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COURSE CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION



Mobile Application Development



Android Overview



History

of Andr
o
i
d



Andr
o
i
d Versions & Levels



Why Android is important
?



Key features of Andr
o
i
d



Andr
o
i
d Project Flow



Getting started with Android


Android Architecture



Overview of the Stack



Linux Kernel



Native Libraries



Andriod Runtime



Dalvik Virtual Machine



Application Framework



Application Fundamentals


Android Installation



Java & JDK



Eclipse IDE Helios & Indigo



Android SDK



Eclipse ADT Plugin



Creating Android Virtual Device



Different type of Skins



Developing an Android Application


Main Building Blocks



Activities



Services



Content Providers



Broadcast Receivers



Android Application



Activity Lifecycle



Intents



Linking Activities using Intents



Passing Data using an Intent



Retur
ning data from Activity



Calling Built
-
in Applications using I
ntent



Implici
t Intents



Resources in an Android Application



Grouping

. accessing of Resources



Permissions



Debugging in Android Applications



Dalvik Debug Monitor server
–

DDMS



How DDMS interacts with a Debugger



Using DDMS



LogCat



Hierarchy Viewer


Basic
Android User Interface



View Hierarchy



How Android draws Views ?



Common Layout Objects



FrameLayout



LinearLayout



TableLayout



RelativeLayout



AbsoluteLayout



Scroll View



Text Controls



Button Controls



Other Common UI Components



Handling User interaction Events


Advanced User Interface



List Controls



Custom List Controls


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

Picker Controls



Selection Components



Spinner



Adapters



Complex UI Components



Progress Bar



Gallery View



Building UI for Performance



Supporting Multiple

Screens



Styles & Themes



Custom Themes


Animations & Graphics



Frame by Frame Animations



Tween Animations



Programmatically creating Animations



Drawing Graphics in Android



Drawing with XML



Canvas Drawing


Menus
&
Dialogs



Creating Menus



Options Menu



Context
Menu



Icon Menus



Sub Menus



Loading menus through XML file



Alert Dialog



Progress Dialog



Date Picker Dialog



Time Picker Dialog



User defined Dialogs



Notifications
& Toast



Status Bar Notifications



Pending Intents



Toast Notifications



Positioning your Toast


Mu
ltimedia in Android



Multimedia supported audio formats



Supported Video formats



Audio & Video Classes



Audio Playback



Video Playback



Working with Ring tones



Audio & Video with Animations


Intent Filters



Role of Filters



Intent
-
matching rules



Filters in your
manifest



Filters in Dynamic Broadcast Receivers


Preferences & Data Storage



Shared Preferences



Internal Storage



External Storage



Database Storage



Network Connection


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SQL Databases



Introducing SQLite



SQLiteOpenHelper



Creating a Database



Opening and Closing a Database



Creating Tables



CRUD Operations



Working with Cursors



Working with SQLite Database Browser


Basic Content Providers



Content Provider MIME Types



Searching for Content



Sharing Data between
Applications



Adding, Changing and Removing
Content



Working with Content Files



Writing our own Content Providers


Dealing with Threads



Getting through the Handlers



Messages



Runnables



Running in Place


Messaging



SMS Messaging



Getting feedback after sending
the
message





Sending

SMS
messages using intent



Receiving SMS Messages



Sending Emails


Networ
king



Managing Http Calls



URL & URLConnection



HttpURLConnection



Downloading Binary Data



Downloading Text Files



Accessing Webservice



XML Parsing



JSON Paring


Android
Services



Overview of
Services in Android



Implementing a Service



Service Life Cycle



Performing long running tasks i
n a Service



Performing tasks in a service asynchronously



Performing repeat
e
d

tasks in a service



Bound Vs Unbound Services



Communicating between a Service & Activity



Binding Activities to Services


Location

based

Services



Working with the Location Manager



Displaying Maps



Displaying the Zoom Control



Programmatically Zooming In or Out of the Map

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

Changing Views



Navigating to a Spec
i
fic

Location



Adding Markers



Working with GPS



Getting the location that is touched



Geocoding & Reverse Geocoding




Geocoding and location based services



Google Maps External Library



Obtaining User Location



Challenges in Determining User
Lo
cation


Broadcast Receivers



Basics of Broadcast Receivers



Implementation



Sensors



How Sensors work



Sensor Manager



Listening to Sensor Readings



Best practice for performance


WIFI



Monitoring and Managing Internet
Connectivity



Managing Active Connections



Managing WIFI



Telephony



Making Calls



Monitoring Data connectivity with
Activity



Accessing Phone properties and Status



Controlling the Phone


Camera



Controlling Cam
era Settings



Using the Camera Preview



Taking Pictures



Rendering Previews


Bluetooth



Using Blu
e
tooth



Controlling local Bluetooth Device



Discovering and bonding with Bluetooth devices



Managing Bluetooth Connections



Communicating with Bluetooth


Using Accelerometer & Compass

Publishing Android Applications



Preparing for Publishing



Versioning



Signing



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