Android Introduction
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Course Outline
Introduction
- Overview of the Android platform
- The applications of Android
- Limitations of Android
App production workflow
- The best practices for managing an app project
- Application lifecycle management
- Software development lifecycle
- Version control
Programming
- How is software created?
- Why is software created this way?
- What is a programming language?
Java
- How and why is Java used?
- A hands on look at the programming language that powers Android, among other systems
- Variables
- Arrays
- Functions
- Printing to the console
If Statements
- Adding flow and variance to your program
- Comparison operators
- Boolean logical operators
- Else statements
Loops
- For loops
- While loops
- Do-While loops
- Leaving loops early
Switch Case
- Complex decision making with switch-case
- Switch-case syntax
- Advantages and disadvantages of switch-case
Object Orientated Programming
- What is object orientated programming?
- Java objects
- Communicating with and manipulating objects
- Android objects
Eclipse
- The Android SDK & IDE
- The Package Explorer
- Editors
- The Menu Bar
- The Tool Bar
- The Shortcut Bar
- The debug view and logcat
Android XML
- Creating layouts with XML
- The Android manifest
Debugging and testing
- Using the simulator & AVD
- Building and running an app
- Debugging and interpreting errors
- Syntactic errors
- Semantic errors
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SEE COURSESUseful Links
- Android for developers – Tools and resources to help you build experiences across every Android device
- Tutorials and more – Introduction to Android Development
- Wikipedia page for Android – History and capabilities of Android