest.xml o Mapping applications to processes
• Creating an android application

Part 2: User Interface Layouts & Events

User Interface Layout
Creating the Activity
Creating Services

Views & View Groups

• Exploring common views

• Building layout in Eclipse Editor

• Controlling the Width & Height of Layout elements

• Setting Relative/Linear Layout & Layout ID

• Declaring a Layout pro grammatically

• Updating a Layout from a Separate Thread – Multitasking with Handler & Message

• Handling focus

• Creating custom views

• Text Manipulation
  Setting & Changing Text Attributes

• Providing Text Entry

• Creating a Form

• Creating Other Widgets: From Buttons to Seek Bars
  Using Image Buttons

• Using Check Boxes & Toggle Buttons

• Using Radio Buttons

• Creating a Drop Down Menu

• Using a Progress Bar

• Using a Seek Bar
• Using resources Supporting resource types

• Referencing resources in java

• Defining views & layouts through XML resources

• Externalizing values

• Providing animations

• Exploring the Android Manifest file

• User Interface Events Event Handlers and Event Listeners

o Intercepting a Physical Key Press
o Building Menus
o Defining Menus in XML
o Utilizing the Search Key o Reacting to Touch Events
o Listening for Fling Gestures o Using Multi-touch

Part 3: Menus & Dialogs

• Creating Menu – both using code and inflating XML resources

• Creating Alert Dialog, Confirmation Dialog, Error reporting Dialog

Part 4: Data Storage Methods

• Shared Preferences
  • Creating and Retrieving Shared Preferences
  • Using the Preferences Framework
  • Changing the UI Based on Stored Data

Using the Filesystem

• Creating files
• Accessing files.
• Files as raw resources.
• XML file resources
• External storage via an SD card
  

  Persisting data to a database : SQLite database

• Creating a Separate Database Package
• Using a Separate Database Package
• Creating a personal diary Content Provider Using an existing Content Provider Creating a Content Provider

Part 5: Notification & Alarms

• Introducing Toast

  • Creating an SMS example with a Toast.
  • Receiving an SMS message

• Introducing Notifications

The Notification Class & Notification Manager

• Notifying an SMS to USER

• Introducing Alarms
• Using notifications with Alarms
• Creating alarm based example

Part 6: Telephony

• Accessing telephony information
  • Retrieving telephony properties
  • Obtaining phone state information
• Interacting with the phone

• Using Intents to make calls

o Using phone number-related utilities

• Intercepting outbound calls

• Working with messages: SMS
• Sending SMS messages
• Receiving SMS messages

Part 7: Multimedia

• Images Loading an Image for manipulation

• Audio

  • Choosing & playing back audio files
  • Recording audio files
  • Manipulating Raw Audio
  • Using Sound Resources Efficiently
  • Adding Media & Updating Paths

• Video

  • Recording & playing back an Audio files.

Part 8: Location & Location Manager

• Using Location Manager & Location Provider
  • Accessing Location data using Location Manager
  • Using a Location Provider

• Receiving Location updates with Location Listener

• Simulating your location within the emulator
  • Sending in your co-ordinates with the DDMS tool
  • The GPS Exchange Format
  • The Google Earth Keyhole Markup Language
• Converting places and addresses with Geocoder

 

Part 9: Graphics & Animations

• Graphics in Android
•  Drawing with XML

• Exploring XML draw able shapes

• Creating Animations

• Android’s frame-by-frame animation
• Programmatically creating an animation.

• Introduction to OpenGL ES for animation in Android

Part 10: Publishing your Application

• Now publish your app in app stores.

 

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