Android Boot Camp Course

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Basic Android Course (8 hours) (New Version)

● Introduction to Bluemix Mobile Services with example use cases : 45 Minutes

o Content - http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/mobile/
o Rapid mobile application development capabilities at appbuilder.ibmcloud.com

● Swift@IBM : 20 Minutes
o Demo of IBM Swift Sandbox - Learn Swift language on any Browser & IBM Cloud tools
for Swift - https://developer.ibm.com/swift/
o Introduction to Kitura.

● Getting Started with Android. Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes (prerequisite)

o Installing Android SDK
o Installing Android Studio

● Building an Hello World App. Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes

o Creating an Android Project using Android Studio
o Creating a project using command line tools
o Running the application on various devices such as an Android device, emulator,
Android Studio and command line
o ADT
o USB Debugging

● Basics of Android App Development: 3 hours

o Elements of basic UI (Layouts, text fields, buttons etc.)
o Brief intro to design best practices (Material design, etc.)
o Examples of connecting to Backend APIs/databases etc.
o API JSON Response and UI elements mapping using a library like okHttp..

● Introduction to Apache Cordova: 2 hours

o Installing Cordova
o Creating a project
o Adding a platform
o Running the application
o Adding plugins
o Customizing app icons
 o App configuration
o Cordova with MobileFirst Foundation end-to-end demonstration -
https://mobilefirstplatform.ibmcloud.com/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/quick-start/
cordova/

● Test your skills by building a simple App. Estimated Completion Time: 2-3 hours (Time
remaining)
o Build a simple contact manager application. Sort different contacts according to
different groups of the user’s choice.

Basic Android Course (8 hours) (Original)

● Getting Started with Android. Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes

o Installing Android SDK
o Installing Android Studio

● Building an Hello World App. Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes

o Creating an Android Project using Android Studio
o Creating a project using command line tools
o Running the application on various devices such as an Android device, emulator,
Android Studio and command line
o ADT
o USB Debugging

● Building a User Interface. Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour

o Linear/Relative Layout
o Adding Text Field
o String/Styles/Drawables Resources
o Adding UI components (Such as Buttons)

● Activity Life Cycle. Estimated Completion Time: 45 minutes

o Starting An Activity
o Intent (Getting and Passing Intents)
o Pausing/Resuming/ Stopping/Restarting Activity

● Permissions. Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour

o Types of Permissions
o Declaring Permissions (In the App Manifest)
o Requesting Permissions on the fly

● Optional Section: All about Fragments. Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
o What are Fragments?
o Creating a Fragment
o Add a Fragment to an Activity at Runtime
 o Replacing Fragments
o Delivering a Message to a Fragment

● Adapters. Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes

o Custom Array Adapters

● Saving Data. Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes

o Saving key-value pairs
o Saving Files in the Android File System
o Saving Data (SQLite and SharedPreferences)

● Test your skills by building a simple App. Estimated Completion Time: 2 hours
o Build a simple contact manager application. Sort different contacts according to
different groups of the user’s choice.

We can't wait to see what you create!

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