Android Application Development
Course Outline:
Lesson 1: Hello Android Framework
Introduction
Creating an Android Project
Within Eclipse
From Command line
Running Your Application
Running you project on the emulator
Components of an Android application
Application Life-cycle
Modifying created project
Change activitys name
Lesson 2: Android SDK Tools and Activity Class
Android Software Layers
Linux kernel
C/C++ Libraries
Android Runtime
Application Framework
Application layer
Android Libraries
The Android Manifest File
Structure of the Manifest File
Android SDK Tools
Activity life-cycle through Java
Create an Activity
Methods to remember
Lesson 3: ListActivity and ListView
Introduction
Views
Using Views
Adding a View to your application
List Views and List Activity
Using a ListActivity
Adding ListView
Add Event to List Items
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Summary
Methods to remember
Lesson 4: Intents and Intent filters
Introduction
Intents
Explicit Intents
Implicit Intents
Native Android Actions
Data Transfer
Intent to Call Activities
Direct calls
Sub-activities: Calling Activities for Results
Register an IntentFilter
Methods to remember
Lesson 5: Custom Views
Introduction
Different Uses of Customized Views
Modify Existing Views
Step by Step
What is in onDraw()
The full picture
Lesson 6: Dialogs and Toasts
Dialogs
Dialog sub-classes
Creating dialogs with user-defined layout
Activities with Dialog Theme
Toasts
Methods to remember
Lesson 7: More UI - Options Menu, Context Menu, and WebView
Introduction
Menus
Building a menu from Java code
Building a menu from a resource file
Handle Select Events
Sub-menus
Context Menus
Handling Context Menu Selection
Additional Menu Item options
Checkboxes and Radio Buttons
Shortcut Keys
Condensed Titles
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Menu Item Click Listener
Intents
WebView
Methods to remember
Practical Exercise
Lesson 8: Android Storage: Network, File I/O, and SharedPreferences
Android Storage Options
Shared Preferences
Internal Storage
SQLite Databases
Network Connection
Connecting to the internet
File I/O
Including files as resources
Shared Preferences
Retrieving Shared Preferences
Save activity state
Lesson 9: Android Storage: SQLite and Content Providers
Introduction
SQLite in your application
SQLite library
SQLiteOpenHelper
SQLiteDatabase
Cursors
Databases in Android
Native Android Content Providers
Methods to remember
Lesson 10: Android Notifications
Introduction
Creating a notification
Notification actions
Example: NotificationManager
Summary
