This 4 week MOOC builds upon the core Android app components and concurrency frameworks covered in Course 2 by focusing on started and bound services, local inter-process communication (IPC), and content providers. Case study apps will be examined from multiple perspectives to learn how to program these app components using Android's material design paradigm. Students will work incrementally on a hands-on project involving a material design-based RSS reader app. Each week you will add additional capabilities to the project, based on material covered in the lecture videos. You'll spend roughly 4 hours per week watching video lectures, taking quizzes, and programming assignments with Java and Android.
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Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tenn., is a private research university and medical center offering a full-range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
MOOC Overview
This module provides an introduction to the contents of the MOOC and summarizes effective learning strategies. Learning objectives are presented in the Module Introduction video lecture.
Android Started and Bound Services
Learning objectives are presented in the Module Introduction video lecture.
Android Local Inter-Process Communication (IPC)
Learning objectives are presented in the Module Introduction video lecture.
Android Content Providers
Learning objectives are presented in the Module Introduction video lecture.
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM ANDROID APP COMPONENTS - SERVICES, LOCAL IPC, AND CONTENT PROVIDERS
This course was really good for me. I was able to learn the basic theory and working of how services and content providers work in Android. This course helped me alot.
This course was awesome , it has heped me a lot to know more about android development and has boosted my interest in in App development.It has met my expectations
I found this course very good. The professor is quite Good and Speed was also good not so fast and not so slow. Quite Balanced.
Assignments were pretty cool. Topics are covered thoroughly and provided links to relevant material and excellent examples.
About the Android App Development Specialization
This Specialization enables learners to successfully apply core Java programming languages features & software patterns needed to develop maintainable mobile apps comprised of core Android components, as well as fundamental Java I/O & persistence mechanisms.

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