Introduction to Android

Android Overview and History

• How it all got started
• Why Android is different (and important)

Android Stack

• Overview of the stack
• Linux kernel
• Native libraries


• Dalvik


• App framework


• Apps

SDK Overview

• latforms


• Tools


• Versions

Hello World App

• Creating your first project
• The manifest file
• Layout resource
• Running your app on Emulator

Main Building Blocks

• Activities
• Activity lifecycle
• Intents
• Services
• Content Providers
• Broadcast Receivers

Basic Android User Interface

• XML versus Java UI
• Views and layouts
• Common UI components
• Handling user events

Android system Overview

• Preferences
• Notifications

Advanced UI

• Selection components
• Adapters
• Menus and Dialogs
• Animations

Multimedia in Android

• Multimedia Supported audio formats
• Simple media playback
• Supported video formats
• Simple video playback

SQL Database

• Introducing SQLite
• SQLiteOpenHelper and creating a database
• Opening and closing a database
• Working with cursors Inserts, updates, and deletes

Basic Content Providers

• Content provider MIME types
• Adding, changing, and removing content
• Working with content files

Advanced Android:

Location Services

• Working with the Location Manager
• Working with Google Maps extensions

Services

• Overview of services in Android
• Implementing a Service
• Service lifecycle

Broadcast Receivers

• What are Broadcast Receivers
• Implementing broadcast receiver

Intent Filters

• Role of filters
• Intent-matching rules
• Filters in your manifest

• Monitoring and managing Internet connectivity
• Managing active connections
• Managing WiFi

• Taking pictures
• Rendering previews

• Controlling local Bluetooth device
• Discovering and bonding with Bluetooth devices
• Managing Bluetooth connections
• Communicating with Bluetooth