UAHuntsville

Create your own Android app and learn how to submit it to market. Discover the basics of Android application development through in-depth exercises. Android programming allows background processing, provides a rich user interface library, supports 2-D and 3-D graphics using the OpenGL libraries, and provides an embedded SQLite database. Its operating system is based on Linux with a Java programming interface. Explore simple GUI applications, understand widgets and components and how to work with the database to store data locally in our hands-on labs.

Topics Include:
• Development environment and tools
• The Android Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Managing the activity lifecycle
• Developing for different devices
• Dynamic user interface design
• Submitting applications to the Android market

Prerequisites:
No programming experience necessary, but familiarity with Java or XML is a plus.