Android

Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. The Android platform is Google Inc.'s open and free software stack that includes an operating system, middleware and also key applications for use on mobile devices, including smartphones. Android is an Open Handset Alliance Project.

It is the world's most widely used smartphone platform, overtaking Symbian in the fourth quarter of 2010, and the software of choice for technology companies who require a low-cost, customizable, lightweight operating system for high tech devices without developing one from scratch.

Target Audience:

This course is specially designed for the B.Tech/B.E, M.Tech/M.E and all other IT related Graduates and Post Graduate students who are interested in learning development using Android. 

Content:

• Section 1: Introduction to Android
• 1.1 Overview of Android - An Open Platform for Mobile development
• 1.2 Why to use Android for mobile development?
• 1.3 Android Versions and Features
• 1.4 Android API Levels
• Section 2: ANDROID Internals
• 2.1 Android Architecture
• 2.2 Dalvik Virtual Machine
• 2.3 JVM Vs DVM Comparison
• 2.4 Basic Building Blocks
• Section 3: Android Application Structure
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Understanding Intent
• 3.3 Activities
• 3.4 Android Activity Lifecycle
• 3.5 Services
• 3.6 Broadcast Receivers
• 3.7 Content Providers
• 3.8 Android Manifest
• 3.9 Creating First Android Application
• Section 4: Emulator-Android Virtual Device
• 4.1 Launching emulator
• 4.2 Editing emulator settings
• 4.3 Emulator shortcuts
• Section 5: Android UI Design
• 5.1 Simple UI -Layouts and Layout properties
• 5.1.1 Fundamental Android UI Design
• 5.1.2 Introducing Layouts
• 5.1.3 Creating new Layouts
• 5.1.4 Relative Layouts
• 5.1.5 Table Layouts
• 5.1.6 Frame Layout
• 5.1.7 Linear Layout
• 5.1.8 Nested Layout
• 5.2 XML Introduction to GUI objects viz
• 5.3 GUI Elements
• 5.4 Examples
•  Section 6: Android user interface widget
• 6.1 Push Button
• 6.2 Basic widgets
• 6.3 Text / Labels
• 6.4 Edit Text
• 6.5 Toggle Button
• 6.6 Weight Sum
• 6.7 Padding
• 6.8 Layout Weight
• 6.9 Android - Event Handling
• Section 7: Menu, Dialog, Toast
• 7.1 What is Menu?
• 7.2 Creating and Using Menu
• 7.3 Know Dialogs
• 7.3.1 Different Dialogs
• 7.4 Toast Notifications
• 7.4.1 Introducing Toasts
• 7.4.2 Basic Toast Notification
• 7.4.3 Positioning Toasts
• 7.4.4 Custom Toasts
• 7.5 List & Adapters