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.
This course is part of the Android App Development Specialization
Android App Components - Services, Local IPC, and Content Providers
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
12 hours to complete
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.
14 videos (Total 88 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
14 videos
Module Introduction3m
MOOC Contents, Organization, and Learning Strategies (Part 1)4m
MOOC Contents, Organization, and Learning Strategies (Part 2)5m
Overview of Layered Architectures10m
Primary and Secondary Storage Mechanisms6m
Kernel IPC and Processing Mechanisms9m
Android Kernel Extensions8m
An Introduction to Key Concepts3m
Android Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)4m
Android Runtime: Execution Environments5m
Android Runtime: Core and Native Libraries9m
Overview of Object-Oriented Frameworks6m
Service Frameworks and Packaged Apps6m
1 reading
Responses to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and PDF Versions of Slides10m
1 practice exercise
Module 1 - Overview of the Android App Components20m
Week
24 hours to complete
Android Started and Bound Services
Learning objectives are presented in the Module Introduction video lecture.
10 videos (Total 79 min), 2 quizzes
10 videos
Overview of Android Services (Part 1)6m
Overview of Android Services (Part 2)6m
Overview to Android Services (Part 3)8m
Service Lifecycle Operations (Part 1)9m
Service Lifecycle Operations (Part 2)6m
Service Lifecycle Operations (Part 3)12m
The IntentService Framework8m
Service Deployment and Communication Models4m
Case Study: PingPongReceiverService App13m
1 practice exercise
Module 2 - Started and Bound Services20m
Week
34 hours to complete
Android Local Inter-Process Communication (IPC)
Learning objectives are presented in the Module Introduction video lecture.
13 videos (Total 114 min), 2 quizzes
13 videos
Overview of Android Local Inter-Process Communication (IPC) (Part 1)7m
Overview of Android Local Inter-Process Communication (IPC) (Part 2)7m
Service and Activity Communication Via Android Messengers (Part 1)5m
Service and Activity Communication Via Android Messengers (Part 2)7m
Programming Started Services with Intents & Messengers (Part 1)12m
Programming Started Services with Intents & Messengers (Part 2)14m
Programming Started Services with Intents & Messengers (Part 3)10m
Programming Started Services with Intents & Messengers (Part 4)7m
Programming Bound Services with Messengers (Part 1)4m
Programming Bound Services with Messengers (Part 2)11m
Programming Bound Services with Messengers (Part 3)6m
Programming Bound Services with Messengers (Part 4)15m
1 practice exercise
Module 3 - Android: Local Inter-Process Communication (IPC)20m
Week
44 hours to complete
Android Content Providers
Learning objectives are presented in the Module Introduction video lecture.
10 videos (Total 96 min), 2 quizzes
10 videos
Overview of Content Providers & Content Resolvers (Part 1)12m
Overview of Content Providers & Content Resolvers (Part 2)10m
Overview of SQLite (Part 1)7m
Overview of SQLite (Part 2)11m
Developing a Content Provider (Part 1)12m
Developing a Content Provider (Part 2)10m
Case Study: The HobbitContentProvider App (Part 1)4m
Case Study: The HobbitContentProvider App (Part 2)9m
Case Study: The HobbitContentProvider App (Part 3)16m
1 practice exercise
Module 4 - Android Content Providers20m
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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.
Assignments were pretty cool. Topics are covered thoroughly and provided links to relevant material and excellent examples.
Instructor
Dr. Douglas C. Schmidt
Professor of Computer Science and Associate Chair of the Computer Science and Engineering ProgramElectrical Engineering and Computer Science
About 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.
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.
The Capstone project will integrate the material from throughout the Specialization to exercise and assess the ability of learners to create an interesting Android app by applying knowledge and skills learned in previous MOOCs, including Java programming features, Android Studio tools, Android Activity components, Material Design, file I/O and data persistence, unit testing, and software patterns. The project itself will be similar in design goals to previous assignments, however it will provide less of the skeleton code than earlier MOOCs provide to enable more creativity to learners and greater opportunity for learners to customize the app.
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