Android-Developer-Certification-exam-resources

Repository to share resources which we need to study

Certification site: https://developers.google.com/training/certification/associate-android-developer/


Content

How to collaborate? Just add under every line a resource you want to share i.e.:

  • 1 An important thing to study

    • My resource with a little explanation and web page

General resources

1) Testing and debugging

  • 1.1- Write and execute local JVM unit tests

  • 1.2- Write and execute Android UI tests

  • 1.3- Use the system log to output debug information

  • 1.4- Debug and fix issues with an app's functional behavior and usability

2) User interface (UI) and app functionality

  • 2.1- Create an Activity that displays a layout

  • 2.2- Construct a UI with ConstraintLayout

    • Build a Responsive UI with ConstraintLayout from Android docs
    • Animation example with ConstraintLayout from AndroidPub
  • 2.3- Create a custom view class and add it to a layout

  • 2.4- Add accessibility hooks to a custom view

  • 2.5- Apply content descriptions to views for accessibility

  • 2.6- Implement a custom app theme

  • 2.7- Display items in a RecyclerView

  • 2.8- Bind local data to a RecyclerView list using the paging library

    • A good article to learn to use the paging library at ProAndroidDev
    • Another article to use paging library atMindorks
    • An easy article to understand to learn to use the paging library using Room from Knowledge Transfer
  • 2.9- Implement menu-based or drawer navigation

  • 2.10- Localize the app

  • 2.11- Display notifications, toasts, and snackbar messages

  • 2.12- Schedule a background task using JobScheduler

  • 2.13- Efficiently run jobs in the background

3) App data and files

  • 3.1- Define data using Room entities

    • Android Persistence with Room Database sample
  • 3.2- Access Room database with data access object (DAO)

  • 3.3- Observe and respond to changing data using LiveData

  • 3.4- Use a Repository to handle data operations

    • Guide to understand better AAC from Android docs
    • Awesome video tutorial to learn Room, ViewModel, LiveData, Dagger 2 and MVVM Architecture from wiseAss
  • 3.5- Read and parse raw resources or asset files

    • How to add Assets, Files, and Data Parsing from CommonsWare
    • Tutorial which explains how to use Assets from MobileDevHub
    • GitHub repo which shows how to use Assets from GitHub
  • 3.6- Create persistent preference data from user input

  • 3.7- Change the behavior of the app based on user preferences