Mobile application development, 4th semester elective

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Week	Dates	Topics	Readings	Exercises
5	30.01 or 01.02	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. 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 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) 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.
6	06.02 or 08.02	Views Activity life cycle	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 View presentations 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.
7	13.02 or 15.02	List views and Adapters Preferences	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
8			No Android lessons
9	27.02 or 01.03	Support Libraries and App Bars Fragments Thursday: ill	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	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
10	06.03 or 08.03	Tuesday: ill Thursday: From last week
11	13.03 or 15.03	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 Extra: GSon (scroll down) 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
12	20.03 or 22.03	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
13			Easter Holidays all week	Individual specialization, fill out the form
14	03.04 or 05.04	Kotlin	Kotlin and Android Kotlin The Programming Language Kotlin and Android (slides) Example: Collect Words \| Calculator \| Personal information	Re-program some of your applications with Kotlin. Individual specialization, fill out the form
15	10.04 or 12.04	Tuesday: Kotlin Thursday: Xamarin	Xamarin Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin Xamarin Introduction (slides) Xamarin.Forms (slides) Examples: CollectWords \| Calculator \| Data Binding
16	17.04 or 19.04	Xamarin	Xamarin Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin Xamarin Introduction (slides) Xamarin.Forms (slides)	Mandatory assignment
17	24.04 or 26.04	Mandatory assignment	Your solution to the mandatory assignments must presented to me this week.	Mandatory assignment
18 - 22	30.04 - 01.06	Project: Specialization in ONE of your electives	The report (synopsis) must be handed in no later than Friday 1 June 2018 11:00AM
	June	Elective exam	Exam for the students I supervise. If you have another supervisor you might also have dates. Ask your supervisor.
	August	Internship starts