AppDev – Android Development Using Eclipse

Author: Robert MacHale
Duration: 7 hours
Homepage: http://www.appdev.com/prodfamily.asp?catalog_name=AppDevCatalog&category_name=DAAProduct&cookie_test=1

The Android platform has entered the market a big way with phones and tablets. As more users adopt this mobile technology many companies are looking at ways to use the Android platform as a way for their employees to access data and for their customers to see what the company has to offer. This course covers the basics of developing applications for the Android platform. You will be introduced to the Android developer tool kit using Eclipse and programming in Java. Then you will build your first simple application. As the course progresses it’ll cover how to access GPS information, use the Status Bar Notification and move into SQLite, a mobile version of a SQL database. From there the course continues with SMS text messaging, Web Views, Web services and using a SD card.

In this course, you will learn:

• About Android run Configurations
• How to use onClick Event Handling
• How to use Data from a GPS
• How to setup StatusBar notifications
• About SQLite Manager
• How to use WebView and AJAX
• About Cross Site Scripting

Android Development Overview

• Android Developer Kit
• Building a Sample Applications
• onClick Event Handling

Android GPS

• GPS Overview
• Creating a GPS Application

Status Bar Notifications

• Notifications Overview
• Using the Status Bar

SQLite

• Overview of SQLite
• Accessing SQLite from an Application

SMS Text Messaging

• SMS Overview
• SMS Text Messaging

Web Views

• Web View Introduction
• Building a Web View Application

SD Card and Web Services

• SD Card
• Android Web Services

Part 1

Part 2