Android Studio Development Essentials
Create your own Android apps, from first project to finished build.
About this course
Create your own Android apps, from first project to finished build. You will set up Android Studio with emulators and physical devices, understand app architecture and lifecycles, handle touch and gestures, and build interfaces with fragments and Jetpack ViewModel, LiveData and data binding. You then move on to intents and broadcast receivers, SQLite and Room storage, audio and video, app links, biometric authentication and profiling.
What you'll learn
- Set up and configure Android Studio and virtual/physical testing environments
- Understand Android app architecture, lifecycle, and state management
- Design user interfaces using views, layouts, and fragments
- Implement event handling, gestures, and multimedia features
- Access and store data using SQLite, Room, and cloud storage tools
Curriculum
- Android Studio Development Essentials Introduction
- Setting up an Android Studio Development Environment
- Creating an Example Android App in Android Studio
- Creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio
- A Tour of the Android Studio User Interface
- Testing Android Studio Apps on a Physical Android Device
- The Basics of the Android Studio Code Editor
- An Overview of the Android Architecture and State Changes
- The Anatomy of an Android Studio Android Application
- Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles
- Handling Android Activity State Changes in Android Studio
- Saving and Restoring Activity State in Android Studio
- An Overview and Android Studio Example of Android Event Handling
- Android Touch and Multi-touch Event Handling in Android Studio
- Detecting Common Gestures using Android Studio and the Gesture Detector Class
- Implementing Android Custom Gesture Recognition with Android Studio
- An Overview and Android Studio Example of Android Event Handling
- Android Touch and Multi-touch Event Handling in Android Studio
- Detecting Common Gestures using Android Studio and the Gesture Detector Class
- Implementing Android Custom Gesture Recognition with Android Studio
- An Introduction to Using Fragments in Android Studio
- Modern Android App Architecture with Jetpack
- Android Jetpack ViewModel, LiveData, and Data Binding
- Android Jetpack Navigation Component
- Creating and Managing Overflow Menus
- Animating UI using the Transitions Framework
- Android Scene Transitions and Delayed Transitions
- Various Android Layout Elements
- An Overview of Intents in Android Studio
- Explicit and Implicit Intents - Examples
- Broadcast Intents and Broadcast Receivers
- Android Threads and Thread Handlers
- Understanding and Implementing Started and Bound Services
- Android Notifications
- Overview of Android SQLite and the Room Persistence Library
- TableLayout and TableRow Tutorial
- Room Database and Repository Implementation
- Accessing Cloud Storage using the Storage Access Framework
- VideoView and MediaController Tutorial
- Android Picture-in-Picture
- Audio Recording and Playback
- Using Google Maps API
- Making Runtime Permission Requests
- Printing with Android Studio - HTML, Web, and Custom Documents
- Android Studio App Links
- Using Android Studio Profiler
- Biometric Authentication
- Creating, Testing, and Uploading an Android App Bundle
- Overview of Android Dynamic Feature Modules
- Overview of Gradle in Android Studio
Who it's for
Programmers starting out in Android development who want a complete, practical foundation.
Before you start
No formal prerequisites. Bring curiosity and a willingness to practise.
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