Android Development

In this lecture you will learn the basics of developing apps for Android devices. This includes the following topics listed below.
The lecture is designed for app development beginners who have good Java development skill (e.g. successfully passed the exam “Software Entwicklung 1 & Software Entwicklung 2” with a grade better than 2,3)
If you already have experiences in developing apps for Android and iOS, I would recommend you to visit the lecture “Spezielle Themen der mobilen Anwendungsentwicklung” (119645) where we do the more advanced stuff.
If you are interested in developing hybrid apps using web technologies and frameworks such as Ionic or Cordova you can visit the lecture “Mobile Web Applications” (119640).

Stuttgart Media University

1 About

1.1 Lecturer

Varun Shrivastav

shrivastav@hdm-stuttgart.de

Matthias Nagel

nagelm@hdm-stuttgart.de

1.2 Tutor Summer Semester 23

Timo Waldherr

tw086@hdm-stuttgart.de

2 Contents

The lecture is splitted into a theoretical part, assignments and a practical part. The following list gives an overview (not complete) of the topics you will learn in this lectures. The assignments will help you to really understand and establish your knowledge.

2.1 Theoretical Part

Topics	Slides
Introduction, lecture organization	Organization
General mobile app development toolchain overview, native build process, version control systems (short Git introduction), testing tools, collaboration tools, continuous integration	App-Development Toolchain
Introduction to Android: System architecture, Android SDK basics, Android Studio introduction, ADM, ADB, Android Manifest, Android UI basics (layouts, resources, etc.)	Android Intro
Android component types overview, Activity, Application Context, Intent, WebView, Permissions, Excursion to Support Libraries, Android Security and UI reaction times	Android Framework Basics
Implementing lists with `RecyclerView`, `ViewHolder` and `Adapter`	Android Lists
Services & Broadcast Receivers	Services and Broadcast Receivers
Lightweight fragmentation using `Fragment`s	Android Fragments
Asynchronous programming with `WorkManager`s	Asynchronous Tasks
Features for storing data	Storage Options
Introduction to API calls and Serialization	Android Networking
Excursion: 3rd Party Libraries, Kotlin, Android Auto, Unit Tests, UI Tests	Android Excursion

3 Contents

3.1 Assignments

Assignments	Slides
Assignment 1: Android Basics	Assignment 1
Assignment 2: Introduction to Recycler View	Assignment 2
Assignment 3: Fragments	Assignment 3
Assignment 4: Working with Room	Assignment 4
Assignment 5: Introduction to API Calls and Glide	Assignment 5

4 Notice

No liability assumed. As Android frameworks, programming languages (e.g. Kotlin) and development environments evolve very quickly, the lecture slides and assigments have to be constantly updated. Please bear with me, apologies for any inconvenience.

For ideas and any kind of comments please send me a message to nagelm@hdm-stuttgart.de.