Android Basics Topics

Chapter 1: Introduction to Android 

•  What is Android?  
•  Setting up development environment  
•  Dalvik Virtual Machine & .apk file extension 
•  Fundamentals: 

            a. Basic Building blocks - Activities,Services,Broadcast Receivers & Content providers
            b. UI Components - Views & notifications 
            c. Components for communication -Intents & Intent Filters 

•  Android API levels (versions & version names)

Chapter 2: Application Structure (in detail) 

•  AndroidManifest.xml 
•  uses-permission & uses-sdk 
•  Resources & R.java 
•  Assets 
•  Layouts & Drawable Resources 
•  Activities and Activity lifecycle
  
  

Chapter 3: Emulator-Android Virtual Device 

• Launching emulator 
• Editing emulator settings 
• Emulator short cuts 
• Logcat usage 
• Introduction to DDMS 
• Second App:- (switching between activities using Intent)