Free Course

Advanced Android App Development

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Google

Productionize and Publish Your Apps

About this Course

Ready to level-up your skills as an Android developer? In this course, you will learn how to make your app production-ready by developing a variety of different sample apps, each designed to showcase advanced capabilities of the Android platform, including fragments, widgets, media playback, and testing. You’ll learn how to create UI tests using the Espresso framework, to leverage third-party libraries and services like ExoPlayer and Firebase Cloud Messaging, and use Google APIs to make your app aware of its location. By the end of the course, you’ll know how to publish your own app to the Google Play Store, where you can reach and engage users across the globe.

Course Cost
Free
Timeline
Approx. 6 weeks
Skill Level
advanced
Included in Product

Rich Learning ContentRich Learning Content

Interactive QuizzesInteractive Quizzes

Taught by Industry ProsTaught by Industry Pros

Self-Paced LearningSelf-Paced Learning

Join the Path to Greatness

Start your career as an Android developer. Learn best practices for mobile development, build a portfolio of apps, and publish your own app to Google Play.

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Advanced Android App Development

byGoogle

Enhance your skill set and boost your hirability through innovative, independent learning.

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Android Developer

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Start your career as an Android developer. Learn best practices for mobile development, build a portfolio of apps, and publish your own app to Google Play.

 
 

Course Leads

Lyla Fujiwara

Lyla Fujiwara

Instructor

Cezanne Camacho

Cezanne Camacho

Instructor

Asser Samak

Asser Samak

Instructor

Nikita Gamolsky

Nikita Gamolsky

Instructor

Jessica Lin

Jessica Lin

Instructor

Dan Galpin

Dan Galpin

Instructor

What You Will Learn

lesson 1

Fragments

  • Use fragments to build responsive and flexible layouts
  • Build an AndroidMe app to create and customize Android characters
  • Use the principles of Material Design to ensure your app works on multiple screen sizes
lesson 2

Libraries

  • Save time and increase your app’s functionality by leveraging libraries
  • Learn how to implement the Google Mobile Vision library for facial recognition
lesson 3

Firebase Cloud Messaging

  • Use Firebase Cloud Messaging to connect an app to a server
  • Build a Squawker app to deliver instructor messages (“squawks”) to users
lesson 4

Places

  • Use Google APIs to make your app aware of its location
  • Build a ShushMe app that silences your phone based on its location
lesson 5

Media Playback

  • Use ExoPlayer
  • an open source library
  • to implement a media player
  • Build a Classical Music Quiz app that renders audio and video
lesson 6

Widgets

  • Make your app stand out with widgets
  • Allow users to interact more frequently with your app
lesson 7

Espresso

  • Learn about the Android Testing Support Library
  • Use Espresso to run user interface (UI) testing on your app
lesson 8

Publishing Your App

  • Review the final steps to getting your app production ready
  • Learn how to prepare and test your app for release to the Google Play Store

Prerequisites and Requirements

This course assumes you have taken Developing Android Apps, or have an equivalent background as an Android developer. We also assume you are familiar with using GitHub, which we use to share code. Take our course on Using Git and GitHub if you need this background.

Access to an Android device is helpful, but you may use an emulator if you prefer.

See the Technology Requirements for using Udacity.

Why Take This Course

This course will show you what it takes to ship polished apps, whether you’re part of a development team, an independent app developer, or simply a programmer interested in Android development best practices.

What do I get?
  • Instructor videos
  • Learn by doing exercises
  • Taught by industry professionals