Android For Developers Curriculum

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##Prework: Environment Configuration and Git

• Install and configure Android Studio
• Install GenyMotion and VirtualBox
• Install JDK 1.7 and configure Android studio to use it rather than 1.6
• Install and configure Git
• Explain unit testing

##Unit 1: Java & OOP

• Collections, Iteration, OOP, Inheritance, Exceptions, Conditionals
• Types, variables, operators
• Methods, conditionals, loops
• Objects and classes, inner classes
• Collections (Array, ArrayList, LinkedList, HashMaps, TreeMaps)
• Access control, class scope, packages, java API
• Interfaces, inheritance, file i/o
• Exception handling (Try, Catch, Finally)

##Unit 2: Intro to Android SDK

• Android Manifest xml file
• src / res / gen directory
• Intro to Activities
• MVC
• Adapters

##Unit 3: Intro to Views and Fragments

• Creating String Resource Files
• XML Layout
• Pixel Densities and multiple screen sizes
• Fragments / Fragment Managers
• ListFragments / ListViews
• MVC
• 9 patch images

##Unit 4: Flexible UI

• Java Threads
• AsyncTask
• Loopers, handlers and handler threads

##Unit 5: API’s and Concurrency

• Intro to REST API’s and the Internet
• HTTPURLConnection
• URI Builder
• XmlPullParser
• JSON Parsing
• Memory cached arrays for JSON parsed Data
• Open source Libraries with Gradle
• Retrofit Networking Library

##Unit 6: Persistence

• Saving to local JSON
• SQLite
• Loaders, Loader Managers, AsyncTaskLoader, ExecutorServiceLoader
• Content Providers

##Unit 7: Advanced Intents

• Allow apps services' to be used by other applications

##Unit 8: Google Play and Google Cloud Services

• Distributing apps via Google Play
• Preparing APK for Google Play

##Unit 9: Advanced Testing and Debugging

• ADB Logs
• Logcat
• TraceView

##Unit 10: Final Project

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