Mobile Development Professional Training Package

About the Mobile Development Professional

Android Programming with Java Basics (7 days)   

Course Objectives

• Learn the basics of Android.
• Understand the application lifecycle.
• Write simple GUI applications.
• Use built-in widgets and components.
• Work with the database to store data locally.
• Build your own Android apps
• Explain the differences between Android and other mobile development environments
• Understand how Android applications work, their life cycle, manifest, Intents, and using external resources
• Design and develop useful Android applications with compelling user interfaces by using, extending, and creating your own layouts and Views and using Menus.
• Take advantage of Android's APIs for data storage, retrieval, user preferences, files, databases, and content providers
• Tap into location-based services, geocoder, compass sensors, and create rich map-based applications
• Utilize the power of background services, threads, and notifications.
• Use Android's communication APIs for SMS, telephony, network management, and internet resources (HTTP).
• Secure, tune, package, and deploy Android applications

Course Outline

• Creating Basic Java Applications
  1. Creating Applications in Packages
  2. Java Variables
  3. Java Conditionals and Loops
  4. Java Arrays
  5. Java Array Lists
• Java Object Oriented Concepts Review*
  1. Creating a Java Class
  2. Improving the Java Class
  3. Using Inheritance
  4. Understanding Interfaces
  5. The Static Context
• Creating Your First Android Applications
  1. The Hello World Application
  2. Working with the Emulator
  3. Strings
  4. Drawables
  5. Introducing the Manifest
  6. Understanding the Activity Lifecycle
• Creating Listeners
  1. Listeners Using an inner class
  2. Listeners Using an interface
  3. Listeners By Variable Name
  4. Long Clicks
  5. Keyboard Listeners
• Understanding Android View Containers
  1. Linear Layout
  2. Relative Layout
  3. Table Layout
  4. List View
• Android Widgets Part I
  1. Custom Buttons
  2. Toggle Buttons
  3. Checkboxes and Radio Buttons
  4. Spinners
• Android Widgets Part II
  1. Autocomplete Text Box
  2. Map View
  3. Web Views
  4. Time and Date Pickers
• Communicating Between Activities
  1. Switching Activities
  2. Putting Extra
  3. Using Shared Preferences
• Storing Information on the Device
  1. Internal Storage
  2. External Storage
  3. Web Communication and Storage
• Audio and Video
  1. Playing Audio with the MediaPlayer
  2. More Audio Options
  3. Playing Video with the MediaPlayer
  4. Recording and Storing Audio Content
• Custom List Views
  1. List Activities with Custom Layouts
  2. List Activities with Custom Adapters
  3. Displaying multiple items in a List View
• Integrating Web Services
  1. Text Based Web Services
  2. Sending data to a Web Services
  3. Integrating a JSON based web service
• Creating Home Screen Widgets
  1. Creating the Widget Background
  2. Placing and Updating the Widget
  3. Events on the Widget
• Drawing and Animation
  1. The Android Drawing API
  2. Animation with XML
  3. Programatic Animation
• Geolocation
  1. Determining Location
  2. Integrating Google Maps
• Camera Hardware
  1. Taking Pictures and Saving in the Album
  2. Recording Video Content

iPhone / iPad Programming with Objective C Basics (7 days)   

Course Objectives

• To be familiar with Objective-C.
• To understand Model-View-Controller architecture.
• To be familiar with Xcode, Instruments and Interface Builder.
• To be familiar with Cocoa Touch Library.
• To understand multi touch programming.
• To be familiar with the various pieces if iOS.
• Create sample iPhone and iPad apps that do animation and respond to various acceleration events.
• Interface apps with the Google maps server.
• Interfaces apps with a SQLlite Database.
• Interface apps with the Game Center.
• Interface apps with iAd server.
• Create apps that support both Portrait and Landscape modes.
• Create a User Control.
• Be familiar with UITableView class.

Course Outline

• NSArrays in Objective C
  1. Creating Arrays
  2. NSMutable Array
  3. NSArray Methods
• Numbers and Number Formats
  1. The NSNumber Object
  2. Formatting Numbers with NSNumberFormatter
• Strings in Objective C
  1. The NSString Class and NSMutableString
  2. Simple String Manipulation with String Classes
  3. Search and Replace with String Classes
• NSDictionary and NSMutableDictionary
  1. Declaring an NSDictionary Object
  2. Reading Data from an NSDictionary Object
  3. Manipulating NSDictionary Objects with Methods
• Creating Your Own Classes
  1. Objects versus Classes
  2. Declaring Class Properties and Tasks
  3. The @property and @synthesize statements
  4. Creating an Instance Object from Your Class
• Creating Your Own Classes II
  1. Class init Methods
  2. Class Inheritance
  3. Overriding Tasks
  4. Class Level Methods
• Creating a Simple iOS Application
  1. Creating the User Interface
  2. Setting Component Properties
  3. Wiring Outlets and Actions
• Rotation and Resizing
  1. Enabling and Disabling Rotation
  2. Configuring View Auto-resizing
  3. Manually placing View Elements
  4. Hiding the Keyboard
• XCode Storyboarding
  1. Adding Scenes to the Storyboard
  2. Adding Segues
  3. Triggering a Segue Programmatically
  4. Performing Tasks Before a Segue
• Table Views
  1. Building a Static TableView
  2. Building a Dynamic TableView
  3. Implementing TableView Navigation
  4. Creating a TableView with Custom Cell Design
  5. Implementing Navigation
• Tab View Applications
  1. Setting up the Tab Bar
  2. Adding additional View Controllers
  3. Configuring Tab Bar Items
• Creating a Page Based Application
  1. The UIPageViewController Class
  2. Setting up a Datasource
  3. Orientation and Spine Location
  4. The UIPageViewController Delegate Protocol
• Working with Picker Components
  1. DatePicker Component
  2. Custom Picker Component
• Saving Data to the Device
  1. Basic File I/O
  2. Saving Object State Using Archiving
  3. Database Implementation with SQLite
  4. The Core Data Stack
• Multitouch, Taps and Gestures
  1. The Responder Chain
  2. Gestures, Taps and Touches
  3. Touch Notification Methods
• Location Based Services
  1. Determining Location
  2. Calculating Distances
  3. The Location Manager Delegate
  4. Working with Maps
• Camera and Media
  1. Taking and Retaining Pictures
  2. Playing and Recording Audio
  3. Playing and Recording Video

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• Award winning, world-class Instructors

  Mark L. - Experience teaching beginner to advanced software engineering and development classes - Architectured NetCom Learning's Mobile Development Professional training package (Android & iPhone) - Acclaimed instructor at NetCom Learning, with evaluation score of 8.7 out of 9. Bio: Mark is an accomplished web and mobile development trainer and Subject Matter Expert. He has been teaching beginner to advanced software engineering and development classes since 2005. With an extensive background in corporate programming he easily understands the impact of new technologies and the knowledge developers need to succeed. Most recently Mark architectured NetCom Learning's Mobile Development Professional training package (Android & iPhone) to much critical acclaim. Mark's passion and aptitude for the subject matter is abundant, and clearly evident in his near-perfect post-class evaluation scores (8.7 out of 9) and praise from clients.

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• Actual Client Testimonials

  May 15 2012 The instructor was very good and knowledgeable in regard to course content. -Steven B. Course(s) Taken Mobile Development Professional

  
  

  Oct 10 2011 Training was great and it helped me gain some real practice knowledge for Android Development. -Jerry K. Course(s) Taken Mobile Development Professional

  
  

  Jun 29 2011 The NetCom staff worked with me to ensure the training I desired fit into my schedule. In doing so, I received a great deal of personal attention. -Michael T. Course(s) Taken Mobile Development Professional

  
  
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