Training on Android Application Developement

Intended for : Students of Engineering, Freshers, Software Developers

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Pre-Requisites
Bas
ic understanding of object-oriented concepts

Familiarity with C/C++ if not Java

Laptops recommended

Outcome : Ability to Build and Publish your Apps on the Google play app store

WEEK 1

Class 1: Introduction
Application fundamentals, Development environment installation (Eclipse, Android SDK, Android ADT plugin),
Basic concepts: Activities, Android activity lifecycle, Layouts, Hello world app

Class 2: Messaging app
Messaging app: Layout design, UI widgets, Handling UI events, basic code, deployment on phone, Logcat

Assignment 1
Make UI modifications

Week-2

Class 1: Messaging app [Extended]
Evaluate UI modifications of Assignment 1, Dialogs, How to use Contacts, WebView, Intent, Intent filter

Class 2: Persistence

Preferences, File, SQLite, More SQLite: Creating a database, opening and closing databases, ListView, Save Messages in List.

Assignment 2
Make a calculator application, store previous calculations in SQLite database, allow user to turn off history [Preference]

Week-3

Class 1: Multimedia
Drawables, state selectors, MediaPlayer audio demo, video, Messaging app notification, Animation

Class 2: Fragment
Activity and fragments, Two-pane layout, Newspaper demo, Communicating between fragments

Assignment 3
Make a simple two-pane file manager that opens text files, images and audio

Week-4

Class 1: Graphics
OpenGL ES introduction, 2D graphics, SurfaceView

Class 2: Bluetooth
Making Bluetooth connections, file transfer

Assignment 4
Make small graphics game OR integrate bluetooth into file manager

Week-5

Class 1: GPS
Determining user location, using Google Maps API

Class 2: Voice
Text to speech, Google voice recognition

Assignment 5
Integrate TTS to Messaging app
AND prepare final project

Week-6 (Demo Day)

Class 1: Project demo
Project demo, Q and A, tweaks

Сlass 2: Deployment
Cleaning up code, deciding income model, ProGuard, Android developer registration

SHOW OFF YOUR APP TO THE WORLD.