Android Objectives

There are a lot of topics that need be covered when learning Android development.

Beginner

  • Buttons / Event Handlers / Event Listeners / Selectors
  • Activities and Activity Life Cycles
  • Intents and Intent Filters
  • Strings and String Resources
  • XML and Java code
  • Basic Views (TextView, ImageView) and View Groups
  • Layouts (Relative, Linear, Table, Grid)
  • Other Components (LargeText)
  • Log, Toasts, SnackBar

Intermediate

  • Dynamic Views (ListViews / GridViews / RecyclerView)
  • Adaptors and Inflators
  • Navigation (Menu, ActionBar/ToolBar, BackStack, SlideDrawer)
  • Fragments
  • Graphics (Animations, Material Design, Custom Drawing of Views)
  • Multi-screen and orientation
  • WebView
  • Storage (XML / JSON)
  • Google Store (Submitting, Integrating Ad)
  • Media (Audio / Video)
  • Form elements (Radio buttons / Checkboxes)
  • Model View Controller (MVC)

Advanced

  • Networking (JSON, HTTP requests, WebView)
  • Data Storage (SQLite, Shared Preferences)
  • Database and SQLite3 (DBMS)
  • APIs Sensors (Accelerators, GPS, Gyroscope, camera, Bluetooth, geolocation)
  • Services
  • Content Provider
  • Notifications
  • Broadcast Receiver (battery level / email notification)