Developing Android Applications: Activities, Connectivity, and Services


Overview/Description
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level


Overview/Description
Android devices are connected devices. Take this course to discover the Android activity life cycle, activities and services, data storage types, local and external databases, and the broadcast receiver. Learn about the broadcast receiver class and content providers. See how to create a service class. Then, as a review exercise, you will create an Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) broadcast receiver that uses an intent.

Expected Duration (hours)
0.8

Lesson Objectives

Developing Android Applications: Activities, Connectivity, and Services

  • describe the activity life cycle in Android development
  • specify how activities and services are implemented in Android development
  • define various data storage types in Android development
  • discuss local and external databases in Android development and how to work with them
  • describe SQLite databases and their uses in Android development
  • describe the broadcast receiver class in Android development
  • discuss broadcast receivers in Android development
  • discuss content providers in Android development
  • demonstrate how to create a service class in Android development
  • Create an Android broadcast receiver using an intent

    • Course Number:
    it_sddabd_05_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate