Introduction to Android

• Mobile Technologies and Mobile OS Overview
• Open Handset Alliance (OHA)
• Features of Android
• Android Stack
• Dalvik VM
• Installing Android : Eclipse, SDK, ADT Plugin and platforms
• Android Development tools – Emulator , DDMS and ADB

Building Blocks

• Activities
• Intents
• Services
• Content Providers
• Broadcast Receivers
• Android Manifest and Resources

Android User Interface

• Layouts
• Views
• Android Widget Toolbox
• Handling User Events
• Working with Lists and ListView
• WebView
• Working with Tabs
• Creating Menus : Options and Context
• Creating Dialogs : Progress and Alert dialogs
• Working with Toast
• Status bar Notifications
• Posting the Notification
• Threading in Android
• AsyncTask
• Handler Framework

Intents and Intent Filters

• Intents to launch Activities
• Intent filters to service intents
• Intent filters to Broadcast events

Working with Services

• Services for Background work
• Creating a Service
• Working with Local Services
• Working with AIDL Services

Broadcast Receivers

• Registering Broadcast Receiver
• Broadcasting Intents