SkillSoft Explore Course – Lambers, Inc.

IT Skills Software Design and Development Mobile Development Android

Understanding the design and background processes used by your development environment can increase productivity and help produce more efficient code. This course discusses a number of advanced topics that take place 'under the hood' of Xamarin.Android apps and their build process. You will also learn about Android wearable devices and writing applications to target the Android Wear platform. This course also introduces the Visual Studio Emulator for Android and highlights its features.

Asset ID	sd_afdd_a06_it_enus
Course Type	Video Course
Course Category	Software Design and Development

Objectives
Advanced Design Considerations start the course describe design goals of the Xamarin application program interface or API describe the design of the Xamarin bindings target your build at a specific application binary interface or ABI make use of and bundle native libraries into your Android Package Kit or APK ensure your application does not suffer from an unresponsive GUI Behind the Scenes describe how a Xamarin.Android application interfaces with the Android platform describe the usage of Callable Wrappers describe the relationship between Java and C# constructors use the Dispose function with caution describe the process of launching a Xamarin.Android app The Build Process describe the steps involved in building a Xamarin.Android Android Package Kit or APK identify the components of the Build process describe the various actions that control how a file is processed during build Android Wear describe the features and utility of the Android Wear application program interface or API prepare your Xamarin.Android install for developing Android Wear apps create a simple Android Wear application make use of user interface or UI controls specific to Android Wear write applications that work with multiple screen sizes describe how Android Wear apps are packaged Visual Studio Emulator for Android install Visual Studio Emulator for Android describe the system requirements and limitations of the Visual Studio Emulator for Android monitor network traffic with Fiddler describe the configuration options in the emulator identify the features available to test using the emulator Practice: Create an Android Wear App create a simple Android Wear application

Objectives

Advanced Design Considerations

start the course
describe design goals of the Xamarin application program interface or API
describe the design of the Xamarin bindings
target your build at a specific application binary interface or ABI
make use of and bundle native libraries into your Android Package Kit or APK
ensure your application does not suffer from an unresponsive GUI

Behind the Scenes

describe how a Xamarin.Android application interfaces with the Android platform
describe the usage of Callable Wrappers
describe the relationship between Java and C# constructors
use the Dispose function with caution
describe the process of launching a Xamarin.Android app

The Build Process

describe the steps involved in building a Xamarin.Android Android Package Kit or APK
identify the components of the Build process
describe the various actions that control how a file is processed during build

Android Wear

describe the features and utility of the Android Wear application program interface or API
prepare your Xamarin.Android install for developing Android Wear apps
create a simple Android Wear application
make use of user interface or UI controls specific to Android Wear
write applications that work with multiple screen sizes
describe how Android Wear apps are packaged

Visual Studio Emulator for Android

install Visual Studio Emulator for Android
describe the system requirements and limitations of the Visual Studio Emulator for Android
monitor network traffic with Fiddler
describe the configuration options in the emulator
identify the features available to test using the emulator

Practice: Create an Android Wear App

create a simple Android Wear application