The Main Components of Android

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Android applications are broken down into four main components: activities, services, content providers, and broadcast receivers. Approaching Android from these four components gives the developer the competitive edge to be a trendsetter in mobile application development. This course will give you the foundation to understand the basic elements of all Android Applications.

Target Audience
This path is targeted toward individuals who are new to Android development and wish to create mobile applications by using the Android platform. A working knowledge of Java is essential.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.2

Lesson Objectives

The Main Components of Android

start the course

create and launch activities

identify state changes when an app is paused and resumed

identify state changes when an app is stopped and restarted

stop and rebuild an activity

design layouts for activities

work with the layout design interface

define screens with layout resource files

identify units of measurements

construct linear layouts

build relative layouts

describe intents and their importance

work with explicit intents to start activities

use implicit intents to open activities

create a service project and layout files

add a service to a project

add a service to a main activity

register a service in Android manifest

describe broadcast receivers

register a broadcast receiver statically

register a broadcast receiver dynamically

handle system events with a broadcast receiver

create and declare a content provider

implement the content provider class

use insert, query, and onCreate methods

use update, delete, and getType methods

create an activity, a service, a broadcast receiver, and a content provider

Course Number:
sd_aade_a02_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner