Advanced
Android 4.0 New Features
By Jim Wilson
This course introduces the new developer features available in Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
Course info
Rating
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Apr 24, 2012
Duration
4h 16m
Table of contents
Introduction
Introduction
2m
Working with different form factors
7m
Modern networking behavior
4m
Provide better access to platform features
2m
Summary
2m
Android UI Fragments
Introduction
1m
UI Modularization and Android 4.0
8m
Android fragment basics
2m
Demo: Android fragment basics
12m
Coordinating fragment content
5m
Demo: Coordinating fragment content
9m
Maintaining fragment state
1m
Demo: Maintaining fragment state
4m
Dynamically managing fragment display
2m
Demo: Dynamically managing fragment display
10m
Summary
2m
Android ActionBar
Introduction
1m
The need for a change
7m
Adding the ActionBar to your app
2m
Demo: Adding the ActionBar to your app
3m
Customizing the ActionBar
8m
Demo: Customizing the ActionBar
11m
Tabbed navigation
5m
Demo: Tabbed navigation
12m
Summary
2m
Android 4.0 Networking
Introduction
1m
Networking configurability
7m
Demo: Networking configurability
16m
Wi-Fi Direct
8m
Demo: Wi-Fi Direct
27m
Near Field Communication
3m
Summary
2m
Android 4.0 Calendar API
Introduction
1m
Introducing the Android Calendar API
4m
Accessing the calendar through Intents
3m
Demo: Accessing the calendar through Intents
6m
Working with events through Intents
3m
Demo: Working with events through Intents
6m
Using the calendar content provider
8m
Demo: Using the calendar content provider
9m
Adding, updating, and deleting events
7m
Demo: Adding, updating, and deleting events
10m
Event reminders, attendees, and recurring events
6m
Demo: Event reminders, attendees, and recurring events
5m
Summary
2m
Description
Course info
Rating
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Apr 24, 2012
Duration
4h 16m
Description
Android 4.0 includes a number of new developer features that improve the ability for applications to support a wide variety of devices and enhance developer productivity. In this course we will exam many of these new features including Android user interface Fragments, the ActionBar, how to detect network availability, working with peer-to-peer network communications, and using the new Calendar API.
About the author
About the author
Jim Wilson is president of JW Hedgehog, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in solutions for the Android, iOS, and Microsoft platforms. Jim has over 30 years of software engineering experience, with the past 15 years heavily focused on creating mobile device and location-based solutions.
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