Introduction to Programming for Android Using Android Studio

Course Outline

• 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
• 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
• The Architecture of Android
  • Key Components Stack
  • The Kernel
  • Libraries
  • The Android Runtime JVM
  • Application Framework
  • Applications
• Support LibrariesApplication 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
• 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
• Layout Management
  • Background
  • LinearLayout
  • LinearLayout Orientation
  • match_parent (fill_parent) Example
  • Layout Gravity
  • Weight
  • TableLayout
  • Managing the Width
  • RelativeLayout
  • RelativeLayout Example
  • ScrollView
  • HorizontalScrollView
• 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
• Intents and Intent Filters
  • What is an Intent?
  • The android.content.Intent Class
  • Explicitly Specifying Component's Class
  • 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
  • Pending Intent
• 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
• 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
• 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