Android Development Course

Introduction to Computers – hardware, software, input/output devices

Understanding Binary, Bits, and Bytes

What is an Operating System?

Types of OS – Windows, Linux, Android

How Android OS works (Kernel, Runtime, Libraries, Framework, Apps)

File systems and process management basics

Setting up environment – installing Android Studio & JDK

Introduction to Java – JVM, JRE, JDK

Variables, Data Types, and Operators

Control Structures – if, switch, loops

Functions and Methods

Object-Oriented Programming – Class, Object, Constructor

Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Abstraction

Exception Handling

Collections (ArrayList, HashMap)

Input/Output and basic file handling

Small Console Project – Student Record Management (Java)

Overview of Android Studio interface

Creating your first Android project

Understanding Gradle build system

Emulator setup & testing on real device

Android project structure (manifests, java, res folders)

Using Logcat & Terminal

Managing dependencies via Gradle

Version Control (Git integration in Android Studio)

Introduction to XML & Android View hierarchy

TextView, EditText, Button, ImageView, etc.

Layouts – LinearLayout, RelativeLayout, ConstraintLayout

ScrollView, RecyclerView basics

Style, Theme, and Drawable resources

Colors, Dimensions, and Strings resources

Responsive design – dp, sp, and adaptive UI

Hands-on: Build a Simple Login Screen UI

Activity Lifecycle (onCreate, onStart, onResume…)

Intents – explicit & implicit

Passing data between activities

Fragment Lifecycle & Communication

FragmentManager and FragmentTransaction

Navigation Component (basic intro)

Reusable layouts & include tags

Hands-on: Multi-screen App with Fragments and Intents

What is an API? RESTful services overview

HTTP basics (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)

Using HttpURLConnection and Retrofit

Parsing JSON responses with Gson

Displaying API data in RecyclerView

Managing permissions and internet access

Handling errors and no internet state

Hands-on: Weather App using OpenWeatherMap API

Introduction to Android Services

Foreground vs Background services

Using IntentService

BroadcastReceiver and registering broadcasts

Working with system events (Battery, Connectivity)

Notification Manager basics

Hands-on: Music Player Background Service

SharedPreferences for small data

Internal & External Storage

SQLite Database in Android

Displaying stored data in RecyclerView

Setting up Firebase in Android Studio

Firebase Authentication (Email/Password)

Firebase Realtime Database & Firestore

Firebase Storage for images/files

Firebase Cloud Messaging (Push Notifications)

Firebase Analytics overview

What is Dependency Injection? Why use it?

Manual dependency injection examples

Introduction to Dagger and Hilt

Setting up Hilt in Android project

Injecting ViewModel and Repository with Hilt

Best practices and architecture overview

Understanding Logcat and breakpoints

Debugging crashes and exceptions

Analyzing stack traces

Using Android Profiler (CPU, Memory, Network)

Common errors and how to fix them

Project planning and documentation

App UI/UX design

Task division and Git workflow

API integration, storage, Firebase setup

Testing and debugging

Packaging and publishing (APK)

How to use ChatGPT for code assistance

Prompt engineering for Android queries

Debugging and optimizing with AI help

Using ChatGPT to generate XML/UI ideas

Automating documentation and comments

Building a developer portfolio

Resume preparation for Android developers

GitHub profile and project showcasing

Common interview questions (Java, Android)

Freelancing and Play Store publishing

Continuous learning roadmap (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, etc.)