Theory

650003        Mobile Computing (MC)

• Gujarat Technical University (GTU) Syllabus, MCA Semester - 5

Chapter-0   Installation & Sample Application

• Eclipse Installation 
• Java Installation
• Android Installation
• Android Same Application 

Chapter-1.   Introduction to Android

•  History of Mobile Software Development
•  The Open Handset Alliance
•  The Android Platform
•  Android SDK
•  Building a sample Android application

Chapter-2.   Android Application Design Essentials

• Anatomy of an Android applications
• Android terminologies
• Application Context, Activities, Services, Intents
• Receiving and Broadcasting Intents  
• Android Manifest File and its common settings 
• Using Intent Filter, Permissions 
• Managing Application resources in a hierarchy  
• Working with different types of resources 

Chapter-3.   Android User Interface Design Essentials

• User Interface Screen elements
• Designing User Interfaces with Layouts
• Drawing and Working with Animation

Chapter-4.   Using Common Android APIs

• Using Android Data and Storage APIs  
• Managing data using SQLite  
• Sharing Data Between Applications with Content Providers  
• Using Android Networking APIs
• Using Android Web APIs 
• Using Android Telephony APIs

Chapter-5.   Deploying Android Application to the World

• Selling your Android application 

Text Book

1. Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder, “Android Wireless Application Development”, Pearson Education, 2nd ed. (2011)
   

Reference Book

1. Reto Meier, “Professional Android 2 Application Development”, Wiley India Pvt Ltd 
2. Mark L Murphy, “Beginning Android”, Wiley India Pvt Ltd
3. Sayed Y Hashimi and Satya Komatineni, “Pro Android”, Wiley India Pvt Ltd
4. devloper.android.com (web)