Lynda - Building a Note-Taking App for Android

Size: 496MB | Duration: 2h 38m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 15&30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

Android, Windows, and iOS support are all required for a successful product. This course, revised for 2015, is one in a series that will demonstrate the platforms' similarities and differences via the development of a complete note-taking app. This installment uses Android Studio to get the job done. Author David Gassner shows you how to create a new project in Android Studio, customize its material design themes, and create a data management layer that allows users to create, read, update, and delete notes. He also demonstrates how to build a rich user interface, create activities (aka screens), and enable action icons to control navigation.

Building a Note-Taking App for iOS 8

and

Building a Note-Taking App for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Store

use the same assets to develop a similar app. Compare and contrast the steps and discover the similarities and differences between the three platforms.

Topics include:

* Understanding Android UI and data management patterns

* Creating an Android Studio project

* Customizing material design theme colors

* Defining an SQLite database structure

* Managing data with ContentProvider and Loader classes

* Retrieving and displaying data

* Customizing data display with a CursorAdapter

* Creating, updating, and deleting notes

* Preparing the app for deployment