CIS1753 ANDROID APP DEVELOPMENT 1
3 Credit Hours
Student Level:
This course is open to students on the college level in either the Freshman or Sophomore year.
Catalog Description:
CIS1753 - Android App Development 1 (3 hrs.)
This course will prepare students to code apps for the Android operating system. The topics will include activities, fragments, intents, UI creation tools, pictures, menus, data storage, content providers, messaging, location-based services, networking, and developing Android services.
Course Classification:
Lecture
Prerequisites:
None.
Co-requisites:
None
Controlling Purpose:
This course is designed to prepare students to code apps on the Android operating system. These concepts provide a foundation for further courses in Android app development as well as creating simple apps for use in industry.
Learner Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to code apps including the following topics: activities, fragments, intents, UI creation tools, pictures, menus, data storage, content providers, messaging, location-based services, networking, and developing Android services.
Unit Outcomes for Criterion Based Evaluation:
The following outline defines the minimum core content not including the final examination period. Instructors may add other material as time allows.
UNIT 1: Android App Development Environment
Outcomes: Demonstrate knowledge of the features of the interactive development environment in Android Studio as well as describe the Android architecture
- Describe the Android operating system
- List Android versions and their feature set
- Define the Android architecture
- Compare the Android devices on the market
- Visit the Android Market application store
- Obtain the tools and SDK for developing Android applications
- Develop a “Hello World” Android application
- Move around in the Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- Use code completion
- Use breakpoints to debug applications
UNIT 2: Activities, Fragments, and Intents
Outcomes: Demonstrate the knowledge necessary to implement activities, fragments, and intents within an Android app
- List the life cycles of an activity
- Use fragments to customize the UI
- Apply styles and themes to activities
- Display activities as dialog windows
- Describe the concept of intents
- Display alerts to the user using notifications
UNIT 3: The Android User Interface
Outcomes: Describe how to create a user interface using different components in an in Android app
- Describe how View Groups and Layouts can be used to lay out views and organize the application screen
- Adapt and manage changes in screen orientation
- Create the UI programmatically
- Listen for UI notifications
UNIT 4: Designing Your User Interface with Views
Outcomes: Describe how to create a user interface using different views in an Android app
- Use the basic views in Android to design the user interface
- Implement the picker views to display lists of items
- Utilize the list views to display lists of items
- Use specialized fragments
UNIT 5: Displaying Pictures and Menus with Views
Outcomes: Describe the techniques of displaying pictures, display menus, and web content via Web View
- Use the Image Switcher, Grid View, and Image View views to display images
- Display options menus and context menus
- Display web content using the Web View
UNIT 6: Data Persistence
Outcomes: Explain the purpose of data persistence and write apps that stored off data in different methods such as Shared Preferences, internal storage, external storage, and SQLite databases
- Save simple data using the Shared Preferences object
- Enable users to modify preferences using a Preference Activity class
- Write and read files in internal and external storage
- Create and use a SQLite database
UNIT 7: Content Providers
Outcomes: Explain how to use content providers to provide additional features within an app including self-created content providers
- Describe content providers
- Use a content provider in Android
- Create and use your own content provider
UNIT 8: Messaging
Outcomes: Explain how to use SMS to both send and receive messages within an app
- Send SMS messages programmatically from within the application
- Send SMS messages using the built-in Messaging application
- Receive incoming SMS messages
- Send email messages from the application
UNIT 9: Location-Based Services
Outcomes: Explain how to use location-based services in an app including Google Maps, geocoding, GPS, Cell-ID, and Wi-Fi triangulation
- Display Google Maps in an Android application
- Display zoom controls on the map
- Switch between the different map views
- Retrieve the address location touched on the map
- Perform geocoding and reverse geocoding
- Obtain geographical data using GPS, Cell-ID, and Wi-Fi triangulation
- Monitor for a location
- Build a location tracker application
UNIT 10: Networking
Outcomes: Explain how to write apps that use the following networking protocols and services: HTTP, XML, JSON, and a socket server
- How to connect to the web using HTTP
- How to consume XML web services
- How to consume JSON web services
- How to connect to a Socket server
UNIT 11: Developing Android Services
Outcomes: Explain how to create an Android service that runs in the background and how services work in the Android environment
- Create a service that runs in the background
- Perform long-running tasks in a separate thread
- Perform repeated tasks in a service
- Describe how an activity and a service communicate
Projects Required:
Varies, refer to syllabus.
Textbook:
Contact Bookstore for current textbook.
Materials/Equipment Required:
None
Attendance Policy:
Students should adhere to the attendance policy outlined by the instructor in the course syllabus.
Grading Policy:
The grading policy will be outlined by the instructor in the course syllabus.
Maximum class size:
Based on classroom occupancy
Course Time Frame:
The U.S. Department of Education, Higher Learning Commission and the Kansas Board of Regents define credit hour and have specific regulations that the college must follow when developing, teaching and assessing the educational aspects of the college. A credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally-established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester hour of credit or an equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time. The number of semester hours of credit allowed for each distance education or blended hybrid courses shall be assigned by the college based on the amount of time needed to achieve the same course outcomes in a purely face-to-face format.
Refer to the following policies:
402.00 Academic Code of Conduct
263.00 Student Appeal of Course Grades
403.00 Student Code of Conduct
Disability Services Program:
Cowley College, in recognition of state and federal laws, will accommodate a student with a documented disability. If a student has a disability which may impact work in this class and which requires accommodations, contact the Disability Services Coordinator.
DISCLAIMER: THIS INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR THE OFFICIAL COURSE PROCEDURE CONTACT ACADEMIC AFFAIRS.
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