Android

Android Online Training 

Introduction

• Welcome
• What is Android?
• History and Features of Android
• Different Layers and Versions of Android
• What you should know
• Updates to Android Development Toolkit

Android Architecture

• Linux Kernel
• Android Run Time
• Dalvik Virtual Machine (DVM)
• Libraries
• Application Framework
• Applications

Building Blocks of Android

• Activity
• Service
• Content Provider
• Broadcast Receiver
• Intents

Getting Started

• Installing the SDK tools
• Creating an Android Virtual Device (emulator)
• Installing Eclipse on a Windows machine
• Installing the Android Development Tools
• Preparing an Android device for development

Creating Hello World Android Application

Anatomy of an Android Application

Understanding Activities

Creating and Managing Activities

• Activity LifeCycle
• onCreate( )
• onStart( )
• onResume( )
• onPause( )
• onStop( )
• onDestroy( )
• onRestart( )

Creating Multiple Activities

User Interface and Controls

• Views and View Groups

Basic Views

• Text View
• Button
• Image Button
• Check box
• Radio Button Etc...

Common Layout Objects

• Linear Layout
• Relative Layout
• Inner layouts

Scroll View

• Vertical Scroll View
• Horizontal Scroll View

Intents

• Implicit Intent
• Explicit Intent

Adapters

• Array Adapter
• Cursor Adapter

List View

• Simple List View
• Custom List View
• Grid View
• Spinner View
• Swipe Views
• Web View
• Action Bar

Menus

• Options Menu
• Context Menu

Dialogs

• Alert Dialog
• Custom Dialog
• Progress Dialog
• Date Picker Dialog
• Time Picker Dialog

Splash Screen

Advanced Android

Data Storage

• Shared Preferences
• Internal storage
• External storage
• SQLite Database

Shared Preferences

• Saving data to shared preferences
• Retrieving data from shared preferences

External Storage

• Creating SD Card
• Accessing SD Card

SQLite Database

• Data Typing/Manifest Typing
• Creating, Opening and Closing database
• Inserting records
• Deleting Records
• Updating Records

Content Providers

Multi Media

• Audio
• Video

Camera

Location Based Services

Google Maps

Parsing in Android

• XML
• JSON

Deploying Apps on real devices

Supporting Multiple Screens

• Understanding screen size and density
• Providing alternate layouts

Publishing Your App

• Preparing for publishing
• Signing and building
• Preparing the graphics
• Publishing to the Google Play Store

Conclusion

• Using the SDK samples
• More useful resources