Android

Android has been developed by Google Inc. It has become the most used and powerful tool in Mobile Systems today. This course is focused to help students understand the potential of Android and have a good working knowledge of the tool. By the end of the course, students should easily be able to develop applications using Android. The target of this course is to harness the immense job potential in the Android market today.

• Understand the entire Android Apps Development Cycle
• Enable the students to independently create new Android Applications

Topics Covered

Android
History of Android
Evolution of Android
Where Android scores over others

Android Architecture
Overview
Linux kernel
Native libraries
Dalvik
App framework

SDK Overview
Platforms
Tools
Versions

Emulator

Your First Program
Creating your first project
The manifest file
Layout resource
Running your app on Emulator

SDK Building Blocks
Activities
Activity lifecycle
Intents
Services
Content Providers
Broadcast Receivers

Android User Interface
Specification
Dip's and Sip's
Views and layouts
Common UI components
Handling user events

Android system Overview
File System
Preferences
Notifications
Security model

Advanced UI
Adapters
Complex UI components
Menus and Dialogs
Graphics & animations

Multimedia in Android
Multimedia Supported audio formats
Simple media playback
Supported video formats
Simple video playback

SQL Database
Introducing SQLite
Working with cursors Inserts, updates, and deletes

Basic Content Providers
Content provider MIME types
Searching for content
Adding, changing, and removing content
Working with content files

Advanced Android
Custom Content Providers
Why Content Providers
Where the content comes from
Implementing the API Supporting content files

Location Based Services and Google Maps
Using Loction Based Services
Working with Google Maps

Services
Overview of services in Android
Implementing a Service
Service lifecycle
Inter Process Communication (AIDL Services)

Broadcast Receivers
What are Broadcast Receivers
Implementing broadcast receiver
System broadcasts and how to use them

Intent Filters
Role of filters
Intent-matching rules
Filters in your manifest
Filters in dynamic Broadcast Receivers

Sensors
How Sensors work
Lig to Sensor readings
Best practices for performance

WiFi
Monitoring and managing Internet connectivity
Managing active connections
Managing WiFi

Telephony
Making calls
Monitoring data connectivity and activity
Accessing phone properties and status
Controlling the phone

Camera
Taking pictures
Rendering previews
Bluetooth
Controlling local Bluetooth device
Discovering and bonding with Bluetooth devices
Managing Bluetooth connections
Communicating with Bluetooth

XML Parsing
Consuming Web Services
HTTP Request Response Model
XML Parsing

Who should attend

Graduates / Post Graduates from Computer Science background. Candidate must have basic knowledge core java.

Students who are looking for great academic projects
Beginners in programming, who want a head start in a new niche
Java Programmers who wish to acquire hottest skill set and make themselves versatile
Freelancers who wish to tap the increasing demand in the market, for custom Android app development

Pre-requisites

I have managed and guidance my android team.

What you need to bring

You keep note book.

Key Takeaways

Job Opportunities in Android Application Development
Mobile applications market is already huge and is growing at a steady pace. Use of 3G is rampantly growing and Android based devices are being launched frequently. This creates great demand for programmers on the Android platform and excellent opportunities await those who are early into a growing market.