Defensive Programming in Android: Errors, Exceptions, and Testing Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
Defensive Programming in Android uses coding practices and techniques to create apps that are reliable, resilient, and easily testable. This course will teach you about thinking defensively in your approach to errors and exception handling, and also how to create automated tests for Android apps.
Target Audience
Android developers who have experience creating apps using Java, and who want to employ defensive programming techniques
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
1.9
Lesson Objectives Defensive Programming in Android: Errors, Exceptions, and Testing
start the course
recognize how errors and exceptions can be used in defensive programming
use the Java exception classes
use exception stack traces
test for specific kinds of errors based on domain and code
create custom Java error classes
inform end users of error information in an Android app
use an underlying error object to find out more detail about an error that has occurred
release Java resources in the event of an exception
recognize how unit testing can be used in defensive programming
use the android testing API to construct automated unit tests
use instrumentation in automated Android unit testing
use test case classes in Android automated unit testing
use Android assertion classes
use mock object classes in Android automated unit testing
use test runner classes for Android automated unit testing
view test results in the IDE
recognize where end-to-end testing can be used in defensive programming
set up the Android Testing Support API for automated UI testing
use Espresso test classes for Android automated UI testing
use instrumentation of activities for Android automated UI testing
test UI components in Android
use ViewAction, ViewInteraction, and DataInteraction classes to simulate actions when testing an Android app
describe the use of assertions for defensive programming in Java for Android
use basic assert statements in Java for Android
identify and use precondition, postcondition and invariant assertions
use annotations to aid in programming defensively for Android
create a Java app to use exceptions and assertions
Course Number: sd_dpfa_a03_it_enus
Expertise Level
Intermediate