Android course for Novice by KYGNETEC Services & Solutions

Table of Contents

1. What is Android?

1.1. The Android operating system
1.2. Task
1.3. Android platform components
1.4. Google Play

2. Android Development Tools

2.1. Android SDK
2.2. Android debug bridge
2.3. Android Developer Tools and Android Studio
2.4. Dalvik Virtual Machine
2.5. Android RunTime
2.6. How to develop Android applications
2.7. Conversion process from source code to Android application

3. Security and permissions

3.1. Security concept in Android
3.2. Permission concept in Android

4. Installation

4.1. Install Android Developer Tools
4.2. Other Eclipse installation options

5. Android device emulator and Android Virtual Devices

5.1. Android emulator and Android Virtual Device
5.2. Android device emulator shortcuts
5.3. Google vs. Android AVD
5.4. Speed optimization
5.5. Intel system image
5.6. Alternative emulator

6. Exercise: Create an Android Virtual Device

6.1. Target
6.2. Create an AVD
6.3. Start your AVD

7. Exercise: Create an Android application in Eclipse

7.1. Using the Android project wizard
7.2. Create an Android project

8. Exercise: Start the generated Android application

8.1. Start the AVD
8.2. Start the application

9. Solving Android development problems
10. Connect with the Android source code

10.1. Connect the source to your Android JAR file
10.2. Validate

11. Integration of ADT into Eclipse

11.1. Android integration into the Java perspective
11.2. Android wizards

12. DDMS perspective

12.1. Android perspective
12.2. Emulator Control
12.3. File explorer

13. Parts of a Android application

13.1. Android application
13.2. Android software components
13.3. Context

14. Android application components overview

14.1. Activity
14.2. BroadcastReceiver
14.3. Service
14.4. ContentProvider

15. Base user interface components in Android

15.1. Activity
15.2. Fragments
15.3. Views and layout manager
15.4. Device configuration specific layouts

16. Other important Android elements

16.1. Home screen and lock screen widgets
16.2. Live Wallpapers

17. The Android manifest

17.1. Configuration of your Android application
17.2. Declaring components in the manifest file
17.3. Permissions
17.4. AndroidManifest.xml example file

18. The Android manifest

18.1. Version and package
18.2. Application and components
18.3. Minimum and target SDK
18.4. Permissions
18.5. Required device configuration
18.6. Installation location
18.7. More info

19. Resources

19.1. Resource files
19.2. Resource example
19.3. Resource qualifiers
19.4. Resource IDs and R.java
19.5. Good practices for resources IDs
19.6. System resources

20. Layout resource files

20.1. Activities and layouts
20.2. XML layout files
20.3. Defining IDs
20.4. Good practice: Predefined IDs via a separate file
20.5. Performance considerations with layouts

21. Views

21.1. View class
21.2. Standard views
21.3. Custom views

22. Layout Manager and ViewGroups

22.1. What is a layout manager?
22.2. Important layout managers
22.3. Layout attributes
22.4. FrameLayout
22.5. LinearLayout
22.6. RelativeLayout
22.7. GridLayout
22.8. ScrollView