Learning Android
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Price: |
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February 6th 2012 |
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€ 375,- |
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March 5th 2012 |
Brief:
This three-day course covers the basics of Android application development, from the simplest of applications up through ones that use databases, telephony features, and integrated search capabilities.
Goal:
Students attending this course should obtain a thorough understanding of how to create Android applications, particularly leveraging Android′s UI widget framework.
Who should attend:
Developers or anybody else interested in creating applications for Android devices.
Previous Knowledge:
- Experience with Java programming, enough to know the syntax and basic packages like java.io and java.util
- Experience with some form of widget-based GUI development (Swing, SWT, MFC/WinForms/.NET, GTK, Qt, Flex, XUL, etc.)
Course contents:
- The Basics
- Simple GUIs, Part One
- Simple GUIs, Part Two
- Selection Widgets
- Fancy Lists
- Fancy Widgets
- Menus and Messages
- Threads
- The Activity Lifecycle
- Resources
- Preferences and Files
- Databases
- Using Multiple Activities
- Handling Rotation Events
- Permissions
- Calls and Searches
- Development Tools
Course includes:
This course blends short lecture periods with hands-on exercises in a development lab setting. Over the three days, expect about 15 hours of presentation coupled with 12.5 hours of development work.
Course material:
Students receive a copy of the course materials (slides and exercise handouts)