About this course
With over 50 videos and 7 hours of content, this online Android training course is designed to build upon Android Programming I, Android Programming II, and Android Programming III to expand your knowledge of Android programming. First you will learn how to persist application data using both Preferences and files. Then you will learn how to store and retrieve structured data using SQLite database on Android. Finally you will learn how to connect your data to your app's UI using Adapters and Adapter views. 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
Rob Roselius is an experienced instructor and expert programmer. He has taught over 300 classes to programmers from companies like Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing. Rob's subject matter knowledge will give you confidence in the material you are learning and applying.
Some recent comments about Rob's classes:
- "He was a great teacher, I liked that he gave up background on why the commands worked how they did."
- "Rob was great! We had a wonderful time over the course of our week and I feel that I was able to learn a lot that will springboard me further and faster in to the world of Linux."
- "Rob was very professional. He was also funny and related the content in the real world."
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 III course.
- Basic knowledge of SQL is helpful but not requred.
What am I going to get from this course?
- Over 53 lectures and 7 hours of content!
- Store and retreive application data from private and shared preferences.
- Store and retrieve application data from internal and external files.
- Read raw data from resource files.
- Create and configure a SQLite database in Android.
- Encapsulate your database access with a database helper class.
- Use SQLiteOpenHelper to manage your database schema.
- Create, update, and delete records.
- Query your database with both raw SELECT statements and the query() method.
- Use a LoaderManager to take cursor operations out of your activity's GUI thread.
- Use transactions to ensure data consistency.
- Use both ArrayAdapter and CursorAdapter to bind data to views.
- Display a choice of text values with a Spinner.
- Suggest text content with an AutoComplete TextView.
- Display a list of View objects using ListView and GridView containers.
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 I, Android Programming II, and Android Programming III courses.
