Course code

PROG 16012

Key Facts

Mobile Application Development

Current Students

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Course Overview

The purpose of this course is developing an overall understanding of Mobile application development.

Course Content

Introduction

Evolution of mobile computing, the importance of mobile computing, Introduction to different mobile platforms – Android, iOS, Windows, The Android architecture, Android development environment

Basic concepts

Android activities, activity life cycle views, introduction to fragments, Gradle build, Manifest, build files, resources, UI layouts and other UI elements, data binding, adapters, layout managers, intents, and broadcast receivers.

Utilizing network resources

Connecting mobile applications to the Internet, download and parsing internet resources, introduction to Download Manager, best practices, energy-saving techniques when connecting to the Interment, Using Bluetooth, connecting mobile applications with Wi-Fi, NFC, and Peer to Peer, accessing device resources

Dealing with data

Saving data to files, saving states, Lifecycle Handlers, Shared preferences, Creating and using mobile databases – SQLite basics, introduction to Firebase, accessing remote databases through networks, Content providers, background threads

Using multimedia

Using audio, video, and camera resources in Android applications.