Introduction

• Android – What it is?
• History of Android
• Importance of Java language for Android Apps
• Other mobile OS-es
• Android Versions & different development tools

Java Fundamentals

• OOPS basics
• Classes & Objects
• Components of a Class
• Structure of a Class & Java File
• Inheritance
• Interfaces
• Abstract Class
• Polymorphism
• Overloading

Android Architecture

Significance of Android Project Structure

• Source Folder
• Generated Folder
• Assets folder
• Resources folder
• Android Manifest XML

Android Application Components

• Activities & Fragments
• Activity Life Cycle
• Activity – How to create your activity

Android Layouts

• Layout XML files
• Absolute Layout
• Relative Layout
• Linear Layout
• Frame Layout
• Tab Layout
• Table Layout
• List Layout (List View)

Android Views & Widgets

• Button View
• EditText View
• TextView View
• Image View
• Spinner

Menus & Messages

• Adding option menus
• Adding popup menus
• Showing dialogs
• Raising toasts

Intent & Intent Filters

• Intents – How and When to use them• Intent Objects – Action, Data & Category
• Intent Filters – Matching Rules / Tests
• Explicit Intent & Implicit Intent

Services

• Lifecycle of a Service
• When to use Services
• Main Application Threads & Worker Threads
• Intent Service

Broadcast

• Broadcast Receivers
• Listening for specified broadcasts
• System broadcasts
• Custom & User defined broadcasts
• Sticky Broadcasts
• Pending Intents

SQLite

• Introducing SQLite
• SQLite OpenHelper and creating a database
• Opening and closing a database
• Working with cursors
• Inserts, updates, and deletes

External Database Communication

• Introduction to JSON file formats
• Using Web Services to connect to remote DB
• Significance of AsyncTask class
• Use JSON for data communication to Web Services
• Fetching data from JSON & loading into Activities