Android App Development course

Android is a mobile operating system (OS) currently developed by Google, based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

Android's user interface is based on direct manipulation, using touch gestures that loosely correspond to real-world actions, such as swiping, tapping and pinching, to manipulate on-screen objects, along with a virtual keyboard for text input. In addition to touchscreen devices, Google has further developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and

Android Wear for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. Android is also used for notebooks, game consoles, digital cameras, and other electronics. As of 2015, Android has the largest installed base of all operating systems.

* WHAT YOU WILL LEARN*

Basic Concepts

Activity

View

Intent

Service

Development

Android SDK

ADT Eclipse plugin

Creating a project

A project structure

Creating a Virtual Device

Generating jars

User Interface

Views

-View Groups

-List view

-Spinner

-Layouts

Global Strings

Menus

-Options Menu

-Context Menu

-Submenu

Opening a new screen

Network

Media (audio, video)

Text to speech

Storage

-Shared preferences

-Storing internally

-Storing externally

Camera

Contacts

Phone calls

SMS, MMS

Geo-location

Screen Properties

Vibrate

Android devices boot to the homescreen, the primary navigation and information "hub" on Android devices that is analogous to the desktop found on PCs (Android also runs on regular PCs, as described below). Android homescreens are typically made up of app icons and widgets; app icons launch the associated app, whereas widgets display live, auto-updating content such as the weather forecast, the user's email inbox, or a news ticker directly on the homescreen.

A homescreen may be made up of several pages that the user can swipe back and forth between, though Android's homescreen interface is heavily customisable, allowing the user to adjust the look and feel of the device to their tastes.

Third-party apps available on Google Play and other app stores can extensively re-theme the homescreen, and even mimic the look of other operating systems, such as Windows Phone.[54] Most manufacturers, and some wireless carriers, customise the look and feel of their Android devices to differentiate themselves from their competitors.