Introduction to Programming for Android Using Android Studio

Course Overview

Chapter 1. Introduction to Android

• What is Android?
• A Short History
• Open Source
• Advantages of Android
• Disadvantages of Android
• Android Version Distribution
• Android Market Share
• Phones by manufacturer
• References
• Summary

Chapter 2. The Development Environment

• What Do We Need?
• Downloading the Tools
• Setting Up the SDK
• Android Studio
• Starting Android Studio
• Android Studio Projects
• Android Studio Interface
• Visual Designer
• Gradle Build System
• Modifying Android Project Settings
• The Android Emulator
• Hardware Virtualization and the AndroidEmulator
• Create a Virtual Device
• Device Definition
• System Image
• Creating a Project
• Minimum SDK Version
• Running Your Application in the Emulator
• Running Your Application on a Device
• Run Configuration
• Debugging an Application
• Developing for Multiple Android Versions
• Migrating to Android Studio from Eclipse
• Summary

Chapter 3. The Architecture of Android

• Key Components Stack
• The Kernel
• Libraries
• The Android Runtime JVM
• Application Framework
• Applications
• Support Libraries
• Summary

Chapter 4. Application Fundamentals

• Recapping The Basics
• Packaging an Application
• Application Reusability Architecture
• The Manifest File
• Activity
• Creating an Activity Class
• Activity Lifecycle
• Launching an Activity
• Pausing and Stopping an Activity
• Destroying an Activity
• Activity Destruction Under Resource Shortage
• Saving State
• Creating Views
• Registering an Activity
• The Default Activity
• Process Lifecycle
• The Application Class
• The Application Context
• Summary

Chapter 5. Basic GUI Programming

• The Fundamentals
• View Hierarchy
• Creating Views Programmatically
• Creating View in XML Layout
• More on XML Layout
• Common Programming Tasks with Views
• TextView and EditText
• Multi-Line Text
• Ellipsize Long Text
• Button
• CheckBox
• RadioButton and RadioGroup
• ToggleButton
• ImageView
• RatingBar
• Summary

Chapter 6. Layout Management

• Background
• LinearLayout
• LinearLayout Orientation
• match_parent (fill_parent) Example
• Layout Gravity
• Weight
• TableLayout
• Managing the Width
• RelativeLayout
• RelativeLayout Example
• ScrollView
• HorizontalScrollView
• Summary

Chapter 7. Resource Management and Localization
Introduction

• Main Types of Resources
• Defining Value Resources
• Defining String Arrays
• Creating Image Resource
• Alternate Resource Folders
• Alternate Folder Name Rules
• Android XML Files in Android Studio
• How Android Finds Resources
• Dealing with Screen Orientation
• Orientation Change and Activity Lifecycle
• Fix Orientation
• Developing for Tablets
• Basics of Localization
• Testing for Localization
• Loading Localized String from Code
• Summary

Chapter 8. Intents and Intent Filters

• What is an Intent?
• The android.content.Intent Class
• Explicitly Specifying Component's Class
• Example: An Activity Launching Another Activity
• Implicit Target Component Specification
• Intent Filters
• Data Type Filter
• Action Name
• Category Name
• Hint Matching Logic
• Example Hint Matching
• Default Component of an Application
• Starting an Activity
• Getting Output from Activity
• Example of Launcher: ActivityA
• Example of Launched: ActivityB
• Pending Intent
• Summary

Chapter 9. Fragments and Supporting Different Screens

• The Problem
• Screen Density
• Screen Size
• Size Qualifiers in Android 3.2
• Supporting Multiple Screens
• Declaring Screen Support in Manifest
• Screen Compatibility Mode
• Providing Alternate Resources
• Scaling Images
• Providing Alternate Layout for Large Devices
• Fragments
• Fragment Example
• Creating a Fragment
• Adding a Fragment to an Activity
• Managing Fragments
• Detecting Fragments From Activities
• Communicating With an Activity
• Using Fragment Callback Interface
• Fragment State
• Supporting Fragments on Older Devices
• Putting It All Together
• Testing on Multiple Screens
• Summary

Chapter 10. Menus With Action Bar

• Android Navigation
• Action Bar Overview
• Anatomy of the Action Bar
• Action Bars in the Wild
• Using an Existing Menu Definition
• Adding Action Items
• Handling Clicks on Action Items
• Split Action Bar
• Up Navigation
• Using Action Views
• Drop-down Navigation
• Summary

Lab Exercises

• Lab 1. Setting up the Development Environment
• Lab 2. Developing a Simple Application
• Lab 3. Basic UI Development
• Lab 4. Basics of Activity and Process Lifecycle
• Lab 5. Using Simple Views
• Lab 6. Layout Management
• Lab 7. Resource Management
• Lab 8. Localization
• Lab 9. Using Intent to Launch Activities
• Lab 10. Using Fragments
• Lab 11. Implementing the Action Bar

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to program Java applications ( KT-2494)