Android Development Training in Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Learning Objective:

Here we will look at what is so great about Android, what exactly Android and Java are, how they work and complement each other, and what that means to us as future developers. Moving quickly on, we will set up the required software so we can build and deploy a simple app.

• Introduction to Android
• Installing Android Studio
• Introduction to Android Studio
• Activity Lifecycle
• Building Hello World app
• Android Virtual Devices
• Exploring the Structure of an Android Application
• Fundamental Components
• Application Life Cycle

Hands-on:

Use various components to explore Android Studio and build basic applications.

Learning Objective:

Learn how to use Android Studio UI Designer to manage layouts, style, and themes, lists, buttons. Understand Android resources and intents. Explore the services offered by Android Studio. Get started with layouts and material designing.

• Activity
• Intent
• Content Provider
• Broadcast Receiver
• Services
• Understanding Android resources
• Understanding Android Intents
• Text Controls
• Button Controls
• The ImageView Control
• Date and Time Controls
• List Control
• GridView Control
• Spinner Control
• Gallery Control
• Understanding Adapters
• Styles and Themes
• Understanding Layout Managers

Hands-on:

Implement various layout and material designing aspects in applications built in Android Studio.

Learning Objective:

Explore the Android menu to work with events, sub-menus, Context menus, and pop-up menus.

• Structure of the Android menu
• Working with Menu and Events
• Submenus, Context Menus, Pop-up Menus

Hands-on:

Create Android menu using Android Studio.

Learning Objective:

Learn about Android fragment and use it as part of an activity's user interface which contributes its own layout to the activity.

• What Is a Fragment
• Fragment Manager
• Using Dialogs in Android
• Working with Toast
• Working with Action Bar and Tabs
• Save data using text files
• Making use of the AsyncTask class
• Save data by using an SQLite database

Hands-on:

Create sub-screens, dialog and action bar. Create tabs in your application for quicker response.

Learning Objective:

Explore the Preference Framework which is considered a powerful framework in modern mobile technology.

• Exploring the Preferences Framework
• ListPreference
• CheckBoxPreference
• EditTextPreference
• Organizing Preferences

Hands-on:

Implement ListPreference, CheckBox Preference, EditText Preference, Organizing Preference.

Learning Objective:

Learn about SQLite to store data to a text file on a device.

• Introduction to SQLite Database
• SQLiteOpenHelper and working with DB
• Working with Cursor

Hands-on:

Use SQLite to store data to a text file.

Learning Objective:

Learn to use Android's Built-in Providers and architecture of Content Providers which manage access to a central repository of data.

• Android’s Built-in Providers
• The architecture of Content Providers
• Consuming HTTP Services
• Using the AndroidHttpClient
• Addressing Multithreading Issues
• Handler, message and message queue relationship
• Using Background Threads (AsyncTask)

Hands-on:

Use Android applications for Content Provider, Services, Threading and Handler.

Learning Objective:

Understand network socket connection and other Android security models.

• JSON parsing
• XML parsing
• Understanding the Android Security Model
• Signing Applications for Deployment
• Self-Signed Certificate Using the Keytool
• Installing Updates to an Application and Signing
• Understanding Security at the Process Boundary
• Declaring and Using Permissions
• Library Projects
• StrictMode

Hands-on:

Implement network socket connection.

Learning Objective:

Learn about maps and location-based services to integrate into your Android applications.      

• Understanding the Mapping Package
• Obtaining a Maps API Key from Google

Hands-on:

Integrate maps and location-based services in Android applications.