Android application development, 4th semester elective

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Week	Dates	Topics	Readings	Exercises
5	03.02	Introduction to the course The necessary software Android Activities Android Intents	Head First: Chapter 1 Diving In Slides Head First: Chapter 2 Building Interactive Apps Slides (Activity) Head First: Chapter 3 Multiple Activities and Intents Video lynda.com Android Studio First Look thenewboston Android App Development - Beginners, video 1-10 Head First: Chapter 3 Multiple Activities and Intents Intents (slides) Example: IntentsSimple Example: IntentsWithData	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. You must download one or more Android emulators. The emulators might require you to change BIOS settings. 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 Calculator, first version Uploading apps to your phone can be done in many ways. Fast: 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) Slow: Use DropBox: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3595433/move-app-to-phone Go to "Use Dropbox" 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) Messenger, go through the example from Head First, chapter : Make the project and run it on your phone or emulator. Personal information, first version Collect words, another version
6-8		No Android lessons
9	03.03	Android Intents (continued) Activity Life cycle	Head First: Chapter 3 Multiple Activities and Intents [Intents, continued from last week] Intents (slides) Example: IntentsWithData Example: IntentsForBuiltInApps Videos thenewboston Android App Development, video 35-36 Head First: Chapter 4 The Activity Lifecycle Activity Life Cycle (slides) Example: LifecycleDemo	Intents, personal information, another version Intents, data back and forth
10	10.03	The user interface	Head First: Chapter 5 The User Interface User interfaces (Slides) Best Practices for Android User Interfaces, RapidValue 2014: Section 11 Naming Conventions for ID and Resources Example: ClickEventHandling tutorialspoint Android Login Screen Tutorial, an example using RelativeLayout Example: AutocompleteTextViewExample Example (landscape layout): IntentsForBuiltInApps ScreenSizeExample Example ProgrammedLayout	International students, only: Apply for the E2E Ambassador Programme Calculator: The four basic arithmetical View presentations Calculator, more buttons and better layout Changing screen orientation means loss of state 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. POP 2.0 Prototyping on Paper, try it! Go through the tutorial Firebase Android Codelab My annonations for this tutorial
11	17.03	The user interface (continued) Gesture detection: Swipe, etc. List Views and Adapters	Videos thenewboston Android App Development - Beginners, video 11-20 Extra: Android Developers: User interface developer guide Extra: Android Developers: Android Design Videos thenewboston Android App Development - Beginners, video 11-20 Gesture detection (slides) example Google: Gesture Patterns Head First: Chapter 6 List View and Adapters How to Create a Custom ListView ListView and Adapters (slides) Examples: StarBuzzListExample \| TeacherListExample	Individual specialization, fill out the form Internship: Who do you want as a supervisor? Fill out the form Programmatic user interface Gesture detection: Swipe etc. ListView and ArrayAdapter Extra: Try to add data to a Spinner using a ListAdapter Mandatory assignment
12	24.03	Networking: REST etc.	Networking (Slides) Examples: SocketUsingTask, HttpUrlConnectionExample, RestJsonService, RestXmlService, Bookstore REST, AutocompleteTextViewExample Head First: Chapter 12 Cursors and AsyncTasks, the AcyncTask part only, page 530-539 Videos thenewboston Android Application Development, video 147-159	Individual specialization, fill out the form Internship: Who do you want as a supervisor? Fill out the form REST JSON simple REST JSON List of Articles REST Bookstore PUT Extra: Use GSon to parse JSON Mandatory assignment
13	31.03	Fragments	Head First: Chapter 7 Fragments Extra: Head First: Chapter 8 Nested Fragments Slides (fragments) Example: FragmentExampleDateTime (event handling in fragment + activity) Example: FragmentAddDynamically (with parameter) Example: WorkoutFragment (from Head First) Example: DialogFragmentExample Videos thenewboston Android App Development - Beginners, video 23-25	Individual specialization, fill out the form DialogFragment: Adding a Neutral button Extra: Try this tutorial Multi-pane development ... with Fragments Mandatory assignment
14	07.04	Data Persistence: Preferences Content providers Cursors and CursorAdapters	Preferences (Slides) Examples: ActionbarMenuExample LoginPreferenceExample UsingPreferences Videos thenewboston Android App Development - Beginners, video 65-66 thenewboston Android Application Development, video 98-100 + 111-124 Head First: Content Providers, page 665 Content providers (Slides) Example: ContactsContentProvider Head First: Chapter 12 Cursors and AsyncTasks	Mandatory assignment
15			Easter holidays all week
16	21.04	Location based services Sensors	Google Developers The Google Maps Geocoding API Slides (locations) Examples (location): LocationManagerExample \| GeocoderExample \| IntentsForBuiltInApps Slides (sensors) Examples (sensors): ProximitySensorExample \| SensorExample	Geocoding: 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. Mandatory assignment
17	28.04	Mandatory assignment	Your solution to the mandatory assignments must presented to me this week. Detailed plan to be announced later.	Mandatory assignment
18 - 22	01.05 - 02.06	Project: Specialization in ONE of your electives	The report must be handed in no later than Friday 2 June 2016 11:00AM
23	08.06 - 09.06	Elective exam	Exam for the students I supervise. If you have another supervisor you might also have another date - ask your supervisor.
		Internship starts