Short Term Course in Android Operating System

By
Suresh Reddy Velga,
HCL Technologies Ltd.

Android is a software platform for mobile devices. It is based on the Linux kernel. Because of Android’s open-source license, there are virtually limitless opportunities in software development for the platform. The proper Android training in using its API, the Software Development Kit (SDK), and the tools will help you unlock your potential as an Android developer. Many Coaching Institutes are offering Android training classes in application development, accelerated development, and advanced Android.
Course Contents:

1. Introduction to Android and Java
   • Installing Android
   • Creating Hello World
   • Running on Emulator
   • Introduction to Java Data types, Loops, Conditionals and Operators
2. Android Architecture and OOPS
   • Building Blocks of Android
   • Java Classes and Objects
   • Class Methods and Instances
   • Inheritance and Polymorphism in Java
   • Interface and Abstract class
3. Android UI and Advance Java
   • Using resources
   • Using themes
   • Debugging Android Code
   • Settings
   • Java I/O
   • Threads and Synchronization
4. Android Graphics and Multimedia
   • Basic Graphics
   • Input Handling
   • Playing Audio
   • Playing Video
5. Persistence in Android
   • Accessing Internal Files system
   • Accessing SD cards
   • Introduction to SQLite
   • Data Binding
   • Content Provider
6. Network Awareness
   • Accessing the Internet
   • Using Web services
   • Using Java and Java Script
   • Location Sensing
7. 3D graphics in OpenGL and other views
   • OpenGL Introduction
   • Using Threads and Models
   • Texture in OpenGL
   • Making a application in OpenGL
   • Other standard views in Android
8. Widgets and the way ahead
   • Android Widget Development
   • The Path Ahead for Android
   • Running Application on device
   • Android Market Some Do’s and Don\'ts
   • Introduction to System programming in Android
9. Live Project
   • Design and Requirement analysis support
   • Implementation and QA support

Course Duration: 3months (Avg)
Course Fee: Rs 8,000-12,000

Who can learn the course?

• If you are a Beginner or an Intermediate level developer who wants to jump onto the Android Apps development bandwagon and start making money

This course is for software developers who have background in either procedural or object oriented programming languages. To get the full value from this course, the participants should be able to:

• Define common computer terminology
• Solve basic mathematical or technical computer problems
• Understand the concept of a variable, flow control constructs, and functions
• Execute commands using a command-line interface\\
• Basic Java programming skills, or equivalent OOP language experience
• To get the most benefit you must have a basic understanding of C and Java. Stronger proficiency with C, C++, Java, and Make is recommended.

After the Course:

• Android course provides students with the skills for analyzing, designing, developing, and troubleshooting Android application Witten in Java language.
• The participants learn the syntax and the constructs of the Java programming language, the concepts behind object-oriented programming (OOP) with Java, packaging, Java documentation, exception handling, Java libraries (I/O, utilities, networking), and concurrent programming with Java threads.
• By the end of the course, A Student will be able to write simple GUI applications, use built-in widgets and components, work with the database to store data locally, and much more and each participant will build their own complete Android application incorporating most of the key aspects of the platform. Typically, we build a Twitter app for Android, but there are other choices depending on participants\' interests.

Job Opportunities:

• The market for mobile applications has exploded recently. This rapid growth of Android\'s market share creates an optimistic job outlook for android application developers. Android application developers can develop applications for mobile phones as well as contribute to mobile web sites and other applications.
• Those who are willing to work as freelancers have even more job opportunities available to them as smaller companies attempt to catch up in the mobile space. In a global market, that currently has a short supply and high demand for Android coders.

Top Companies:

• Samsung India Software Operations Private Limited
• Motorola India Pvt. Ltd
• TATA Consultancy Services Ltd.
• Reliance Industries Ltd
• Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited
• Software Intellects, Inc. - Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Average Pay Scale: Android Developers earn a starting salary of Rs. 10,000-15000
Institutes:

• Annex IT Solutions
• Aptech computer Education
• CMC computer Education
• FUTUREPOINT TECHNOLOGIES

Android History:
Android is an operating system for mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers. Android was founded in Pal Alto, California, United States in October 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White. Android is developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google. Google purchased the initial developer of the software, Android Inc., in 2005. The unveiling of the Android distribution on November 5, 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 84 hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.

Recent versions of Android:

• 2.3 Ginger Bread.
• 3.0 HoneyComb.
• 3.1 HoneyComb.- released in May 2011
• 3.2 HoneyComb.-released in July 2011
• 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-announced on October 19, 2011

Published date : 20 Jun 2015 06:26PM