An Introduction to Android

•  Android overview
•  Types of devices
•  Types of apps
•  A brief history
•  Versions
•  System architecture
•  How apps are compiled and run

Using Eclipse for Android development

•  An introduction to Eclipse projects
•  How to work with the user interface
•  How to work with other XML resources
•  How to run an app on a physical device
•  How to run an app on an emulator
•  How to detect and correct errors and warnings

Developing an App

•  Developing and Activity and user interface
•  Working with widgets and layouts
•  How to work with the strings.xml file
•  Handle the click event
•  The lifecycle of an activity
•  Using the documentation

Test and debug an Android app

•  How to check the layout
•  The three types of errors
•  How to handle runtime errors
•  How to trace code execution
•  Using LogCat logging
•  Using toast
•  The debugger
•  Configuring your emulators

Working with layouts and widgets

•  A summary of layouts & widgets
•  The View hierarchy
•  Linear layout
•  Table layout
•  Frame layout
•  Nesting layouts
•  Editable text views
•  Check boxes & radio buttons
•  Spinners & seek bars
•  Images
•  Scroll bar

Handle events

•  High-level and low-level events
•  Techniques for handling events
•  The current class as the listener
•  Use a named class as the listener
•  Use an anonymous class as the listener
•  Use an inner anonymous class as the listener
•  Handling Key events
•  Handling Touch events

Themes and Styles

•  Define a style
•  Apply a style
•  Create a style sheet
•  Working with themes
•  Modify a theme
•  Summary of built-in themes
•  Apply themes
•  Define colors
•  Apply colors

Menus and Preferences

•  Defining a menu
•  Display an options menu
•  Handle option menu events
•  Define preferences
•  Display preferences in an activity
•  Display preferences in a fragment
•  How to get preferences
•  Using preferences
•  Group preferences

Fragments

•  Single-pane and multi-pane layouts
•  The lifecycle methods of a fragment
•  Create the layout for a fragment
•  Create the class for a fragment
•  Display a fragment in an activity
•  Preference fragment

Threads, Files, Adapters, and Intents

•  How threads work
•  Execute asynchronous tasks
•  Timed tasks
•  How to update the UI thread
•  How to download a file from the Internet
•  How to parse an XML file
•  Using an adapter to display data in a list view
•  Handle events for an adapter
•  Using intents to pass data

Services and Notifications

•  The Application object
•  Define and register the Appliction object
•  The lifecycle of a service
•  Create and register a service
•  Service start and stop
•  Using threads with services
•  How notifications work
•  Create a pending intent
•  Create a notification
•  System services

Broadcast Receivers

•  System broadcasts
•  Custom broadcasts
•  Create and send a custom broadcast
•  Coding a receiver for a custom broadcast

SQLite Databases

•  An introduction to SQLite
•  Create a database class
•  Create or upgrade a database
•  Open and close a database connection
•  Retrieve rows
•  Insert, update, and delete
•  Data from a cursor
•  Use the DDMS perspective
•  Use the SQLite Database Browser

Tabs and Custom Adapters

•  TabManager
•  Layout for tab displays
•  Custom adapter

Content Providers

•  URIs and MIME types for content providers
•  Content provider class
•  Querying, inserting, updating, deleting
•  Register a content provider
•  Using a content provider
•  Built-in content provider
•  Working with a dialog box

App Widgets

•  A Home screen app widgets
•  How to add app widgets to the Home screen
•  Create app widgets
•  Configure an app widget
•  Register an app widget
•  Testing an app widget

Deploy an Android App

•  Distribution and monetization
•  Release build
•  Create the signed APK
•  Distribute directly to the user
•  Publish on Google Play
•  The Developer Console to publish an app

Locations and Maps

•  An introduction to the Google Maps Android API
•  Working with locations
•  Get the current location
•  Get location updates
•  Making sure GPS is enabled
•  Working with Google Maps
•  Map fragment
•  Add markers
•  Add lines