PV256 Introduction to Development for Android

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Ing. Štefan Krajanec (lecturer)
Bc. Richard Pánek (seminar tutor), Jaroslav Novotný (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Štefan Krajanec
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. Ing. RNDr. Barbora Bühnová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PB162 Java || PB112 Foundations of OOP in Java
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 29/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 11/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the issue of development on mobile devices. Mobile development has its specifics - lack of resources, unstable internet connection, short application life cycle. The course introduces the differences from desktop development and teaches best practices of mobile programming. Primarily, Kotlin language is used but just knowledge of Java is required to enter the course.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will understand selected chapters of design and implementation of mobile applications and will be able to create a mobile application at a more advanced level, which can be published, ie. exhibit for sale and distribution. The student will understand the principles of its development cycle so that the application meets the requirements of the design patterns used.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to Android, Java vs. Kotlin, Gradle, organizational information,
  • 2. Project structure, Resources, Layouts,
  • 3. Compose, Viewmodel, and Coroutine,
  • 4. Application architecture,
  • 5. Threads, asynchronous operations,
  • 6. Lists and efficient data display in Compose,
  • 7. Gradle and project assembly,
  • 8. Working with APIs and network calls,
  • 9. Working with databases,
  • 10. Publishing an application and basics of monetization.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • DARWIN, Ian F. Android Cookbook: Problems and Solutions for Android Developers. O'Reilly Media, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4493-8841-6. info
  • MEIER, Reto. Professional Android 4 Application Development. John Wiley & Sons, 2012. ISBN 978-1-118-22385-7. info
Teaching methods
Laboratory workshops - code showcases, practical procedures. Consulted work in and outside of seminars on related project iterations. Students will work in pairs to experience application creation in the same way, it would be created in commercial environment. They will undergo all base phases of application development - from planning to publishing. Students will also learn how to cooperate on code making and how to manage it in a repository.
Assessment methods
Term project.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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