Oreilly - Learning Android
Oreilly - Learning Android: From Basic Application Structure and the Activity Lifecycle to Persistence and Lists & Adapters by Ken Kousen
5 hours 2 minutes | July 2015 | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 29.97fps | Audio: AAC 44.1KHz 2ch | 2.19 GB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
5 hours 2 minutes | July 2015 | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 29.97fps | Audio: AAC 44.1KHz 2ch | 2.19 GB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
Ready to launch your dream app on Android? In this video course, Java consultant Ken Kousen walks you through the Android Studio wizard for creating a new app. You’ll learn the basics in developing for Android devices, and where to find the tools and technologies you need. The Android Developer website offers dashboards, version numbers, and market distributions. You’ll also find design guidelines, a review of available tutorials, and API docs.
With this video, you’ll learn how to:
Use the basic XML layout and activity class generated by the Android Studio wizard
Work with the default multi-project Gradle build files
Create and configure an emulator, using the AVD Manager
Increase functionality by changing themes and adding widgets
Understand Android’s activity lifecycle by charting callback methods associated with activities
Learn how to save and restore state variables in activities
Add alternative layouts by using qualifiers on the "res" directory
Learn about internal and external storage for managing persistent data
Use the SQLite database available to every Android application
Access a RESTful Web Service to deal with asynchronous tasks
Ken Kousen, president of Kousen IT, Inc., is a technical trainer, mentor, and consultant in all areas related to Java, specializing in Android, Spring, Hibernate/JPA, Groovy, and Grails. He is the author of Making Java Groovy (Manning) and the upcoming O’Reilly book, Gradle for Android.
Welcome
Course Overview 02m 36s
The Android Developer Web Site 07m 06s
Tools and Technologies
Android Design Guidelines and Developer Docs 09m 39s
Android Studio 04m 04s
A "Hello, World" Application
Starting a New Android Application 11m 08s
A Blank Activity And Associated Layout 09m 07s
Gradle Build Files for Android 11m 15s
The Manifest, Layout, and String Resources 09m 38s
The AVD Manager 09m 08s
Adding Functionality
Changing Themes and Adding Widgets 10m 47s
Updating our Activity Subclass 13m 35s
Understanding Activities
The Activity Lifecycle 17m 02s
Providing Alternative Resources
The "res" Directories 21m 00s
Changing Keyboards 09m 11s
Intents and Saving State
Intents 19m 11s
Removing Hard-Coded Strings from Java 05m 37s
Saving Activity State 08m 09s
Working with Persistent Data
Storage Options 12m 38s
Using SQLite 21m 47s
List Adapters 09m 50s
Responding to Clicks and the Android Debug Bridge 08m 18s
Accessing a RESTful Web Service
Asynchronous Tasks 17m 22s
Spring for Android 12m 30s
Accessing the Service 14m 17s
Action Bar 11m 56s
Preferences 11m 30s
Summary
Course Review 03m 46s
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Oreilly - Learning Android
