Android and the world of IT

• Who is Android (Open Handset and versions of the SDK)
• The main figures
• The patent war

The Android under Eclipse programming

• Setting up the workspace
• The SDK Manager and DSA
• The various wizards and tools Wysywyg
• The DDMS perspective in detail
• Using the DebugMode and trackers (Heap, Thread, Allocation, CPU)

First steps

• Android programming rules
• Global vision of the actors of the system (Activity, Service, ContentProvider, Intent, BroadcastReceiver)
• Structure of a project
• The file layouts, strings
• Of an activity and life cycle Java code
• Test development

Graphic elements

• The usual graphics (TextView, EditText, Button,...)
• Layouts (LinearLayout, RelativeLayout, TableLayout)
• The graphics complex (SliddingDrawer, Gallery, ListView, GridView, Spinner, AutoCompleteText, ViewFlipper)
• The Windows Dialog and Toast and customization
• Main menus and shortcut menus

Management of activities

• Life cycle of activities
• Threads (Handler and AsyncTask)
• Communication by Intents
• Resources (String, Layout, Drawables, Xml, Raw, Dimensions, color, Animations, themes and Styles)
• Feature of the unit and selection of resources

Practical work

• Use of the DDMS perspective
• Implementation of a simple activity
• Establishment of a business complex (with thread, resource management, using styles,...)

Second part: around the activity

Data persistence:

• Preferences management
• The file system
• Xml files
• Use of native ContentProvider
• SQLite local database
• ContentProvider
• Use of OrmLite

Services

• Implementation of a service start mode and mode bound
• The notification

Permissions

• Request
• Setting up and securing its application

The Application class

Practical work

• Establishment of a ContentProvider linked to a database
• Use of a native ContentProvider (Contacts)

Third part: around the application

Communication with a web server

• via a web Service REST
• through the use of the HTTP bus
• via the WebView

Some system APIs

• Sensors
• Geolocation and the proximity alert
• The MapView
• Wifi management

Packager application

• Build, sign, and deploy its application

A bit of architecture:

• A few DesignPattern
• Good practices
• Manage multi-screens
• Solve the fragmentation

Quick overview of the new features of HoneyComb and IceCreamSandwich

• Fragments
• ActionBar
• SocialAPI
• CalendarApi
• WifiDirect
• Home screen Widget
• GridLayout

Practical work

• Establishment of a business listening to a web Service REST
• An activity based on the webView
• Build and deploy the application