Table of Contents

1. What is Android?
   1.1. Android Operation System
   1.2. Security and permissions
2. Android components
   2.1. Activity
   2.2. Views and ViewGroups
   2.3. Intents
   2.4. Services
   2.5. ContentProvider
   2.6. BroadcastReceiver
   2.7. (HomeScreen) Widgets
   2.8. Other
3. Android Development Tools
   3.1. What are the Android Development Tools?
   3.2. Dalvik Virtual Machine
   3.3. How to develop Android Applications
4. Android Application Architecture
   4.1. AndroidManifest.xml
   4.2. R.java and Resources
   4.3. Assets
   4.4. Reference to resources in XML files
   4.5. Activities and Layouts
   4.6. Activities and Lifecycle
   4.7. Context
5. Installation
   5.1. Pre-requisites for using a 64bit Linux
   5.2. Eclipse and automatic Android SDK
   5.3. Manually install Android SDK
   5.4. Install a specific Android version
   5.5. Android Source Code
6. Android virtual device - Emulator
   6.1. What is the Android Emulator?
   6.2. Google vrs. Android AVD
   6.3. Emulator Shortcuts
   6.4. Performance
   6.5. Hardware button
7. Tutorial: Create and run Android Virtual Device
8. Error handling and typical problems
   8.1. Clean Project
   8.2. Problems with Android Debug Bridge (adb)
   8.3. LogCat
   8.4. Emulator does not start
   8.5. Error message for @override
   8.6. Missing Imports
   8.7. Eclipse Tips
9. Your first Android project
   9.1. Create Project
   9.2. Two faces of things
   9.3. Create attributes
   9.4. Add UI Elements
   9.5. Edit UI properties
   9.6. Code your application
   9.7. Start Project
10. Starting an deployed application
11. Menus and Action Bar
    11.1. Definition of menu entries
    11.2. Action bar tabs
    11.3. Context menus
12. Tutorial: Menus and Action Bar
    12.1. Project
    12.2. Add a menu XML resource
13. Preferences
14. Tutorial: Preferences
    14.1. Using preferences
    14.2. Run
15. Layout Manager and ViewGroups
    15.1. Available Layout Manager
    15.2. LinearLayout
    15.3. RelativeLayout
    15.4. GridLayout
16. ScrollView
17. Fragments
    17.1. Overview
    17.2. When to use Fragments
18. Fragments Tutorial
    18.1. Overview
    18.2. Create project
    18.3. Create layouts for landscape mode
    18.4. Create Fragment classes
    18.5. Create layouts for landscape mode
    18.6. Activities
    18.7. Run
19. DDMS perspective and important views
    19.1. DDMS - Dalvik Debug Monitor Server
    19.2. LogCat View
    19.3. File explorer
20. Shell
    20.1. Android Debugging Bridge - Shell
    20.2. Uninstall an application via adb
    20.3. Emulator Console via telnet
21. Deploy your application on a real device
22. Thank you
23. Questions and Discussion
24. Links and Literature
    24.1. Source Code
    24.2. Android Resources
    24.3. vogella Resources