Android For .NET Developers: Advanced Design, Build, Android Wear, and Emulator Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
Understanding the design and background processes used by your development environment can increase productivity and help produce more efficient code. This course discusses a number of advanced topics that take place 'under the hood' of Xamarin.Android apps and their build process. You will also learn about Android wearable devices and writing applications to target the Android Wear platform. This course also introduces the Visual Studio Emulator for Android and highlights its features.
Target Audience
Developers wishing to develop mobile applications that target Android and other platforms
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
2.1
Lesson Objectives Android For .NET Developers: Advanced Design, Build, Android Wear, and Emulator
start the course
describe design goals of the Xamarin application program interface or API
describe the design of the Xamarin bindings
target your build at a specific application binary interface or ABI
make use of and bundle native libraries into your Android Package Kit or APK
ensure your application does not suffer from an unresponsive GUI
describe how a Xamarin.Android application interfaces with the Android platform
describe the usage of Callable Wrappers
describe the relationship between Java and C# constructors
use the Dispose function with caution
describe the process of launching a Xamarin.Android app
describe the steps involved in building a Xamarin.Android Android Package Kit or APK
identify the components of the Build process
describe the various actions that control how a file is processed during build
describe the features and utility of the Android Wear application program interface or API
prepare your Xamarin.Android install for developing Android Wear apps
create a simple Android Wear application
make use of user interface or UI controls specific to Android Wear
write applications that work with multiple screen sizes
describe how Android Wear apps are packaged
install Visual Studio Emulator for Android
describe the system requirements and limitations of the Visual Studio Emulator for Android
monitor network traffic with Fiddler
describe the configuration options in the emulator
identify the features available to test using the emulator
create a simple Android Wear application
Course Number: sd_afdd_a06_it_enus
Expertise Level
Intermediate