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Important Links

Google+ Community for Help:

bit.do/androidTC

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Udacity Signup:

bit.do/JamSignup

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The Course:

bit.do/TheCourse

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Exit Survey:

bit.do/GdgTcSurvey

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Lessons

Layouts

Interactivity

Object Oriented

Lesson 1:

Views &

User Interface

Lesson 2:

Events &

User Interactions

Lesson 3:

Patterns &

Best Practices

practice set 1

practice set 2

final project

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Projects

HELLO WORLD

setup IDE

BIRTHDAY CARD

try layouts & views

JUST JAVA

try interactivity

SCORING APP

put it all together

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Final Project

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Lesson & Practice Content

By Feb 29th:

  • 1A Building Layouts (26 videos)
  • 1B Building Layouts (23 videos)
  • Practice Set 1 (35 videos)
  • Coffee Break (11 videos)

By March 14th:

  • 2A Making an app interactive (40 videos)
  • 2B Making an app interactive (21 videos)
  • Practice Set 2 (44 videos)

By March 28th:

  • 3A Object oriented programming (33 videos)
  • 3B Object oriented programming (31 videos)

By April 18th:

  • Final Project

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Resources

  • Udacity Discussion Forum
  • Stack Overflow
  • Documentation
  • TC G+ Community – http://bit.do/androidTC

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When Asking Questions

Ideally:

  • Push code to github

Okay:

  • Zip code and put in Google Drive
  • Screenshots

Hangouts:

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Lesson 1A

  1. Don't stress out about the questions. They can be dumb sometimes
  2. Vocab Words Glossary (don't get hung up on this): https://developers.google.com/android/for-all/vocab-words/
  3. Fixing invalid XML exercise
  4. Density-independent pixels – what are they? – px vs dp/dip vs sp

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Lesson 1B

  1. Views vs ViewGroups
  2. ViewGroups – Frame, Linear, Relative
  3. LinearLayout Weight
  4. Avoid nesting layouts
  5. Material Design Guidelines

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Practice Set 1

  1. Tools installation – JDK, Android Studio, Android SDK(s)
  2. This can be frustrating: Don't worry; we’ll get it, and it's one and done.
  3. Be sure to switch to the correct instructions for your OS.
  4. Installing takes a *long* time and a lot of data.

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1A: XML Visualizer

http://labs.udacity.com/android-visualizer/#/android/text-view

Practice changing your views & layouts in XML here first

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Later you will change UI directly in Android Studio

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1A: View

Lesson Videos >> https://www.udacity.com/course/viewer#!/c-ud837/l-4027328704

A view is a rectangle on the screen showing some content

  • ImageView
  • TextView
  • Button

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other examples?

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1A: View

Common Android Views Cheat Sheet (Udacity)

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1A: Layout

Lesson Videos >> https://www.udacity.com/course/viewer#!/c-ud837/l-4027328704

A layout is a collection of views that make up one screen of your app

  • Login page layout
  • Camera Capture page layout
  • Photo gallery page layout

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other examples?

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1A: Layout ‘arranges’ Views

Common Android Layouts Cheat Sheet (Udacity)

Horizontal Linear Layout

Vertical Linear Layout

Vertical LL - equal height

Vertical LL - leftover height

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Important Links

Google+ Community for Help:

bit.do/androidTC

​

Udacity Signup:

bit.do/JamSignup

​

The Course:

bit.do/TheCourse

​

Exit Survey:

bit.do/GdgTcSurvey

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