Introduction and Course Information

• Introduction
• Introduction to Android

Downloading and Installing the Necessary Tools

• Windows – Android Studio Installation
• Java Development Kit for Windows
• Configure Android Studio
• SDK Configuration

Hello World App

• Introduction
• Android Studio Templates
• Hello World
• Tour of Android Studio
• Setting Up Virtual Device
• Running on Emulator
• Running on a Physical Device

Kotlin Tutorials

• Kotlin Tutorial Setup
• Variables and Types
• String Concatenation and Interpolation
• val and var and More on Declaration
• Conditions
• Classes
• Object and Instances
• Lists
• For Loops
• Encapsulation and Private Properties
• Overloading functions
• Inheritance

Project 1: Button Counter App

• Introduction
• Setup Play Project
• The Constraint Layout
• Back to Button Counter App
• Finish Layout
• findViewById and r Class
• Events and setOnClickListener

First Android Component: ACTIVITY

• The Activity Lifecycle
• Logcat Pane
• Logging the Activity Lifecycle
• Saving and Restoring Activity State

Project 2: Calculator App

• Demo Calculator App
• Calculator Interface Setup
• Fine Tuning Layout
• Create Landscape Layout
• Coding Calculator
• Add onClickListeners
• Bug Fixes and Code Improvements
• Widget References in Kotlin
• Guidelines
• Fixing Landscape Layout
• Add Neg Button to the layout

Project 3: Top 10 Downloader App

• Introduction
• Asynctask
• Logging and Logcat
• Download the RSS Feed
• Reading the data
• Android Runtime Permissions
• Writing Idiomatic Kotlin
• Parsing the Data
• Listview and ArrayAdapter
• Create Custom Adapter
• Improving Adapter
• ViewHolder Pattern

Media: Images, Video, Sound and Animation

• Video
• Controlling Audio
• Audio Volume Seeking
• Fading and other Animations
• Grid Layouts

2^nd Android Component: SERVICE

• Introduction to Android Service
• Types of Services
• Foreground Service

3^rd Android Component: BROADCAST RECEIVER

• Introduction to Broadcast Receiver
• System Broadcasts
• Receiving Broadcasts
• Sending Broadcasts

Creating Responsive UI using Fragments

• Creating Fragments
• Adding Fragments to Activity
• Performing Fragment Transactions
• Fragment to Activity Communication
• Handling Fragment Lifecycle

Maps & Geolocation

• Using Maps in your Apps
• Customizing Apps
• Getting User’s Location
• Project: Hiker’s Watch App

Permanent Data Storage

• Shared Preferences
• Relational Database: SQLite
• Android File System: Internal and External Storage

4^th Android Component:  CONTENT PROVIDERS

• Content Provider Basics
• Creating Content Provider
• Project: User Contact List App

Multithreading & Networking

• Understanding HTTP Connection & APIs
• Not so cool: Asynctask
• JSON Data Parsing
• Loaders

Push Notification Using: FIREBASE

• Setup Firebase and FCM SDK
• Send your First Message
• Receive Message

Extras

• Material Design
• Bonus: External Libraries

• Networking with Retrofit
• Remove findViewById with Butterknife