Fasmicro Android Training Course Outline – Extensive and Focused

Mobility Computing and Microelectronics Courses in Nigeria

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Course 1:  Mobility Computing and Android Apps Development

Course 2:  Embedded Systems – FPGA and Microcontroller

Course 3:  Mixed Signal VLSI Design with CAD- Schematic, Layout, Extraction and Verification

Course I: Mobility Computing & Android App Development

Java Review

• Introduction to Java
• Types, variables, operators
• More types, methods, conditionals
• Loops and arrays
• Objects and classes
• Access control, class scope, packages, Java API
• Design, debugging, interfaces
• Inheritance, exceptions, file I/O
• Development in Java

Android Overview and History

• How it all got started
• Why Android is different (and important)

Android Stack

• Overview of the stack
• Linux kernel
• Native libraries
• Dalvik
• App framework
• Apps

SDK Overview

• Platforms
• Tools
• Versions

Hello World App

• Creating your first project
• The manifest file
• Layout resource
• Running your app on Emulator

Main Building Blocks

• Activities
• Activity lifecycle
• Intents
• Services
• Content Providers
• Broadcast Receivers

Basic Android User Interface

• XML versus Java UI
• Dips and sps
• Views and layouts
• Common UI components
• Handling user events

Android System Overview

• File System
• Preferences
• Notifications
• Security model

Advanced UI

• Selection components
• Adapters
• Complex UI components
• Building UI for performance
• Menus and Dialogs
• Graphics & animations

Multimedia in Android

• Multimedia Supported audio formats
• Simple media playback
• Supported video formats
• Simple video playback

Sensors

• Sensor overview: accelerometer, compass, orientation, etc
• Camera
• Touch Events
• Trackball Events

Network

• TelephonyManager
• ConnectivityManager
• HttpClient/Simple JSON GET
• Java Sockets/Simple JSON POST
• Java XML

Location Services

• Location Manager
• GPS
• MapView

SQL Database

• Introducing SQLite
• SQLiteOpenHelper and creating a database
• Opening and closing a database
• Working with cursors Inserts, updates, and deletes

Basic Content Providers

• Content provider MIME types
• Searching for content
• Adding, changing, and removing content
• Working with content files

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