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

• Your First Programs and Variables
  1. Hello World in C
  2. Declaring and Initializing Variables
  3. Simple Strings in C
  4. Arithmetic Operations in C
• Working With Conditionals
  1. Simple If Statements
  2. If...Else...If Statements
  3. Switch Statements
  4. The Ternary Operator
• Coding Loops
  1. While and Do While
  2. For Loops
  3. Break and Continue Statements
• Arrays
  1. Creating Arrays
  2. Looping Through Arrays
  3. Character Arrays
• Programmer Defined Functions
  1. Basic Functions
  2. Creating Function Arguments
  3. Returning Values from a Function
  4. Functions and Variable Scope
• Pointers and Memory
  1. Finding and Storing Memory Addresses
  2. Pointer Dereferencing
  3. Using Pointers with Functions
  4. Memory Allocations
• File IO
  1. Opening and Reading Files
  2. Writing to Files
• 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

Do you have the right background for Mobile Development Professional?

Benefit of taking Mobile Development Professional at NetCom

• Why Choose Apple Training at NetCom Learning?

  As a recognition for training excellence, NetCom Learning was chosen by Microsoft as the 2007 Worldwide Learning Solutions Partner of the year out of 1400 training companies.

  In addition, we have won numerous other training awards for quality and customer satisfaction by CompTIA, EC-Council and other vendors. We are simply passionate about learning and achieving the highest customer satisfaction in your learning experience!

• NetCom provides Authorized Training

  NetCom Learning is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS), Cisco Learning Partner, CompTIA Platinum Partner, EC-Council Accredited Training Center, Adobe Authorized Training Center, Autodesk Authorized Training Center and many others. We are proud to offer the highest quality, authorized training solutions from our many partners for our customers.

  See our comprehensive list of partner authorizations.

• 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.

  Sam P. - Team leader for the first undergraduate team to win the Duke Startup Challenge. - Over 15 years of experience in the IT industry. - NetCom Learning Instructor of the Year 2011. Bio: Sam Polsky has spent his entire career in entrepreneurial pursuits, including such fields as biotechnology, software development, data management, and business process management. He began in entrepreneurship as team leader for the first undergraduate team to win the Duke Startup Challenge, a business development competition geared towards Duke University�s various graduate schools. Sam Polsky has since co-founded a consulting firm where he has been involved in software architecture, development and implementation. On top of that, Sam has been delivering acclaimed solutions in software architecture, development and implementation for over 15 years. He is a much-admired Subject Matter Expert and Trainer at NetCom Learning and was voted NetCom Learning Instructor of the Year 2011

  See more...  
• Actual Client Testimonials

  Mar 18 2013 I was recently a student in the Java boot camp class. I would just like to say that my instructor for that course was one of the best that I''ve ever encountered at your facility - Arthur Gober. I've been a student of at least a dozen classes at NetCom and he is by far one of my favorites now. He was very methodical in the way he taught; he always ensured that I never fell behind in the material; he gave me a great foundation on which to build on in regards to Java programming. He actually inspired me to become a better programmer and for that I will always be grateful. - Kevin W. Course(s) Taken Mobile Development Professional

  
  

  Feb 24 2013 Instructor (Jeff Mullen) was great- very knowledgeable and friendly. NetCom Learning was great to work with! - Jennifer S. Course(s) Taken Mobile Development Professional

  
  

  Feb 15 2013 I've been a student at NetCom Learning for over 10 years now and I have enjoyed every class I''ve ever taken there. The classes are small which I find to be beneficial (5-10 students) and the instructors are always very knowledgeable in regards to the material they are teaching. The receptionists at NetCom are always friendly and helpful. The classroom environment is user friendly. The instructors are knowledgeable and helpful. There is a testing center in the facility which is extremely convenient. I can honestly say, I can''t think of anything I would change at NetCom. I am proud to be a student there. - Kevin W. Course(s) Taken Mobile Development Professional

  
  

  Oct 01 2012 Comprehensive learning environment. Small class size helped the transfer of knowledge happen easier. - Bryan B. Course(s) Taken Mobile Development Professional

  
  

  Sep 21 2012 Got good service and attention from Bill Malone. Professionally done. - Steve S. Course(s) Taken Mobile Development Professional

  
  

  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

  
  
• Real world Client Case Studies
  
  

  Apple Application Development Training Saves Company's Cost

  Published On: 19 March 2013

  Customer: Jason Uhazie

  Location: New York, NY, US

  Business Needs: The client, an IT professional, had developed an internal web based solution for his employer, a radiology group, which now wanted to have an iPhone application created to work with the web product. In order to create the iPhone app the client would need to gain training in iPhone/iPad programming. The clients employer wanted to have the iPhone app completed as soon as possible so that there was also a time limit to find a training company with the right classes.   Solution: The client identified NetCom Learning through an Internet search looking for training companies that offered classes specifically in iPhone application development. He spoke with a NetCom Learning Consultant who provided him with information on what NetCom Learning had to offer and how the training would be of benefit to him as an IT professional and to his employer. Download and view Case Study in PDF format   Training: Courses Taken iPhone / iPad Programming with Objective C Basics Packages Purchased Mobile Development Professional   Benefits: The client stated that he knew as soon as he learned about the coursework that it was going to be the right choice for both him and his company. He stated that as soon as he returned from the training he had accumulated such as wealth of knowledge of the iPhone application development tools that he was able to accomplish the required iPhone app within the first week after training. The average cost of creating an application is estimated at $10,000, so that the training more than paid for itself in the first week after the client received the training. The client estimates that the training saved his company more than $7,000 in just the one application that he created. Now that he has learned how to do the work himself including all the bells and whistles he feels he will be able to create many more useful applications for the iPhone and iPad for his company with his new knowledge, saving his company both time and cost.

• Awards won by NetCom

  NetCom Learning is an award winning, customer focused company. We are simply Passionate About Learning!

  See our list of awards.

• Specialized Boot Camp Training

  

  This training is also available as a boot camp. NetCom is world famous for delivering specialized boot camp training to our clients.

  For answers to questions regarding our boot camp training delivery format, please refer to our Boot Camp FAQ section.

Next Step, how do I attend the Mobile Development Professional?

Call us toll-free at 1-888-563-8266 FREE Training Inquiry form Website Live Chat Contact us via Email: info@netcomlearning.com