Android – Application Development I

• We will explain the basic principles of development for Android
• You will learn the basics of UI design in Android
• You will learn how to structure the application and its settings
• Use Activities, Intents, Adapters and Fragments
• You will use modern design
• You will learn to store in a database (SQLite)

• The course assumes knowledge and experience with programming in Kotlin at the level of the course [KOTLIN1]
• It is advisable to have programming experience at the level of smaller projects (dozens of classes)
• It is advisable to know the basics of the SQL language

• Expert interpretation with practical examples, exercises on computers. The course is led by a lecturer with developer experience

• Presentation of the material discussed in printed or online form

Introduction to Android

• System architecture
• Application development capabilities
• Application structure

Development environment

• The basics of working with the Android Studio development environment
• Application debugging
• Using your own device to debug applications

Creating a simple application

• Basic UI elements, layouts and event reactions

Activities and Intents

• Starting another activity using an implicit or explicit intent, an activity with a result
• Intent filters and their use
• Work with activity lifecycle

Action bar and modern Navigation Drawer

• Principle, definition in sources
• Navigation in the Android application, up vs. back button
• Using the support library, Navigation Drawer

Dialogues

Storage of data on the device

• SharedPreferences, PreferenceScreen and its usage, PreferenceFragment

• Working with the file system

• SQLite database

• SQLiteOpenHelper

• Queries, browsing cursors

Adapters

• Connecting the data structure with the user interface
• SQL adapter
• ListView, GridView, Spinner
• Modern RecyclerView and RecyclerView.Adapter

Fragments

• Why fragments
• Fragments and support library
• Fragments and initialization
• Fragments and manipulation of data belonging to the activity (via interface)

Something extra

• Practical advice programmer versus project versus management
• Testing and testing
• Important factors in the design and start of the project

Previous courses

Programming and Algorithmization Basics [PRG]

Kotlin - Introduction into programming [KOTLIN1]

Next courses

Android – Application Development II [ANDROID2]

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