Mark Lassoff – Android Development for Beginners

Mark Lassoff – Android Development for BeginnersStart coding Android apps today with Mark Lassoff’s complete Android Development Course!Unless you’ve been sleeping for the last couple of years, you know that Mobile is H-O-T! And the most popular mobile platform in the world? That’s Android. Do you have a great idea for a mobile app that you’d love to get on the market? Does your company need a mobile app to grow it’s online audience? Perhaps you’ve always wanted to learn Android Development for fun?Whatever your reason– Android Development for Beginners is for you. This course covers the skills needed to produce competent, quality, error-free Android applications. More importantly, this course builds the foundation you need to learn more advanced skills and create professional, quality mobile applications.While this is a course for beginners, to be successful you need to know the basics of Java. The course will review the more complex Java used in the Android ecosystem, but you should understand Java Basics– Variables, Loops, Functions, Conditionals.Everything you need to participate in the course is 100% free and downloadable.Good luck– and see you in class!Your HostMark LassoffMark Lassoff is the founder of and lead instructor at LearnToProgram.tv. Mark has always considered himself a teacher first and a technologist second. With over 20 years experience teaching computer science Mark knows how to make complex technical concepts understandably. Mark’s previous experience encompasses everything from ups to Fortune 500 companies.Mark is the author of six programming books and dozens of online courses. He lives in Connecticut where he’s redecorating his condo. Want to help?EpisodesJava ReviewCreating Basic Java Applications (8:00)Creating Applications in Packages (6:24)Java Variables (14:45)Java Conditionals and Loops (22:40)Java Arrays (10:31)Java Array Lists (7:48)Chapter 1 Lab ExerciseJava Object Oriented Concepts ReviewCreating a Java Class (12:12)Improving the Java Class (11:01)Using Inheritance (9:29)Understanding Interfaces (9:44)The Static Context (3:18)Chapter 2 Lab ExerciseCreating Your First Android ApplicationsThe Hello World Application (19:52)Working with the Emulator (7:48)Strings (11:11)Drawables (10:46)Introducing the Manifest (7:46)Understanding the Activity Lifecycle (11:18)Chapter 3 Lab ExerciseCreating ListenersListeners Using an Inner Class (9:25)Listeners Using an Interface (11:27)Listeners by Variable Name (6:21)Long Clicks (6:33)Keyboard Listeners (7:39)Chapter 4 Lab ExerciseUnderstanding Android View ContainersLinear Layout (13:36)Relative Layout (8:39)Table Layout (9:53)List View (12:12)Chapter 5 Lab ExerciseAndroid Widgets Part ICustom Buttons (7:57)Toggle Buttons (8:05)Checkboxes and Radio Buttons (17:38)Spinners (10:38)Chapter 6 Lab ExerciseAndroid Widgets Part IIAutocomplete Text box (6:31)Map View (14:26)Web Views (6:02)Time and Date Pickers (20:03)Chapter 7 Lab ExerciseCommunicating Between ActivitiesSwitching Activities (8:34)Putting Extra (14:15)Using Shared Preferences (14:15)Chapter 8 Lab ExerciseStoring Information on the DeviceInternal Storage (18:39)External Storage (12:57)Web Communication and Storage (7:54)Chapter 9 Lab ExerciseAudio and VideoPlaying Audio with the Media Player (5:30)Playing Video with the Media Player (4:16)Chapter 10 Lab Exercise