Introduction to Android

• Application fundamentals
• Overview of Android
• Overview of Android SDK
• History of Android
• Android features
• Components and layout
• Tasks and activities

Action Bar

• Action Bar vs. Option Menu
• Defining an Action Bar menu
• Custom Views in the Action Bar
• Contextual action mode

Styling and Themes

• Styling of Views
• Using Themes for styling Activities
• Extending Android themes (Holo)

Views and List Activity

• List View
• List Activity
• Defining List Adapter
• Performance Optimization

File based Persistence

• Preferences
• File and Access restrictions
• Permissions

Security

• Androids security concept
• Using Permissions
• Defining Permissions

Network Communication

• Apache HTTP Client REST
• JSON
• XML

Asynchronous Processing in Android

• Multitasking User Interface Updates via Threads
• Androids Limits - Application Not Responding
• Using Handler for message communication
• Using Async Task

Android Architecture Overview

• Libraries
• Linux Kernel
• Introduction to OS layer

Defining Android User Interfaces

• Views
• Layouts
• Accessing widgets in Activities
• View interaction Layouts

SQLite and Content Provider

• Using the SQLite Database in Android
• Outlook: Using and defining Content Provider
• Outlook: Loader

Services

• Android System Services, Alert Manager etc
• Outlook: Definition of own Services

Broadcast Receiver

• Definition of a Broadcast Receiver
• Registration of own Broadcast Receiver

Notification Manager

• Using the Notification Manager
• Notification Builder
• Rich Notifications

Custom Views Creation

• Defining custom Views
• View state persistence

Location services and Google Maps

• Location based Services
• Google Maps and Map-Overlays
• Geocoding / Reverse Geocoding
• Using GPS, Wifi

Development of different screen sizes

• Screen sizes and Densities
• Using device independent pixel (dp)
• Converting between pixels and dp

Intents and Activity Communication

• Intents Intent Filter
• Defining Activities
• Activity stack

Audio and Video

• Playing and recording audio
• Playing and recording video
• Camera

Targeting Tablets and Smart phones

• Overview Fragments
• Multi-Pane Layouts with Fragments
• Designing layouts for tablets and phones

Deployment

• Deployment Option
• Markets (Google Play Store)