Introduction to Mobile Application Development using Android

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Free Online Course: Introduction to Mobile Application Development using Android provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 6 weeks long, 3-5 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from edX. Introduction to Mobile Application Development using Android is taught by Jogesh K Muppala.

Overview
  • Have you ever wondered how your favorite mobile applications are developed?

    Join us on a gentle journey through the mobile application development landscape, using Android as the platform. Along the way we will learn to use Android Studio, the integrated development environment (IDE) for Android apps. This course is intended for students who have some prior programming experience. The course will introduce you to the basics of the Android platform, Android application components, Activities and their lifecycle, UI design, Multimedia, 2D graphics and networking support in Android.

    This course covers the following topics:

    • Android platform and the Android Studio IDE
    • Android components, Activities and their lifecycle, Intents
    • UI Design: Widgets and Layouts, UI Events, Event Listeners
    • 2D graphics: Canvas/Drawing using a view
    • Multimedia: Audio playback and MediaPlayer
    • Network support: AsyncTask, HttpURLConnection

Syllabus
  • Week 1: The Android Platform: Introduction to the Android platform and the Android Studio IDE, Android components, Activities
     
    Week 2: User Interface Design: Intents, Activity lifecycle, UI Design: Widgets and Layouts, UI Events, Event Listeners
     
    Week 3: Graphics Support in Android: Drawables, Basics of Material Design, 2D graphics: Canvas/Drawing using a view
     
    Week 4: Multimedia in Android: Audio playback and MediaPlayer, SoundPool
     
    Week 5: Networking support: Basics of networking in Android, AsyncTask, HttpURLConnectio