About this course: This 4 week MOOC builds upon the overview of Java and Android covered in Course 1 by delving deeper into core Android app components, such as intents, activities, and broadcast receivers. You will learn by example how to program these core Android components together with Android concurrency frameworks and basic Java file I/O classes (such as File and InputStream) and Android storage mechanisms (such as Shared Preferences). You'll also learn how to use the Git source code management system. Throughout this MOOC you'll work incrementally on a project involving downloading, storing, and display images from remote websites. Each week you will add additional capabilities to the project, based on material covered in the lecture videos. You'll spend roughly 4 hours per week watching video lectures, taking quizzes, and programming assignments with Java and Android.
Taught by: Dr. Douglas C. Schmidt, Professor of Computer Science and Associate Chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Program
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Taught by: Michael Walker, Instructor - Graduate Student pursuing PhD in Computer Science
EECS
Taught by: Dr. C. Jules White, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Course 2 of 5 in the
Android App Development Specialization.
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| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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I learnt a lot about intents and activities from the course. It's great to have an idea of the theory behind intents and activities.
Gives an in-depth explanation about how intents and broadcast receivers work in android.
A lot of information to be absorbed.
I like how up-to-date the material is, though in some cases a a little too 'fresh'---assignments need some clean-up.
For the app case studies and assignments, should add simple UML sequence and/or collaboration diagrams to the existing class diagrams.
This would help to better illustrate the interactions of the various Android classes---especially if it could be animated.
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Awesome content!!