About this course
With over 60 videos and 8 hours of content, this online Android training course is designed to build upon Android Programming I and Android Programming II to expand your knowledge of Android programming. You will first learn how to invoke Activities with Explicit and Implicit Intents. Next you will learn to create and invoke Broadcast Receivers. From there, you will learn how to create Services to perform background operations. Finally, you will learn how to use Notifications to display information to the user. This course is current to Android 4.2 “ Jelly Bean.
Hands On Learning
Unlike other online training courses, you are encouraged to actively participate in the learning experience by running example files during lectures and performing coding challenges during labs. Each lab session includes review videos so you can compare your solution to the instructor's.
Bonus Content
This training course comes complete with working example and lab solution files as well as a link to optionally purchase the workbook used in the video at a discount.
About the Instructor
Jamie Romero is a dynamic instructor and expert programmer. He has taught over 350 classes to programmers from companies like Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing. Jamie's energetic style and up-beat attitude are just what you need for an online training course.
Some recent comments about Jamie's classes:
- "Jamie was a great instructor. He cut through the fluff and gave us the core of what I need to start using Java right away."
- "Great instructor that knows the material and is enthusiastic about Java. It helped very much in getting through the course."
- "Jamie exhibits a mastery of the material, to such a degree that his ability to explain it is very effective. Explanations are very detailed, and presented in a very understandable way. He is an excellent instructor."
What are the requirements?
- Some Java coding experience is required. Basic understanding of Java threads, Java inner classes and XML is recommended.
- You should have already taken the Android Programming II course.
What am I going to get from this course?
- Over 70 lectures and 8.5 hours of content!
- Launch an activity by name with an explicit intent.
- Launch an activity by type with an implicit intent.
- Pass extra data to and receive results from an activity.
- Register an intent filter in AndroidManifest.xml.
- Broadcast and respond to system-wide announcements.
- Perform long-running operations in the background with services.
- Start and stop a service.
- Implement callback methods to react to important events in the service lifecycle.
- Notify the user that an event has occurred using a notification.
- Invoke an activity when a notification is selected.
- Supplement a notification with sound and vibration.
What is the target audience?
- Java programmers with zero to six months developing applications for the Android platform.
- Students who have completed the Android Programming II course.
