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- Introduction to the Android platform (history, Java, Dalvik, Android devices and ecosystem, architecture, APIs, security and permissions, application distribution methods)
- Development tools (JDK, Android SDK, Ant, Eclipse, adb); installation, configuration and usage of the tools; setting up the emulator and configuring a virtual device; connecting and testing on an actual device; testing and debugging applications
- [Introduction to the Java programming language (if included). Note: If included, the language is introduced strictly for the purpose of being able to practically use the language to access the Android API and to make Android applications; full and complete mastery of all aspects of the language would not be the objective in this module]
- Creating a new Android project; starting a new application from scratch
- Application configuration (permissions, application title, icon, required API versions, etc.)
- Key concepts of an Android application (activities, views, layouts, intents, context, application)
- Commonly used APIs: Graphical user interface (GUI) components, networking APIs, audio, animations, camera, hardware sensors, preferences, SQL database)
- Multithreading and background processing
- Differences between different versions of Android; managing the differences from a developer's perspective; best practices for application design and implementation
- Deployment, release and distribution of applications (signing applications, obfuscation, Google Play)
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