Scribd
Upload
56 views

Advanced Android Programming Notes

Advanced Android Programming Notes

Uploaded by

ashelwaps4
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
56 views

Advanced Android Programming Notes

Advanced Android Programming Notes

Uploaded by

ashelwaps4
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 4

Advanced Android Programming Notes Outline

Page 1: Overview of Android Development

 Introduction to Android

o History and evolution of Android

o Android architecture and components

o Key Android programming concepts (Activities, Services, Broadcast Receivers, Content


Providers)

 Basic App Structure Review

o Project structure (Manifest, Java/Kotlin files, resources)

o Android lifecycle (Activity and Fragment lifecycle)

o XML layouts vs. programmatically created views

Page 2: Advanced UI Design

 Custom Views and ViewGroups

o Creating custom views from scratch

o Extending existing views

o Custom ViewGroups for complex layouts

 Constraint Layout and Advanced Layouts

o Using Constraint Layout for responsive UI

o Nested layouts and optimizing layout performance

 Animations and Transitions

o Property animations (ObjectAnimator, AnimatorSet)

o Shared element transitions between Activities

o Motion Layout for complex animations

Page 3: Data Storage and Persistence

 Shared Preferences and Internal Storage

o Storing key-value pairs with Shared Preferences

o Reading and writing files to internal/external storage

 SQLite and Room Database

o Using SQLite for local database storage


o Room persistence library and database migrations

o Writing custom SQL queries with Room

 Data Binding and LiveData

o Implementing Data Binding to simplify UI updates

o Using LiveData with ViewModel for reactive programming

Page 4: Networking and Web Services

 HTTP Communication

o Using HttpURLConnection and OkHttp

o Asynchronous networking with Retrofit

 RESTful APIs and JSON Parsing

o Consuming REST APIs with Retrofit and Gson/Moshi

o Handling responses and parsing JSON data

 WebSockets and Real-Time Communication

o Introduction to WebSockets

o Integrating WebSocket communication using OkHttp

Page 5: Background Processing

 AsyncTask and Handlers

o Basics of AsyncTask and using Handlers

o Limitations and alternatives

 Services and Intent Services

o Creating background services

o Foreground services for long-running tasks

 WorkManager for Scheduled Tasks

o Using WorkManager for background task scheduling

o Handling constraints like network availability, charging status

 Coroutines and RxJava for Asynchronous Programming

o Using Kotlin Coroutines for background processing

o Basics of Reactive Programming with RxJava

Page 6: Dependency Injection and Architecture


 Dependency Injection with Dagger and Hilt

o Setting up Dagger/Hilt for dependency injection

o Providing dependencies and using @Inject

 MVVM Architecture

o Implementing the Model-View-ViewModel pattern

o Using ViewModel with LiveData for reactive UIs

 Clean Architecture

o Separation of concerns in Android projects

o Domain layer, data layer, and presentation layer separation

Page 7: Advanced Jetpack Components

 Navigation Component

o Setting up navigation graphs

o Handling deep links and dynamic navigation

 Paging Library

o Loading large data sets with the Paging library

o Implementing paged lists with RecyclerView

 WorkManager and Lifecycle Components

o Managing background tasks with WorkManager

o Lifecycle-aware components (LiveData, LifecycleObservers)

Page 8: Security and Permissions

 Managing Permissions

o Requesting runtime permissions

o Using PermissionManager to handle permission results

 Secure Data Storage

o Storing sensitive information securely (encrypted SharedPreferences, SQLCipher)

o Using Android Keystore for cryptographic operations

 App Security Best Practices

o Secure communication (HTTPS, certificate pinning)

o Obfuscating code with ProGuard/R8


Page 9: Performance Optimization and Debugging

 Memory Management

o Avoiding memory leaks (using LeakCanary)

o Optimizing bitmap memory usage

 Profiling Tools

o Using Android Profiler (CPU, Memory, Network)

o Analyzing performance bottlenecks

 Improving App Startup Time

o Techniques to reduce app launch time

o Optimizing cold start and warm start scenarios

Page 10: Integrating Third-Party Libraries and Modern Practices

 Using Popular Libraries

o Image loading with Glide/Picasso

o Dependency injection with Koin

 Modularization

o Breaking the app into multiple modules for better maintainability

o Dynamic feature modules with Instant Apps

 Jetpack Compose

o Introduction to Jetpack Compose for modern UI development

o Basic components and state management

o Composable functions and their lifecycle

You might also like