Mobile App Development on Android E-Learning Training

Android is het alomtegenwoordige besturingssysteem dat te vinden is op miljoenen apparaten, van telefoons tot apparaten en laptops. Met zo'n wijdverbreid gebruik is er een ontelbaar aantal toepassingen voor het besturingssysteem. Deze leerkit onderzoekt mobiele ontwikkeling met Android, inclusief de basisprincipes van het ontwerpen van apps en interfaces en essentiële coderingspraktijken, tot meer geavanceerde onderwerpen zoals interactiviteit, activiteiten, connectiviteit en diensten. Defensief programmeren en beveiliging, evenals debuggen en testen komen ook aan bod.

Learning Kits zijn gestructureerde leertrajecten, voornamelijk op het gebied van Emerging Tech. Een leerpakket houdt de student werkt aan een algemeen doel, hen te helpen uw loopbaanambities te verwezenlijken. Elk deel leidt de student stap voor stap door een diverse reeks onderwerpen.

Leerpakketten zijn:
bestaande uit verplichte tracks, die alle beschikbare leermiddelen bevatten, zoals assessments (eindexamens), mentor, oefenlabs en van cursus E-Learning. En alle bronnen met 365 dagen toegang vanaf de eerste activering.

Deze Learning Kit met meer dan 15 leeruren is verdeeld in drie sporen:

Cursusinhoud

Developing Android Applications (5 + hours)

Developing Android Applications: Introduction

Course: 1 Hour, 4 Minutes

• Introduction to Android
• Android Interfaces and Architecture
• Install Android Studio
• Android Versions and Which to Choose
• Set Up SDK Platforms and Gradle
• The Anatomy of Android Studio
• Set a Design Theme
• activity_main.xml
• The Android Manifest
• Exercise: Create an Android App

Developing Android Applications: App Structure and Formatting

Course: 58 Minutes

• Create Virtual Devices
• Connect Devices
• Import Projects from Other IDEs
• Import Code Samples into Android Studio
• Material Design
• User Interface Class
• Text Formatting and Layout
• Android Styles
• Colors and Themes
• Work with Images
• Exercise: Work with Android Studio

Developing Android Applications: App Layout

Course: 1 Hour, 11 Minutes

• View Groups
• Parents, Children, and Siblings
• Linear Layout
• Layout Weight
• Relative Layout
• Portrait and Landscape Orientation
• Introduction to Intents
• Explicit Intents
• Implicit Intents
• Margins
• Padding
• Responsive UIs and ConstraintLayout
• Exercise: Create an Android Layout

Developing Android Applications: Creating an App with Java

Course: 1 Hour, 24 Minutes

• Interactivity and Gestures
• Fit Your Relative Layout
• Work with Buttons
• Initial Variable Setup
• Process User Input
• IF...ELSE Statements
• Switch Statements
• Program a Decimal Event
• Deal with Special Input
• Modify Layout Attributes Programmatically
• Program a Cancel Event
• Calculate a Total
• Exercise: Create Interactive Android Components

Developing Android Applications: Activities, Connectivity, and Services

Course: 49 Minutes

• The Activity Life Cycle
• Activities and Services
• Data Storage Types
• Local and External Databases
• SQLite Databases
• The Broadcast Receiver Class
• Broadcast Receivers
• Content Providers
• Creating a Service Class
• Exercise: Create an Android Broadcast Receiver

Developing Android Applications: Defensive Programming and Security

Course: 53 Minutes

• Errors and Exceptions in Java
• Exception Classes
• Unit Testing
• JUnit Testing API
• UI Testing
• Mobile Security Issues
• Android Malware
• Revealing Threats
• Mobile Browser Security
• Exercise: Explain Defensive Programming and Security

Developing Android Applications: Debugging and Testing

Course: 52 Minutes

• Debugging in Android
• Debugging with Toast, the Terminal, and Logcat
• Breakpoints in Debugging
• Packaging Apps
• Testing in Android Studio
• Unit Tests and Dependencies
• Device UI Tests
• Exercise: Debugging and Messages

Mobile App Development (8 + hours):

Mobile App Development: An Introduction Android Development

Course: 1 Hour, 2 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Android Operating System
• Tools for Android Development
• The Structure of an Android App
• Android Activities
• The Activity Layout File
• The Features of the Kotlin Language
• Kotlin and Android
• The Android Development Lifecycle
• Course Summary

Mobile App Development: Building a Basic Android App

Course: 1 Hour, 38 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Installing Android Studio
• Creating an Android Studio Project
• Exploring the Project Structure
• Editing a Layout from the UI
• Adding a Virtual Device
• Running and Installing the App
• Exploring the Layout File
• The Editable Text Field
• Setting Constraints for Widgets
• Fixing Hardcoded Values in Layouts
• Defining a Second Layout for the App
• Linking Two Activities
• Deploying the Android App
• Course Summary

Mobile App Development: Defining the UI for an Android App

Course: 1 Hour, 12 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Setting the App Specifications
• Defining Colors and Strings
• Adding an Image to the Project
• Setting the Header for a Navigation Pane
• Defining a Menu for a Navigation Pane
• The NavigationView
• Designing the Home Page
• Creating a Splash Screen
• Designing the Results and MarketStatus Screens
• Creating a Help Page
• Course Summary

Mobile App Development: Coding the Behavior of an Android App

Course: 1 Hour, 26 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Coding the App's Splash Screen
• Defining the Currency Data Object
• Updating the Project Gradle Script
• Defining the Navigation Pane
• Configuring the Menu Behavior
• Setting the Home Page Activity
• Retrieving and Parsing JSON Data
• Coding the Results and MarketStatus Activities
• Configuring the Manifest File
• Installing and Running the App
• Generating an APK File
• Course Summary

Mobile App Development: Authentication in an Android App

Course: 1 Hour, 34 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Login View
• The Registration View
• Updating the Navigation Pane
• Enabling Firebase Authentication
• Enabling the Firebase Database
• Data Validation in an Activity
• Using Firebase to Register Users
• Coding the Login Activity
• Coding the Navigation Pane
• Configuring Firebase
• Testing the Registration Activity
• Testing the Login and Logout Features
• Course Summary

Mobile App Development: Testing an Android App

Course: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Test Interface in Android Studio
• Writing Tests for Utility Functions
• Setup Functions for Tests
• Running an Instrumented Test
• The ActivityTestRule
• Writing an Interactive Test
• Initializing the HomePage Test
• Testing the Navigation Pane
• Testing the HomePage
• Running Multiple Instrumented Tests
• Testing the Sign Up Activity
• Recording an Espresso Test
• Running an Espresso Test
• Running Tests from the Terminal
• Course Summary

Online Mentor

You can reach your Mentor by entering chats or submitting an email.

Final Exam assessment

Estimated duration: 90 minutes

Practice Labs: (estimated duration: 8 hours)

Perform Journeyman Developer tasks such as configuring Android Project, managing Android Virtual Device, working with Layout, and linking Intent. Then, test your skills by answering assessment questions after working with NavigationUI, managing splash screen and user interface, and using Espresso. This lab provides access to tools typically used by Journeyman Developers, including Android Studio.