Course

Unit I

Introduction to Android 

• Study and report on Android OS architecture, Android components, Dalvik Virtual Machine, and APK file structure. 
• List and compare Android API levels with their version names and features. 

Unit II

Android Java Basics & First Application 

• Install and configure Android Studio and Android SDK; study project folder structure. 
• Create a simple Android application and generate APK using Android Studio. 
• Create and configure Android Virtual Device (AVD) and run applications on the emulator. 
• Set up debugging environment and debug applications using Logcat and breakpoints. 
• Deploy and debug an Android application on a physical mobile device. 

Unit III

User Interface, Activities, Intents & Notifications 

• Design UI using Views, Layouts, Drawable resources, and input controls. 
• Implement input events and display messages using Toasts. 
• Develop applications using ListView, GridView, Adapters, and Action Bar. 
• Implement menus: options menu, context menu, and sub-menu. 
• Develop applications using Pickers (DatePicker and TimePicker) and Spinners. 
• Create applications demonstrating Activity lifecycle and Fragment lifecycle. 
• Implement explicit and implicit intents for navigation and data passing between activities. 
• Develop an application using Navigation Drawer for screen navigation. 
• Implement Android notifications using Toast, Dialogs (Alert, Progress, DatePicker, TimePicker), and Notification Manager. 

Unit IV

Firebase Integration

• Configure Firebase with Android Studio and connect an Android application.
• Develop an Android application performing CRUD operations using Firebase Realtime Database / Firestore.

Course Description 

Android Programming course is gaining importance in today’s digital era. Due to the increasing popularity of technology and everything getting digitized, the Android Programming course is winning attention. It helps the aspirants in learning the development of smartphones and other mobile devices. The course helps students learn the development of applications. It expounds the topics like software development, web applications development, app safety and security, app development, app functionality and many more. 

Course Objectives 

Through this course students will learn skills for creating and deploying Android applications, with particular emphasis on software engineering topics including software architecture, software process, usability, and deployment..The student will learn the basics of Android platform and get to understand the android application development with Firebase database. 

Course Outcomes 

CO-PO Mapping 

Prerequisite:  

• Java Programming 
• Windows/Linux OS

• Head first Android Development.
• Android Programming: Pushing the Limits, Wiley By Erik Hellman
• Android Application Development Black Book, Dreamtech Press, Pradeep Kothari, KLSI