Android App Components - Services, Local IPC, and Content Providers

Description

This MOOC expands core Android app components and concurrency frameworks by focusing on started and bound services, local inter-process communication (IPC), and content providers. Case study apps will be examined from a variety of angles in order to learn how to programme these app components using Android's material design paradigm. Students will work on a hands-on project involving a material design-based RSS reader app in stages. 

Syllabus :

1. MOOC Overview

• MOOC Contents, Organization, and Learning Strategies
• Overview of Layered Architectures
• Primary and Secondary Storage Mechanisms
• Kernel IPC and Processing Mechanisms
• Android Kernel Extensions
• An Introduction to Key Concepts
• Android Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
• Android Runtime: Execution Environments
• Android Runtime: Core and Native Libraries
• Overview of Object-Oriented Frameworks
• Service Frameworks and Packaged Apps

 

2. Android Started and Bound Services

• Overview of Android Services
• Service Lifecycle Operations
• The IntentService Framework
• Service Deployment and Communication Models
• Case Study: PingPongReceiverService App

 

3. Android Local Inter-Process Communication (IPC)

• Overview of Android Local Inter-Process Communication
• Service and Activity Communication Via Android Messengers
• Programming Started Services with Intents & Messengers
• Programming Bound Services with Messengers

 

4. Android Content Providers

• Overview of Content Providers & Content Resolvers
• Overview of SQLite
• Developing a Content Provider
• Case Study: The HobbitContentProvider App

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