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Udacity

Android Basics: Multi-Screen Apps

via Udacity

Overview

Learn how to show multiple screens in a Miwok language app, and add audio and images to your app. You'll also learn how Android handles touch events, and make visual changes to add polish to your fully functional app.

Syllabus

  • Introduction to Android Multi-Screen Apps
    • Get an overview of what you'll learn in Android Multi-screen Apps including prerequisites, tools, and the learning environment.
  • Intents and Activities
    • Build the structure of the Miwok language app!
  • Java Break: Interfaces
    • Learn how to take advantage of Interfaces - a core OOP concept in Java that makes your code more flexible.
  • Arrays, Lists, Loops, & Custom Classes
    • Use Arrays, Lists, and Loops to populate the Miwok app with words.
  • Java Break: Loops
    • Use for and while loops to iterate over a block of code. Learn how to write nested loops. Use 2D arrays to store and retrieve information.
  • Quick Guide to Gradle
    • In this lesson, you'll learn how to work with Gradle, an Android build system
  • Project: Musical Structure App
    • Create the structure of an app to play music for a user.
  • Images and Visual Polish
    • Polish image and visuals to improve the quality of your app
  • Activity Lifecycle and Audio Playback
    • Use an external library to add audio to your app.
  • Fragments
    • Modify the structure of the Miwok app and make a smoother user experience with fragments.
  • Project: Tour Guide App
    • Create an app to guide a user around a city or location of your choice!

Taught by

Asser Samak, James Williams, Cezanne Camacho and Jessica Lin

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