• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

The Android mobile platform has become extremely popular. Available on both flagship devices with high-specification hardware as well as budget handsets, it offers developers and consumers a large number of useful application program interfaces or APIs and features. In this course, you will learn to create a simple Android application and run it in an emulator. You will also learn some of the fundamentals and history of the Android platform.

Learning Objectives

Introduction to Android

  • start the course
  • describe the features of Android 4.0
  • describe the features of Android 4.1
  • describe the features of Android 4.4
  • describe the features of Android 5.0
  • describe the features of the current Android 6.0 beta
  • use Android to speak the written text
  • use Android to interpret written text from the spoken words
  • use the location services to determine device location
  • plot a position on Google Maps
  • make use of ContentProviders to access data
  • create a class to interface with the database
  • connect the ContentProvider to the application interface

Developer Fundamentals

  • handle the orientation of the device in your application
  • save state so that your program doesn't lose data when the user rotates the device
  • utilize the simple graphics and animations in your app
  • configure the permissions required by your application
  • specify the target architectures for your application
  • make use of services
  • use services to perform background tasks in your application
  • work with audio in your application

Deployment, Testing, and Metrics

  • debug your application on Android hardware
  • obtain your app's cryptographic signature
  • access and use the debug log
  • profile your application for performance metrics
  • publish an application
  • set up an emulator that supports Google Play Services for use in demos in this section

Practice: Debug Log for Android

  • view the debug log from an application to aid in troubleshooting

Framework Connections

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