Course Description

Course Name:	C15 - Introduction to the Android Application Platform	Course sponsored by:
Time & Date:	9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Saturday, May 12
Location:	Constant Contact, Reservoir Place, 1601 Trapelo Road, Waltham, MA (New Location)
Speaker:	C. L. Kim, Constant Contact

Course Summary

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. It is now widely used in targeted devices such as smartphones and tablets, and so it behooves technical professionals to keep up with this new technology by being conversant with how native apps can be developed using the Android platform. This introductory course would cover some basics of the Android platform and framework API by examining a demo GUI native app that displays and speaks data obtained from a web services server.

Who Should Attend

This course is aimed at technical professionals in the software, mobile device, or other high-tech industries, who would like an introduction to the Android application platform and framework API.

Prerequisites

The Android SDK uses Java, so we require good familiarity with that language, or at least good working knowledge of other object-oriented languages such as C++ or C#, in order to follow the course material. Familiarity with XML and the concept of using a markup language for page layout would also be helpful. We would be using the Eclipse IDE to show code of the demo native app.

Reference material

Primary reference would be “Learning Android” published by O’Reilly Media, and the Dev Guide material at http://developer.android.com/guide/index.html, as well as the materials in the Resources and the Reference sections. Other books on Android could be also used or recommended as appropriate.

Course Objectives

To gain a basic familiarity of using the Eclipse IDE with plugin for the Android SDK.
To gain some basic understanding of the Android application platform and the Android framework API.
To gain some practical understanding of developing native applications for Android.
To use a working demo native app running on the Android emulator to help students better understand and connect together the material covered.

Outline

Concepts/Topics to be covered

Eclipse IDE, Android SDK
Android Architecture, Operating System
4 Application Components
Activity Life Cycle
Intent, Intent Resolution
Application Context
Page Layout
Activity component
Logging
AndroidManifest file
Text To Speech
Threads
Service component
Broadcast Receiver component
ListView
Designing for Multiple Screen Sizes

Speaker

C. L. Kim is with the Quality Engineering group at Constant Contact, the leader in small business/organization email marketing, online survey and event marketing. He has an MBA and MSE in Computer & Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and is co-developer of a fun Android mobile app.

Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for this Courses is Thursday, May 3, 2012

FEES

Payment received by April 30 : IEEE Members $225

Payment received by April 30: Non-members $245

Payment received after April 30: IEEE Members $245

Payment received after April 30: Non-members $265