Course

Unit 1

Introduction

Overview of Android & iOS, Dalvik/ART runtime, APK structure & Android API levels, Introduction to Android Studio, Project structure, Gradle basics, Creating & running the first Android app

Unit 2

UI/UX

Views, Layouts, Input Controls, Drawable resources, Toasts and basic input events, Advanced UI components: ListView, GridView, Menus: options, context, sub‑menus, Pickers (date/time), Spinners

Unit 3

Navigation and Notifications

Activities, Activity lifecycle, Fragments & Fragment lifecycle, Intents: explicit & implicit, Passing data between activities, Navigation Drawer (concepts + workflow), Notifications, Toast, Dialogs (Alert, Date, Time, Progress), Notification Manager, Push notification concept

Unit 4

Database

Introduction to SQLite database, SQLiteOpenHelper, Creating database & tables, CRUD operations using SQLite, Insert, Update, Delete, Select, Using Cursors, Using SQLite in simple apps.

Lab

• Setting Up the Development Environment
• Create a basic Android project in Android Studio
• Write simple Java code to display a message on the screen
• Run the app on an emulator and understand the debugging process
• Experiment with different layout components like buttons, text fields, images, etc.
• Build simple app screens using linear layouts and relative layouts
• Implement layouts like Grid View and List View
• Create menus (option menu, context menu)
• Use pickers (date and time pickers) and spinners
• Develop a simple app with multiple activities to understand the activity lifecycle
• Introduce fragments and explore their lifecycle methods
• Implement communication between activities using explicit and implicit intents
• Integrate a navigation drawer into an app
• Display simple notifications using Toast messages
• Create dialogs with pickers (date/time) and progress bars
• Explore push notifications (requires additional setup)
• Set up a local SQLite database using SQLite Open Helper
• Practice basic database operations: creating tables, inserting data, querying data, updating, and deleting data

Course Objective(s) 

To make the student understand the basic concepts of mobile application development, be aware of the characteristics of mobile applications, User-interface design, and the basics of graphics and multimedia. To gain knowledge about the testing and publishing of mobile applications. 

Course Outcomes 

CO-PO Mapping 

Textbooks:

• Head first Android Development.

References:

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