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Android Basics: Networking

This class teaches the basics of networking using Android, and is a part of the Android Basics Nanodegree by Google.

In this course you will learn:

Discover the power of Web Apis and how they can be used in an Android App.
Get practice reading API documentation and learn how to request data from an API using a web browser.
Learn the essentials of JSON, a common HTTP Response format.
Harness the essentials of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol to exchange data between an Android device and a web server.
Learn about the components that are needed to compose an HTTP GET Request.
Harness the HttpUrlConnection class to compose a request to the USGS API.
Learn about how you can use threads to do time consuming work in the background while keeping an Android App's User Interface fast and responsive.
Get a comprehensive overview of AsyncTask and Loaders, two important threading options exposed by the Android Framework.
Discover how to persist user settings using Shared Preferences.