Android Syllabus
Android Syllabus
OOPs Concepts
Inheritance in detail
Exception handling
Packages & interfaces
JVM & .jar file extension
Multi threading (Thread class & Runnable Interface)
Chapter 2: SQL
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What is Android?
Setting up development environment
Dalvik Virtual Machine & .apk file extension
Fundamentals:
a. Basic Building blocks - Activities,Services,Broadcast Receivers & Content providers
b. UI Components - Views & notifications
c. Components for communication -Intents & Intent Filters
Android API levels (versions & version names)
AndroidManifest.xml
uses-permission & uses-sdk
Resources & R.java
Assets
Layouts & Drawable Resources
Activities and Activity lifecycle
First sample Application
Launching emulator
Editing emulator settings
Emulator shortcuts
Logcat usage
Introduction to DDMS
Second App:- (switching between activities)
Develop an app for demonstrating the communication between Intents
Form widgets
Text Fields
Layouts
[dip, dp, sip, sp] versus px
Examples
Chapter 7: Preferences
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SharedPreferences
Preferences from xml
Examples
Chapter 8: Menu
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Option menu
Context menu
Sub menu
menu from xml
menu via code
Examples
Explicit Intents
Implicit intents
Examples
Examples
styles.xml
drawable resources for shapes, gradients (selectors)
style attribute in layout file
Applying themes via code and manifest file
Examples
SQLite Programming
SQLiteOpenHelper
SQLiteDatabse
Cursor
Reading and updating Contacts
Reading bookmarks
Example :
Develop an App to demonstrate database usage. CRUD operations must be implemented.
Final details should be viewed in GridView as well as in ListView.
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Adapters:a. ArrayAdapters
b. BaseAdapters
ListView and ListActivity
Custom listview
GridView using adapters
Gallery using adapters
Examples
Broadcast Receivers
Services and notifications
Toast
Alarms
Examples
Custom Tabs
Custom animated popup panels
Other components
Examples
Live Folders
Using sdcards
XML Parsing
JSON Parsing
Maps, GPS, Location based Services
Accessing Phone services (Call, SMS, MMS)
Network connectivity services
Sensors