This is the Android part of module 387COM 'Mobile Applications Development' at Coventry University. The module leader for this module is Mark Tyers. The person responsible for the teaching of the Android part is Jianhua Yang.
There are altogether 22 labs to be delivered in 11 weeks. That is 2 labs per week. This document contains the module plan for academic year 15-16, and assessment plan (subject to changes). In the Android part of the module, we closely follow the overall structure/pace of the iOS part whenever possible. For iOS part of the module see here.
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Installation of Java JDK/Android Studio, AVD, 'Hello World', navigating Android Studio, Context Menus, getting help
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Ref.[1] chapter 1/2
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Git common operations, logging, debugger's tool window
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Ref.[1] chapter 7/12
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Data type, variable, expressions, identifiers, statements
Code generation, refactoring
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Ref.[1] chapter 3
Ref.[2] chapter 2
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Classes, constants, methods, constructors, modifiers, inheritance
Google Java style
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Ref.[3] chapter 5
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App manifest, XML schema, syntax, styles
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Ref.[3] chapter 4
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IntelliJ build system, Gradle build concepts, Android lib dependencies
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Ref.[1] chapter 13
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MVC pattern, activity lifecycle, layouts, and intents
Pattern usability and design principles: animation, style, layout, components, pattern, usability
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Ref.[4] chapter 2
Android official API guide: Material Design
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Common controls, AdapterView, Spinner, ProgressBar, Android threading
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Ref.[4] chapter 3/4
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Simple listview, complex listview, adapter view, Grid view
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Ref.[4] chapter 4
Android official API guide: List View
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Fragments, specialized fragments, screen orientation
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Ref.[4] chapter 4
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SharedPreferences API, Android Device Monitor, Java IO, writing and reading to files, internal/external storage
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Ref.[5] chapter 11/12
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SQLite API, helper class, pre-creating databases
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Ref.[4] chapter 6
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JUnit essentials, Unit test best practices, local unit testing, mocked unit testing
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Ref.[5] chapter 18
vogella tutorials: Unit Testing with JUnit
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Instrumented unit tests, UI testing using Espresso
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Android official API guide: Testing fundamentals
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Android services, broadcasting, notifications
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Setting up wearable environment, optimize for screen technologies, build watchface service, initialize drawable resources and styles
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Ref.[1] chapter 15
Ref.[3] chapter 15
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ViewPager, Drawable resources, extended View class
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Ref.[3] chapter 9
Ref.[4] chapter 5
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Property animation, View animation
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Ref.[3] chapter 10
Android official API guide: Adding Animations
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Getting location, retrieve updates, display address
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Android official API guide: Making Your App Location-Aware
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Google maps
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Volume, playback, audio focus
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Ref.[3] chapter 10
Android official API guide: Managing Audio Playback
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Camera2, Streaming video, MediaPlayer, MediaController
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Ref.[3] chapter 11
Android official API guide: Capturing Photos
Refer to Moodle for this
- Learn Android Studio
- Learn Java for Android Development
- Android Apps for Absolute Beginners
- Beginning Android 4 Application Development
- Introduction to Android Application Development
This Github repository is set up to host lab materials and code examples we use throughout module 387COM. You can simply read and explore. If you would like a personal copy of it, you'll need to fork it as writing to it is not allowed. In the repository for module 305CDE, there is a README file written by Mark Tyers that explains how to fork repositories and keep them up to date.