Defensive Programming in Android: Input and Methods

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

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Overview/Description
Defensive Programming in Android aims to use coding practices and techniques to create apps that are reliable and resilient. In this course, you will learn about thinking defensively when creating methods, and also when working with inputs to your programs.

Target Audience
Android developers who have experience creating apps using Java, and who want to employ defensive programming techniques

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Defensive Programming in Android: Input and Methods

start the course

identify common assumptions not to make about user input

create code that handles file inputs to an Android app

create code that handles URL inputs to an Android app

validate user-provided input

use a real-time approach to validating user-provided input

use secure coding principles to guard against format string attacks

parse and check input values before using that input in a WebView object

restrict access to navigation methods in a WebView object

protect against SQL injection by using parameterized and prepared statements

recognize best practice in writing methods for Android apps in Java

use best practices to name methods in Java for Android

use best practices to name getter methods in Java for Android

use best practices to name callback methods in Java for Android

reduce method complexity in Android apps using Java

use Java overloaded methods to reduce complexity in Java for Android

recognize how constants can be used in defensive programming

create and use constants in Java for Android

use best practices for naming constants in Java for Android

create and use resource files in an Android app

recognize how to write if statements defensively to protect against potential bugs

design while loops that are not vulnerable to running forever

design for loops that are not vulnerable to running forever

identify and avoid bugs caused by altered loop variables

use defensive practices to code in Java

Course Number:
sd_dpfa_a01_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate