This document outlines an 80-hour course on Android application development. The course will meet 3 times per week for 4 hours of lectures, assignments, and Q&A. Topics will include the Android architecture, activities, intents, services, UI design, databases, location services, maps, and deploying apps. Students should know Java or C# fundamentals. The course aims to teach students how to build world-class mobile apps using the popular and open-source Android platform. Evaluation will be based on attendance, assignments, projects, tests, and quizzes.

1. Android Application Development
Before Getting Started
Ahsanul Karim
http://androidstream.wordpress.com

2. Before Introduction

3. Rules of the Game
Schedule Course Work
Total Duration: 80 hours
Sessions Per Week: 3 Weekly Assignments
Hours Per Session: 4 hours Weekly Quiz
Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday Projects
Written Test
Lecture: 2.5 hours
Assignments
& Q/A: 1.5 hours Evaluation
Attendance: 10%
Course Materials Assignments: 50%
Project:20%
Tutorial Slides
Written Tests
Classroom Videos
& Quiz: 20%
Sample Projects

4. Android Application Development
We are going to learn world's most popular Mobile
Platform
http://developer.android.com/about/index.html

5. Course Prerequisite
To take this course, you must know Java or C#. You
should be able to answer most of the following
questions:
● What is a difference between a class and an object?
● What is the difference between static and non-static
field?
● What is the difference between extends and
implements keywords?
● What is the purpose of @Override? etc.

6. Course Outline
Android Overview Main Building Blocks Databases
● Android Overview ● Overview ● About SQLite
● Prospects ● Activities ● Using SQLite
● History Intents ● A bit optimization
● Versions ● Services
● ContentProviders Services
The Stack ● BroadcasrReceivers
● Stack Overview ● Lifecycle
● Application Context
Linux ● IntentService
● Native Libraries ● Binding
User Interface Common Patterns
● Dalvik ●
● App Framework ● Activity Lifecycle
● Applications ● Ways to Create UI
● Views & Layouts
Quick Start ● UI Widgets
● Installing SDK ● Activities & Dialogs
● Hello World ● Menus
● Anatomy of Project ● Fragments & ActionBar
● UI Design Patterns

7. Course Outline
BroadcastReceivers Lists & Adapters Location API
● Overview ● About Adapters ● Retrieving
● Examples ● ListActivity Location
● RebootReceiver ● Custom ListViews ● Location Providers
● Broadcasting ● Best Practices
Intents Preferences
● Network Receiver Maps API
● Overview
● SMS Receiver SharedPreference
● ● Google Maps
● Issues
ContentProviders File System ● Obtaining API Key
File System ● OpenStreetMap
● Creating ●
ContentProviders explained
● Accessing ● Reading and Writing Telephony API
ContentProviders files in External ● Retrieving
Storage Network Info
● Accessing Phone
Call States

8. Course Outline
Camera API HTTP+Web Services
● Image Capturing ● HTTP GET/POST
● Video Recording ● Accessing REST APIs
● DownloadManager
Sensor API ● Monitoring Network
State
● Introduction ● Creating Own Service
● Availability Testing
● Accelerometer
Testing
● Examples
● Robotium
WebKit & Web Apps ● Roboelectric
● Javascript Interfaces Deployment
● Cross Platform Tools ● Signing
● Take your steps to
Google Play

9. So.. Today..
● Basic Idea on Mobile, Smartphone & Tablet Platforms
● Basic Idea on Application Development
● Identify the Position of Android
● Some Background and History
● Prospects: Why Should We Learn Android
● What is Android (and What it isn't)
● Introduction to Android SDK Features

10. Mobile & Smartphone Applications

11. Mobile & Smartphone Applications

12. Mobile & Smartphone Applications

13. Overview of Application Platforms

14. Overview of Application Platforms

15. Application Platforms

16. Why Android
● Android powers hundreds of millions of mobile devices in
● more than 190 countries around the world.
● It's the largest installed base
● growing fast—every day another 900,000 users power up their Android
devices

17. Why Android
A Complete Eco-System Open Handset Alliance: Nov 2007

18. Why Android
Wide Range of Device Support
● Smartphones
● Tablets
● Television

19. Why Android
Technical Advantages
● Java Programming Language
● Open Source Platform with less Proprietary Restrictions
and more Opportunities of Innovation
● Development Environment Support in Windows, Mac OSX
and Linux
● No need to pay to start development
● Low barrier to Market (No app approval procedure and
Low fee)
● Rich and Easy to Integrate Feature Set
● Easy and Cost-effective Prototyping for Research and
Business
Imagination is the Limit !!!

20. Why Android
Business
http://play.google.com

21. Why Android
Amazon Appstore: http://www.amazon.com/mobile-
apps/b/ref=topnav_storetab_mas?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011

22. Why Android
Cisco Enterprise Market: https://marketplace.cisco.com/

23. Why Android
Google Play: Some Awesome Features

24. Why Android
Google Play: Some Awesome Features

25. Why Android
Google Play: Some Awesome Features

26. Why Android
Google Play: Monetization $ $ $ $ $ $
● Paid Apps
● In-App Billing
● Free Apps with Advertisements

27. Some Demo Apps

28. Some Demo Apps

29. Some Demo Apps

30. Some Demo Apps

31. Some Demo Apps

32. Some Demo Apps

33. Some Demo Apps

34. Some Demo Apps

35. Some Demo Apps

36. What is Android
Google’s Andy Rubin describes Android as follows:
The first truly open and comprehensive platform for
mobile devices. It includes an operating system, user-
interface and applications — all of the software to run a
mobile phone but without the proprietary obstacles that
have hindered mobile innovation.
—Where’s My Gphone?
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/ wheres-my-gphone.html

37. What is Android
Android is an ecosystem made up of a combination of three
components:
● A free, open-source operating system for embedded
devices
● An open-source development platform for creating
applications
● Devices, particularly mobile phones, that run the Android
operating system and the applications created for it

38. What is Android
More specifically, Android is made up of several necessary and
dependent parts, including the following:
● A Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) and Compatibility Test
Suite (CTS) that describe the capabilities required for a device to
support the software stack.
● A Linux operating system kernel
● Open source libraries including SQLite, WebKit, OpenGL and Media
Manager
● A run time used to execute and host Android applications, including the
Dalvik Virtual Machine (VM)
● An application framework
● A user interface framework
● A set of core pre-installed applications
● A software development kit (SDK) used to create applications,
including the related tools, plugins, and documentation

39. What is Android

40. Android SDK Features
● Access to Hardware, including Camera, GPS and
Sensors
● Data Transfers using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC
● Maps, Geocoding and Location Based Services
● Background Services
● SQLite Database
● Shared Data and Inter-Application Communication
● Full Multimedia Hardware control including Playback
and Recording
● GSM, EDGE, 3G, 4G and LTE networks support for
Telephony and Data Transfer
● Integrated HTML5 supported WebKit based Browser
● 2D and 3D Graphics using OpenGL ES 2.0

41. Android SDK Features

42. Thank You
Questions
Sources:
● http://developer.android.com
● Profession Android 4 Application Development by Reto Meier
● Various Websites