Lynda.com - Developing Android Apps Essential Training

Developing Android Apps Essential TrainingLearn everything you need to know to get started building Android apps with the Android 5 SDK and Google's Android Studio IDE. Starting with a brief look at Android's history, the course takes you through the anatomy of a typical Android project and the setup for creating your first app, including connecting to devices (both real and virtual) for testing. Then learn how to define screens with activities and layouts, respond to events with XML and Java-based code, display text and images that adjust to multiple screens, create menus, manage navigation, display and manage data, and use styles and themes to make your app reflect Google's new visual language, material design.


Topics include:

Exploring Android Studio

Configuring virtual and physical devices for testing

Understanding the structure of an Android project

Designing and laying out screens

Displaying text and images

Handling events and orientation changes

Adding menus

Managing navigation with activities and layouts

Supporting multiple screens

Using styles and themes

Working with data

Subject:
Developer

Software:
Android

Author:
David Gassner