Associate Android Developer Certification

All the info and material about the certification that I've collected so far.

Google has Updated their Courses and every other material below are very necessary to cover, the only new thing is Android Architecture Components.

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Certification topics

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Testing and Debugging

Writing tests to verify that the application's logic and user interface are performing as expected, and executing those tests using the developer tools. Candidates should be able to analyze application crashes, and find common bugs such as layout errors and memory leaks. This includes working with the debuggers to step through application code and verify expected behavior.

Application User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX)

Implementation of the visual and navigational components of an application's design. This includes constructing layouts–using both XML and Java code–that consist of the standard framework UI elements as well as custom views. Candidates should have a working knowledge of using view styles and theme attributes to apply a consistent look and feel across an entire application. Understanding of how to include features that expand the application's audience through accessibility and localization may also be required.

Fundamental Application Components

Understanding of Android's top-level application components (Activity, Service, Broadcast Receiver, Content Provider) and the lifecycle associated with each one. Candidates should be able to describe the types of application logic that would be best suited for each component, and whether that component is executing in the foreground or in the background. This includes strategies for determining how and when to execute background work.

Persistent Data Storage

Determining appropriate use cases for local persisted data, and designing solutions to implement data storage using files, preferences, and databases. This includes implementing strategies for bundling static data with applications, caching data from remote sources, and managing user-generated private data. Candidates should also be able to describe platform features that allow applications to store data securely and share that data with other applications in a secure manner.

Enhanced System Integration

Extending applications to integrate with interfaces outside the core application experience through notifications and app widgets. This includes displaying information to the user through these elements and keeping that information up to date. Candidates should also understand how to provide proper navigation from these external interfaces into the application's main task, including appropriate handling of deep links.

Updated Materials

App Data and Files (Android Architecture Components)

Android architecture components are part of Android Jetpack. They are a collection of libraries that help you design robust, testable, and maintainable apps. Start with classes for managing your UI component lifecycle and handling data persistence.

Build an App with Architecture Components (GDD India '17)
Manage your app's lifecycle with ease. New lifecycle-aware components help you manage your activity and fragment lifecycles. Survive configuration changes, avoid memory leaks and easily load data into your UI.
Use LiveData to build data objects that notify views when the underlying database changes
ViewModel Stores UI-related data that isn't destroyed on app rotations. Note it doesn't replace savedInstanceState
Room is an a SQLite object mapping library. Use it to Avoid boilerplate code and easily convert SQLite table data to Java objects. Room provides compile time checks of SQLite statements and can return RxJava, Flowable and LiveData observables. Android Developers Page
Insert with @Insert DAO (Database Access Objects)
- Insert into your Database Table
- Android Developers BackStage Episode 73: Architecture Components 2 - Persistence
Update or delete existing items in a database Using DAO (Database Access Objects)
Android Repository Pattern using RX & Room @Corebuild
Room with a View - Android Codelab
Build an App with Architecture Components- Android Codelab
Android Architecture Components-Paging Libary
Thanks to Pheonix73 to contributing this section.

My Advice is to Keep Learning and Looking for Materials that will help you become an Awesome Android Developerand take the exam!!!

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Copyright 2016 Arturo Mejia

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