Android Programming - MOB300

Introduction to Android

• What is Android?
• A Short History
• Advantages of Android
• Disadvantages of Android
• Q1 2010 Global Market Share
• Q2 2010 Global Market Share
• US Only Market Share - All Subscribers
• US Only Market Share - New Subscribers
• Android Carriers
• References

The Architecture of Android

• Key Components Stack
• The Kernel
• Libraries
• The Dalvik JVM
• Application Framework
• Applications

The Development Environment

• What Do We Need?
• Setting Up the SDK
• Install Eclipse Plugin
• Create a Virtual Device
• Creating a Project
• Running Your Application
• Buttons of the Emulator
• Run Configuration
• Debugging an Application
• Using Third Party JAR
• Creating Reusable Library
• Dalvik Debug Monitor Server (DDMS)
• DDMS Tools in Eclipse
• The Console Views
• Developing for Multiple Android Versions

Application Fundamentals

• Recapping The Basics
• Packaging an Application
• Application Reusability Architecture
• The Manifest File
• Activity
• Creating an Activity Class
• Activity Lifecycle
• Launching an Activity
• Pausing and Stopping an Activity
• Destroying an Activity
• Saving State
• The onCreate() Method
• Registering an Activity
• The Default Activity
• Process Lifecycle
• The Application Class
• The Application Context

Basic GUI Programming

• The Fundamentals
• View Hierarchy
• Creating Views Programmatically
• Creating View in XML Layout
• More on XML Layout
• Common Programming Tasks with Views
• TextView and EditText
• Button
• CheckBox
• RadioButton and RadioGroup
• ToggleButton
• ImageView
• RatingBar

Layout Management

• Background
• LinearLayout
• LinearLayout Orientation
• fill_parent Example
• Layout Gravity
• Weight
• TableLayout
• Managing the Width
• RelativeLayout
• RelativeLayout Example
• ScrollView
• HorizontalScrollView

Resource Management and Localization

• Introduction
• Main Types of Resources
• Defining Value Resources
• Defining String Arrays
• Creating Image Resource
• Alternate Resource Folders
• Alternate Folder Name Rules
• How Android Finds Resources
• Dealing with Screen Orientation
• Orientation Change and Activity Lifecycle
• Developing for Tablets
• Basics of Localization
• Testing for Localization
• Loading Localized String from Code

Intents and Intent Filters

• What is an Intent?
• The android.content.Intent Class
• Explicitly Specifying Component Name
• Example
• Implicit Target Component Specification
• Intent Filters
• Action Name
• Category Name
• Data Type Filter
• Hint Matching Logic
• Examples of Hint Matching
• Default Component of an Application
• Starting an Activity
• Getting Output from Activity
• Example of Launcher: ActivityA
• Example of Launched: ActivityB
• Pending Intent

Application Menu

• Introduction
• Defining Menu Items
• Menu XML File
• Option Menu
• Populating Menu Items from Resource
• Manipulating Menu Items
• Handling Menu Item Click Event
• Context Menu
• Showing a Context Menu
• Handling Context Menu Item Click

Showing Notification Messages

• Introduction
• Toast
• Popping a Toast
• Advanced Toast
• Status Bar Notification
• Advantages of Status Bar Notification
• Steps to Create a Status Bar Notification
• Posting the Notification
• Using an Utility Method
• Additional Notes
• Using Dialogs
• AlertDialog
• Handling Button Click Events
• ProgressDialog
• Setting Progress Amount

Advanced GUI Development

• Spinner View
• Creating a Spinner
• Handling Item Selection Event
• The ListView
• Creating a ListView
• Handling ListView Events
• The Adapter Model
• Adapter Class
• Example Adapter
• Using an Adapter
• The ArrayAdapter Class
• ViewFlipper
• Tabbed UI Layout
• Creating Tabbed UI
• Defining the Tabbed Layout
• Creating the Tabs with View Content
• Add a Tab with Activity Content
• WebView
• ebView Methods

Data Storage

• Data Storage Options
• Data Privacy
• Shared Preferences
• Modifying Shared Preferences
• Shared Preferences Example
• Default Preferences
• Editing Preferences
• Example: Editing Preferences
• Internal Storage
• Example: Write to Internal Storage
• Example: Read from Internal Storage
• Private Directory
• Cache Directory
• Example: Writing to Cache File
• External Storage
• Checking State of External Storage
• Working with Files in External Storage
• Example: Writing to External Storage
• Shipping Files with the Application
• Working with Raw Resource Files
• Working with Asset Files

SQL Database Storage

• Introduction
• Opening a Database Connection
• Transaction Management
• A Pattern for Connection and Transaction Handling
• Creating Schema
• Compiled SQL Statement
• Inserting Data
• Updating Data
• Deleting Data
• Fetching Data
• Example Queries
• Iterating Over a Cursor
• Reading Column Values from Cursor
• A Complete Example
• Cursor Management
• Binding Cursor to ListView
• Custom Data Binding
• Handling Item Click Event
• Refreshing the ListView
• Schema Creation Issues
• Example Helper Class
• Using the Helper Class

Network Programming

• Introduction
• Communication Using HTTP Protocol
• Creating a HttpClient Object
• Making a GET Request
• Making a POST Request
• Setting Timeout
• using Basic Authentication
• Using Custom Authentication
• XML Parsing Options
• Setting Up XML Pull Parser
• The Main Loop
• Example XML Document
• Example Parsing Code
• Checking Network Status

Background Task Processing

• Introduction
• The Handler Framework
• The Basic Approach
• Creating a Handler
• Posting a Message
• Doing Background Work
• AsyncTask
• Doing the Work
• Starting Work
• Getting Result from the Task
• Updating GUI From the Task
• Ending the Task
• What is Service
• Why Use a Service?
• Service for Background Work
• Creating a Service
• Example Service Class
• Starting and Stopping a Service
• Starting Long Running Work
• Sending Control Messages to a Service
• Usability Guidelines

Multimedia Programming

• Introduction
• Recording Audio
• Start Recording Audio
• Stop Recording
• Playing Audio
• Playing from Raw Resource
• Playing from a File or Network Stream
• Stopping and Cleanup
• Video Playback
• Playing Video

Testing Applications

• Introduction
• New Sources of Defects
• Special Testing Considerations
• Android Testing Framework
• The Architecture
• Creating a Test Project
• Test Case Class for an Activity
• Test Initialization
• Writing a Test Case Method
• Service Test Case Class
• Running Test Cases
• Useful Methods of an Activity Test Case Class
• Additional Assertion Function
• The TouchUtils Class
• Developing and Testing on a Device
• Stress Test Monkey
• Third Party Testing Tools

Packaging and Distributing Applications

• Introduction
• Pricing Options
• Getting the Application Ready
• About Signing the Application
• Exporting and Signing the Application
• Going to Android Market
• Doing Maintenance