Android Programming Training Course
Learn Android App Development in London from Android Programmers and also build Android app projects for your portfolio.
Location: Kings Cross, London
Upcoming Class: 25 Aug 2013
£950.00 or
£807.50 (If combined 
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Android Programming course overview
This Android app development course is designed to get you started in Android app development. This course includes different Android development concepts such as Broadcast Receivers, Content Providers, Graphics & Animation, Database for Android App and Integration with APIs. After completing our Android app training course you would be able to build applications for Android.At the end of the course we will build a practical Android Application in classroom and learn how to upload it to the Android Market.. This app development project will ensure that you can build your own apps for Android.
This short classroom based Android course is hands-on and instructor-led. This training can be taken as a part-time evening course, during the week or even on the weekends. A list of all upcoming public Android training course is given on training dragon website. Each course is restricted to a maximum of ten delegates to ensure an excellent training experience.
Are you looking for Mobile App Design training instead?
If you are interested in learning how to design the interface of an app or mobile website rather than programming it, please consider our mobile website and app design courses.Who is Android Programming training for?
This training course is for you if you are interested in building Android apps. This course is suitable for both beginners and experts who already have experience in developing mobile applications for other platforms.Prerequisites for Android Programming course
- You should have good experience of an object oriented programming language ideally Java. This course is not suitable for delegates with no programming experience. If you have no previous OOP experience then you can first consider taking one of our Java courses for example OCA Java course and OCP java training.
What will I get?
- Training from professional Android application developers:
Training Dragon consultants have been implementing professional Android app for many years. Those consultants write and teach our Android app training courses, so their experience directly informs course content. - Real-time Practice and Projects:
Our Android app courses are designed to get you started in Android app development. We work on industry related projects in this Android app course. If you have a project or an idea that you wanted to turn into an app then present that idea during the course and our trainers will help you to work on your own application. - Course Material:
Android app development electronic notes are included in this course. - Course Completion Certificate:
After completing this training your will be receive an Android app development course completion certificate. - Support and Careers Advice:
After the course if you have any problems or questions regarding Android app do not hesitate to contact us. Training Dragon’s trainers are expert in their fields and if you need any help with you career choice, please speak to one of our trainers.
Android Programming Course Contents
Introduction Android App Development
- Introducing the Android
- History of Android
- Different Versions of Android
- What is the role of Java
- Eclipse IDE as a development tool
- Android Market
- What is SDK
- Install SDK
- Native Libraries
- Dalvik
App Framework
- Android Architecture
- Activities
- Intents
- Broadcast Receivers
- Services
- Content Providers
Hello, World! Android App
- Create Hello, World Application
- Compile and Run Hello, World! Android App
- Use app Emulator
Android App development IDE
- Use Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA for building Android applications
- ADT Plugin for Eclipse
- Debugging and editing using IDE
- Dalvik Debug Monitoring
Database for Android App
- SQLite
- DbHelper
- Content Resolver
- UpdaterService
- difference between SQLite and MySQL
- Opening database
- Closing a database
- execSQL
- Cursor
- SQLiteOpenHelper
- SQL select
- SQL insert
- SQL update
- SQL delete
Android GUI, Lists and Adapters
- How to create UI for applications
- Using themes
- Views
- Buttons
- Text view
- List
- Dialog views
- Menu in Android Applications
- GUI Adapters
- Develop your custom views
- Layouts and Layout managers
- StatusActivity Layout
- StatusActivity Java Class
- Logging
- Threading
- Colour
- Using the standard widgets
- Preferences
- File System
- Manifest File
Graphics & Animation
- User of graphics in app
- How to use images
- Android graphic routines
- Draw shapes
- Draw gradients
- Draw bitmap
- How to make animation in Apps
- 3D graphics
- OpenGL
- Canvas Drawing
- Frame by frame animations
Multimedia
- Using the media framework
- Recording Audio/Video
- Playing Audio
- Playing Video
- Accessing Camera
- on-device sensors
Broadcast Receivers
- what are broadcast receivers
- Network receiver
- Boot receiver
- Broadcast intent
Content Providers
- What are content providers
- existing and custom content providers
- Content provider MIME types
- Call Log
- ContractContacts
- Media Storage
- ContentResolver
- Searching content
- Adding Content
- Changing content
- Deleting content
- Content Files
System Services
- Location Service
- Intent services
- custom services
- service class
- Start a service
- run a service
- Stop a service
Integrate with Core Services and other Android Apps:
- Integrate your app with Address Book
- Integration with Maps
- Getting user Location
- Integration with Browser and Mail.
- Android Calendar
- Local / Push Notifications
Integration with APIs
- Facebook or Twitter API
Testing Android Apps
- What are automate tests
- Instrumentation
- Unit testing
- User Interface Testing with the Monkey
- Android Junit test frameworks
Publishing your app on the Android Market
- How to publish an app?
- What to consider before submitting app
- Preparing for Release
- Application licensing
- Signing and publishing apps
- Versioning Your Applications
Project in Android App Development
Project - Build a complete Android application:
Build a complete real world Android application from start to finish, in class with an experienced developer as mentor.You can find reviews from previous delegates on Training Dragon reviews & feedback section here.