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Course Number:  ANDROID2

Course Description:  This intensive 4-days hands-on training course is designed for developers who wish to design and build mobile applications using Google's Android Application Development Framework.  The following features will be covered: development environment, and tools; the setup of the Android Eclipse-based development tools, the Android SDK, all the essential features to create basic, and advanced  applications using services, accelerometers, graphics,  Internet access, multimedia, mapping, and GPS.

Objectives: 

• ­ Describe all the components of the Android Platform


• ­ Create Android User Interfaces (activities)


• ­ Connect Android applications to the Internet using APIs for networking and Internet resources (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, etc)


• ­ Publish data to Android applications through a content provider


• ­ Use Content Providers


• ­ Use data that other applications provide through their content providers


• ­ Build long-running Android processes using services


• ­ Use advanced Android features such as GPS access, mapping, and search


• ­ Create Android Applications by using. Extending and creating layouts and Views.


• ­ Accessing Phone Hardware using the Android API (sensors, gps, wifi, etc)


• ­ Use background services, threads and notifications.


• ­ Create and uses resources in an Application using the Android API.


• ­ Package and deploy Android applications


• ­ Use the Android API to access data storage, user preferences, files and databases

Benefits: 

Target Audience: 

Prerequisites: 

Participants should have a working knowledge of Java programming, developing graphical user interfaces, and a working knowledge of Linux (as a Linux User).

Course Length:  4 days

CourseTopics:

Android – The Big Picture

·          Android architecture 

·          Android Libraries

·          Android Runtime

·          Overview of the Android  development environment

·          Android application model

·          Android application building blocks

·          Application design guidelines

Getting Started

·         Overview of Android and Android SDK

·         Getting to know your Android development environment

·         Setting the Android  environment

·         What is Android made of

o        Activities

o        Intents

o        Services

o        Content Providers

·         Resources for the phone

o        Storage

o        Network

o        Multimedia

o        GPS

o        Phone Services

Project Structure

·         Root Contents

·         Project Files

·         The Manifest

·         Writing your first Android application

o        The Activity

o        Part of the Activity

·         Building, Running and debugging your application

·         Working with Android simulator

·         Test your application on device

Using XML-Based Layouts

§  What is an XML-Based Layout?

§  Why use and XML-Based Layout

§  How does it work

§  Building custom views and layouts

Building User Interface

·          Overview of Android's view structure

·          Android built-in layouts

·          Android built-in Views

·          Event handling

·          Using Basic Widgets

o         Labels

o         Button

o         Images

o         Radio and Check buttons

·          Working and using Containers

o         Concepts and properties

o         Linear

o         Tabular

o         Relative

o         Absolute

·          Using Selection Widgets

o         Adapters

o         List

o         Spin

o         Grid

o         Tabs

·          Using Menus

o         Different type of Menus

o         Android Menu System

o         Defining an Activity Menu

o         Dynamically Updating Menu Items

o         Handling Menu Selections

o         Submenus and Context Menus

·          Using pop-up messages

·          Embedding the WebKit Browser

Building Android Applications

·          AndroidManifest.xml file - the control file

·          Building activities

·          Intents

o         Introduction to Intents

o         Using Intents to launch Activities

o         Using Intents to Broadcast Events

·          Building and using services

·          Notifications

·          Building and using content providers

·          Using Libraries

o         Using Jar files

Data Stores

·          Overview of storing, retrieving, and exposing data

·          Preferences

·          Files

·          Managing and Accessing Local Databases

·          SQLite Databases

·          ContentProviders

·          Data access over the network

Resources and I18N

·          Overview of resources in Android

·          Creating resources

·          Using resources

·          Drawable resources

·          Animation resources

·          Using resources for different languages

Communicating via the Internet

§  HTTP

§  Parsing Responses

§  Email

§  Networking

Creating Intent Filters

§  What is an Intent Filter

§  Parts

§  Intent Routing

§  Narrow Receivers

Using a Content Provider

§  What is a Content Provider

§  Making queries

§  Handling a Content Provider

§  Building a Content Provider

§  Create a Provider Class

o        Content Provider

o        DatabaseContentProvider

o        OnCreate()

o         

§  Parts

§  Properties

§  Updating the Manifest

Creating a Service

§  Parts of a Service

§  Implementing a Service

§  Implementing the Interface

§  Modifying your Manifest file

§  Invoking a Service

§  Connecting to a Service

Android Security Model

·         Overview of Android security architecture

·         Signing application packages

·         User IDs and access control

·         Using, declaring and enforcing permissions

·         URI permissions

Android Media API

·          Playing audio/video

·          Media recording

·          Using the Camera

o         Controlling Camera Settings

o         Using the Camera Preview

o         Taking a picture

Building Location Based Applications

·          Where am I

·          LocationManager

·          Integrate with GoogleMap

Accessing Android Hardware

§  Introducing the Sensor Manager

§  Using the Accelerometer and Compass

o         Introducing Accelerometers

o         Detecting Acceleration Changes

o         Creating a Speedometer

§  Using Bluetooth

o         Introducing the Bluetooth Service

o         Controlling the Local Bluetooth Device

o         Managing Bluetooth Connection

o         Communicating with Bluetooth

o         Using a Bluetooth Headset