Video2Brain – Android App Development and Design Training

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Design Amazing Applications for the Android OS
Duration: 3 hrs 50 min | Released: June2011
Format: MP4 | 1280×720 | 0.98 GB

If you want to get in on the rapidly expanding market for Android appsyou’ll need to understand the important concepts behind Android developmentwhich may not be intuitive for those familiar with other platforms. In this course from expert programmer and developer Constantin Ehrensteinyou’ll begin by stepping through the process of setting up your Android development environmentdefining device emulatorsand connecting to actual Android devices.

Nextyou’ll learn about the fundamentals of Android layouts and UIs and how to program your app’s interaction with activities and services. With your basic Android app fleshed outyou’ll learn how to broaden your app’s target audience by making it run on as many devicesscreen sizesand form factors as possible. And finallyyou’ll learn how to package your app and publish it to the Android Market. This Learn by Video workshop is published in partnership with Peachpit Press.
This course covers every step in the process of Android app development and designfrom setting up your development environmentto creating the app itselfto packaging and publishing it. The contents of this course include:
Setting Up Your Environment for Android Development
In this chapteryou’ll see how you set up and extend your development environment (IDE) for native Android development.
Building Your App’s UI
In this chapteryou’ll learn the most important concepts for building your app’s UI. We’ll take a look at general Android principlesthe typical project structure of an Android applicationand everything you’ll need to know to compose the layouts for your app.
Programming Interaction
As a truly component-based operating systemAndroid provides a simple way to control interactions between the components of your app and other applications installed on the same system. This video will tell you all about it.
Persisting Application Data
Apps need to persist data they accumulate while being usedand the most convenient way is through a database. This chapter gets you up and running with leveraging SQLite databases in Android.
Publishing Your App
In this chapteryou’ll learn the final steps needed to bring your application into the Android Market.