Week 1: Course Overview (2/1), Android Overview (2/3)
Readings & Tutorials:

• From the Android SDK Guide:
  • SDK System Requirements - check your JDK and install Eclipse
  • Installing the SDK - download & install the Android SDK, install the ADT Plugin for Eclipse, add Platforms and Components
• From the Android Developer's Guide:
  • Android Basics: What is Android?, Application Fundamentals
  • Developing: Introduction, Managing Virtual Devices, Managing Projects, from Eclipse with ADT
• Eclipse Starter Tutorials - recommend Using the Eclipse Workbench
• Tutorial: Hello World [Android Resources]

Week 2: Design & User Experience
Readings & Tutorials:

• Effective UI by Jonathan Anderson (in MSEL on-line collection): Chapters 1-2
• Designing for Interaction by Dan Saffer, 2010 (in MSEL on-line collection): Chapter 1
• Manifest File [Dev Guide]
• Activities [Dev Guide]
• Samples [Resources]
• Common Tasks [Resources]

Week 3: Android Activities & Layouts
Readings & Tutorials:

• Tutorial: Hello Views [Resources]
• API demos - start with Views
• XML basics
• User Interface (including all subTopics) [Dev Guide]
• View Class [Reference]
• Android Design

Week 4: Teamwork & Design Process
Readings & Tutorials:

• Designing for Interaction by Dan Saffer, 2010 (in MSEL on-line collection): Chapters 2-8
• Effective UI by Jonathan Anderson (in MSEL on-line collection): Chapters 3-4

Week 5: Quiz1 (2/28), Team Activity, Advanced Layouts
Readings & Tutorials:

• review Week 3 materials
• Effective UI by Jonathan Anderson (in MSEL on-line collection): Chapters 5-6

Week 6: Android Activities & Intents
Readings & Tutorials:

• Intents & Intent Filters [Dev Guide]
• review Week 2 materials
• Effective UI by Jonathan Anderson (in MSEL on-line collection): Chapter 7

Week 7: Team UI Presentations
Readings & Tutorials: review above, see below
Homework Out: Unified team design & development schedule
Homework In: Project UI research, designs & presentations; DriveTime UI

SPRING BREAK!

Week 8: Android Menus & Data Persistence
Readings & Tutorials:

• Menus [Dev Guide]
• Data Storage [Dev Guide]
• Content Providers [Dev Guide]

Week 9: Debugging, Testing & Versioning
Readings & Tutorials:

• Eclipse Debugging
• JUnit in Eclipse
• Git versioning system
• Testing Tutorial [Resources]
• Testing Overview (incl. subtopics) [Dev Guide]
• Testing from Eclipse [Dev Guide]
• Activity Testing [Resources]
• Using Actual Device [Dev Guide]
• Debugging (incl. subtopics) [Dev Guide]

[Passover/Easter]

Week 10: Advanced Topics
Readings & Tutorials:

• Effective UI by Jonathan Anderson (in MSEL on-line collection): Chapters 8-9
• Styles & Themes
• Choose the Android advanced topics relevant to your project and interests. Here are some ideas:
  • Media [Dev Guide]
  • Graphics [Dev Guide]
  • Location & Maps [Dev Guide]

Week 11: Mobile App Issues & Societal Impacts
Readings & Tutorials:

Week 12: Guest Lecture, Quiz2
Readings & Tutorials:
Homework Out: Team project presentation, member evaluations
Homework In:

Week 13: Project Presentations
Readings & Tutorials:
Homework Out: Course survey
Homework In: Team project implementation, presentation & evaluations

May 16: Final project revisions due by 2pm