Course Summary
Introduction to programming for the Android platform course is designed to quickly get you up to speed with writing apps for Android devices. You will learn the basics of Android platform. You will get to understand the application lifecycle. By the end of the course, you will be able to write simple GUI applications, use built-in widgets and components, work with the database to store data locally, and much more. This is a perfect course to get started with Android programming.
Upon completion of this course, we suggest you take Advanced Android training, or take both courses together as Android Bootcamp.Duration
3 days.
Audience
Basic Java programming skills, or equivalent OOP language experience.
Additional Notes
About Your Instructor
Marko Gargenta has been programming in Java even before it was named Java. His background is in very large enterprise web application development but he's also had a fair-share of UI experience having rewritten the entire AWT into lightweight components before Java Swing ever came out. He's a big believer in agile development processes, being a certified ScrumMaster himself as well as contributor to eXtreme Programming methodology.
Marko is a professional consultant and instructor. He's taught teams of organizations such as Sony-Ericsson, Ericsson Canada, MetroPCS, Experian, DoJ, DoD, and many others. He's published a PHP/MySQL by Example book with Prentice Hall (world's largest tech publisher) as well as created many of Marakana's courseware, including the Android series.
30,000-foot Overview of Android
A high level overview of the Google's Android Platform, presented by Marko Gargenta from Marakana at OSCON 2009
Android Meetup Organized by Marakana
Marakana team organizes and runs the San Francisco Android Users' Group - an interactive group of Android developers. In our monthly meetings, we discuss Android landscape from both technology and business angles. We often have great presentations by industry experts, group discussions, as well as hands-on sessions. If you are in San Francisco Bay Area, we encourage you to join the group and meet other Android developers.
Trademark Notice
Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.
Outline
Android Overview and History
- How it all got started
- Why Android is different (and important)
Android Stack
- Overview of the stack
- Linux kernel
- Native libraries
- Dalvik
- App framework
- Apps
SDK Overview
- Platforms
- Tools
- Versions
Hello World App
- Creating your first project
- The manifest file
- Layout resource
- Running your app on Emulator
Main Building Blocks
- Activities
- Activity lifecycle
- Intents
- Services
- Content Providers
- Broadcast Receivers
Basic Android User Interface
- XML versus Java UI
- Dips and sps
- Views and layouts
- Common UI components
- Handling user events
Android System Overview
- File System
- Preferences
- Notifications
- Security model
Advanced UI
- Selection components
- Adapters
- Complex UI components
- Building UI for performance
- 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
- SQLiteOpenHelper and creating a database
- Opening and closing a database
- 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
Course Testimonials
Good presentation; Great course to start development for Android!
