Video description
Mobile application developer Dan Galpin takes you through a streamlined, fast-paced introduction into developing applications for the latest Android platform. Developers will learn how to create a series of simple, functional, Android applications that take advantage of features unique to the Android platform. It details aspects of handling application resources, creating Android user interfaces, networking, and important concepts such as application lifecycle, interoperation, and multithreading. The target audience for the video is developers familiar with the Java programming language, but who may not have previous experience with mobile development.
Table of contents
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Lesson 1: Introduction
- Learning Objectives: Lesson 1 00:00:52
- Why Android? 00:06:24
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Lesson 2: Getting Started
- Learning Objectives: Lessons 2 and 3 00:00:34
- System Requirements 00:00:30
- Installing the SDK 00:02:26
- Hello Android: Importing the SDK ApiDemos Example into Eclipse 00:02:43
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Lesson 3: Understanding the Project—What was all that stuff that Eclipse created?
- Android Basics: Understanding the Manifest 00:06:27
- Understanding Resources 00:04:12
- Binding to Java 00:01:39
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Lesson 4: Application Flow—Because we want to have application depth
- Learning Objectives: Lessons 4 and 5 00:00:27
- Intents and Application Flow 00:09:03
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Lesson 5: Intents and Basic Layouts
- Intent Filters and Basic Layouts 00:11:48
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Lesson 6: Understanding Layouts
- Learning Objectives: Lesson 6 00:00:29
- Laying it Out 00:16:39
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Lesson 7: Adding Menus—Because we need options and want context
- Learning Objectives: Lesson 7 00:00:20
- Listing Away 00:21:39
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Lesson 8: Talking to the Network—Doing something useful
- Learning Objectives: Lessons 8, 9, and 10 00:00:49
- Putting it Together 00:19:21
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Lesson 9: Providing Content—Bringing it back to the UI
- Content with Content 00:22:38
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Lesson 10: Services—Backgrounding a part of our application
- Searching for a Finish 00:37:09
Product information
- Title: Intro to Android Application Development
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2010
- Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
- ISBN: 9780321685926
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