About this course: This course introduces you to the design and implementation of Android applications for mobile devices. You will build upon concepts from the prior course, including handling notifications, using multimedia and graphics and incorporating touch and gestures into your apps.
Created by: University of Maryland, College Park
Taught by: Dr. Adam Porter, Professor
Computer Science
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
| User Ratings |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Threads and Networking
5 videos
- Video: Overview
- Video: Threads, AsyncTasks & Handlers - Part 1
- Video: Threads, AsyncTasks & Handlers - Part 2
- Video: Networking - Part 1
- Video: Networking - Part 2
Graded: Threads, AsyncTasks and Handlers, and Networking
Graded: Lab - AsyncTasks
WEEK 2
User Notifications, BroadcastReceivers, and Alarms
5 videos
- Video: User Notifications - Part 1
- Video: User Notifications - Part 2
- Video: BroadcastReceiver - Part 1
- Video: BroadcastReceiver - Part 2
- Video: Alarms
Graded: User Notifications, BroadcastReceivers, and Alarms
Graded: Lab - Notifications
WEEK 3
Graphics, Touch, and Multimedia
9 videos
- Video: Graphics and Animation - Part 1
- Video: Graphics and Animation - Part 2
- Video: Graphics and Animation - Part 3
- Video: Touch and Gestures - Part 1
- Video: Touch and Gestures - Part 2
- Video: Multimedia - Part 1
- Video: Multimedia - Part 2
- Video: Preview: Programming Cloud Services for Android Handheld Systems
- Video: Introduction to Amazon Guest Lecture - Analytics and A/B Testing
Graded: Graphics, Touch, and Multimedia
Graded: Lab - Graphics
WEEK 4
Sensors, Location and Maps, and Data Management
7 videos
- Video: Sensors - Part 1
- Video: Sensors - Part 2
- Video: Location and Maps - Part 1
- Video: Location and Maps - Part 2
- Video: Data Management - Part 1
- Video: Data Management- Part 2
- Video: Closing
Graded: Sensors, Location and Maps, and Data Management
Graded: Lab - Location
WEEK 5
Build From Scratch
Build an app completely from scratch
Graded: Daily Selfie
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The University of Maryland is the state's flagship university and one of the nation's preeminent public research universities. A global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 37,000 students, 9,000 faculty and staff, and 250 academic programs. Its faculty includes three Nobel laureates, three Pulitzer Prize winners, 47 members of the national academies and scores of Fulbright scholars. The institution has a $1.8 billion operating budget, secures $500 million annually in external research funding and recently completed a $1 billion fundraising campaign.
Ratings and Reviews
Learned a ton already in the first part. Part 2 has a lot of very useful topics, like multi-touch, graphics, sensors, and so on. Challenging, but very much worth the time. Highly recommended.
a bit slow at times, but a damn good introduction to Android programming!
This course will help only if you follow up well on the exercises and readings suggested. Mere videos will not help much. Take up this course if you have enough time for that.
But if you follow through these, this is a good avenue to master the subject very well.
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Great hands-on course. Teacher is great, and course materials are well prepared. Only frustrating part is the horrible tooling (Android Studio and above all the resource consuming emulator).