Mobile application development, 4th semester elective

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Week	Dates	Topics	Readings	Exercises
36	03.09 - 07.09	Introduction to the course The necessary software Android Activities Android Intents	Head First 1 Getting Started Slides Head First 2 Building Interactive Apps Slides (Activity) Head First 3 Multiple Activities and Intents Android Notes for Professionals: 6.4 Starter Pattern, page 84-85 Head First: How to log messages, page 743 Intents (slides) Example: IntentsNoData Example: IntentWithData Example: IntentsWithDataBack Example: IntentsImplicit Example Tuesday: MyFirstApp Example Thursday: MyVeryFirstApp	Getting ready Download and install Android Studio https://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html?pkg=studio The installation might take some time: Do some reading while you wait. ?After installation you must download one or more SDK's. I use SDK 4.4. If you have an Android phone, go as highs as your Android versions allows. Phone: Put your phone in developer mode and enable USB debugging Emulator: You must download one or more Android emulators. The emulators might require you to change BIOS settings (you cannot have Hyper-V running when you use the emulator) Create your first Android application Solution to problems with the emulators keyboard Problem: The emulator is too tall for your screen. Solution \| Telnet on Windows7 64 bit Activities Beer Adviser, go through the example from Head First, chapter 2: Make the project and run it on your phone or emulator. Collect words, first version \| solution Calculator, first version Uploading apps to your phone can be done in many ways. Connect your phone to the computer using a cable, Head First Android, page 105 Phone: Change configuration to enable USB debugging Computer: Install a driver to communicate with your phone (may [not] be necessary) Administration Add your contact information to ums.easj.dk (mobile number) and fronter.com (e-mail, etc.) Forward your e-mail from Office 365 (name@edu.easj.dk) Intents Personal information, first version Collect words, another version Intents, personal information, another version Intents, data back and forth Messenger, go through the example from Head First, chapter 3: Make the project and run it on your phone or emulator.
37	10.09 - 14.09	Activity life cycle Views	Head First 4 The Activity Lifecycle Activity Life Cycle (slides) Example: LifecycleDemo Head First 5 Views and View Groups User interfaces (Slides) Best Practices for Android User Interfaces, RapidValue 2014: Section 11 Naming Conventions for ID and Resources Example: ViewsExample Example: ClickEventHandling Example: SnackBarExample Example: DatePickerExample (using Dialog) tutorialspoint Android Login Screen Tutorial, an example using RelativeLayout Example: AutocompleteTextViewExample Example (landscape layout): IntentsImplicit \| ClickEventHandling \| ViewsExample Example ProgrammedLayout Extra: Android Developers: User interface developer guide Extra: Android Developers: Android Design	Calculator: The four basic arithmetical Calculator, more buttons and better layout Changing screen orientation means loss of state Documentation: Android save state on orientation change Different layouts for portrait and landscape orientation: Take one of your existing applications (maybe one of your simple calculators) and add an extra layout XML file for landscape orientation.
38	17.09 - 21.09	List views and Adapters Torsdag: Orientering om praktik (5sem)	Head First 7 List View and Adapters How to Create a Custom ListView ListViews and Adapters (slides) Examples: StarBuzzListExample \| TeacherListExample Head First, appendix v.7 Settings, page 867 Android Notes For Professionals: 14 SharedPreferences Examples: LoginPreferenceExample PreferenceExample Preferences (Slides)	ListView and ArrayAdapter Extra: Try to add data to a Spinner using a ListAdapter Preferences: Ask the user about his/her favorite font size, and use this font size in the application. The font size must be stored using SharedPreference. Extra: Ask for favorite color, and use if as the background color. Google Firebase: Try some of the features, like authentication
39	24.09 - 28.09	Preferences Support Libraries and App Bars Fragments Testing Android apps	Head First 8 Support Libraries and App Bars ActionBar (slides) Examples: AppBarExample (incl. Menu, AppCompat, etc.) Android Notes for Professionals: 16.1 Adding a Toolbar Head First 9 Fragments Head First 10 Nested Fragments Head First 11 Dynamic Fragments PreferenceFragment Slides (fragments) Example: FragmentDateTime (event handling in fragment + activity) Example: FragmentAddDynamically (with parameter) Example: WorkoutFragment (from Head First) Example: ScreenSizeExample Example: DialogFragmentExample Example: PreferenceExample Espresso (testing framework) UI testing Android apps (slides) Example: Collect Words \| UI testing	AppBar: Add an AppBar to one of your applications. The AppBar must have menu items, and ActionProviders and an "up button" if relevant. DialogFragment: Adding a Neutral button Extra: Try this tutorial Multi-pane development ... with Fragments UI Test your calculator (from the first week of the course)
40	01.10 - 05.10	First day at the new campus, Maglegårdsvej 2 Networking: REST etc. Async Task Cursors Gesture detection: Swipe, etc.	Networking (Slides) Examples: SocketUsingTask, HttpUrlConnectionExample, RestJsonService, RestXmlService, Bookstore REST, AutocompleteTextViewExample Head First 17 Cursors and AsyncTasks Content providers (Slides) Example: ContactsContentProvider GSon (scroll down and read) Gesture detection (slides) Example: GestureDetection Google: Gesture Patterns Extra: Retrofit (Http client framework)	REST JSON simple REST JSON List of Articles REST Bookstore PUT Extra: Use GSon to parse JSON Gesture detection: Swipe etc. Individual specialization, fill out the form
41	08.10 - 12.10	REST example Permissions Locations based services Sensors Maps	Android App Permissions Android App Permissions (slides) Example: Permissions Google Developers The Google Maps Geocoding API Slides (locations) Examples (location): LocationManagerExample \| GeocoderExample \| IntentsImplicit Slides (sensors) Examples (sensors): ProximitySensorExample \| SensorExample	Geo-coding: Refactor to run in the background Google Maps: Create a Google Maps Application (template in Android Studio) Modify to center and zoom to current position. Modify to add a marker with the address of the current position. Individual specialization, fill out the form
42			Autumn Holidays all week	Individual specialization, fill out the form
43	22.10 - 26.10	Kotlin	Kotlin and Android Kotlin The Programming Language Kotlin and Android (slides) Example: Calculator \| Collect Words \| Personal information	Re-program some of your applications with Kotlin. Individual specialization, fill out the form
44	29.10 - 02.11	Kotlin Xamarin	Xamarin Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin Xamarin Introduction (slides) Xamarin.Forms (slides) Examples: CollectWords \| Calculator \| Data Binding
45	05.11 - 09.11	Xamarin	Xamarin Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin Xamarin Introduction (slides) Xamarin.Forms (slides)	Mandatory assignment
46	12.11 - 16.11	Mandatory assignment	Your solution to the mandatory assignments must presented to me this week.	Mandatory assignment
47 - 51	19.11 - 20.12	Project: Specialization in ONE of your electives	The report (synopsis) must be handed in no later than Thursday 20 December 2018 11:00AM
4	21.01 - 23.01	Elective exam
5	28.01	Internship starts