Mobile Application Development

What you'll learn

The key areas this subject covers, mapped to the official curriculum.

Course units

The structured path through this subject.

1. 1

   Introduction to Mobile Computing

   The mobile world: why mobile is different, the ecosystem and its stakeholders, and the capabilities and constraints of the pocket computer.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

2. 2

   Architecture, Design and Mobile Development Frameworks

   The architecture and tools: mobile system architecture, platform frameworks, and the choice between native, cross-platform and web approaches.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

3. 3

   User Interfaces

   Designing the mobile experience: UI principles, activities and navigation, layouts and resources, and the Android view system.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

4. 4

   Testing and Publishing Apps

   Getting apps into the world: testing on devices and emulators, debugging, publishing to app stores, and the life of an app after release.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

5. 5

   Mobile Agent and Peer-to-Peer Architectures for Mobile Applications

   Agents and peer-to-peer: mobile agents that move between devices, and the peer-to-peer architectures that connect them without a server.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

6. 6

   Wireless Connectivity and Mobile Applications

   Going wireless: Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity, Bluetooth, NFC, and the networking APIs mobile developers actually use.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

7. 7

   Synchronization and Replication of Mobile Data

   Data in motion: mobile data management, synchronization models, replication, and the offline-first design that keeps apps usable anywhere.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

8. 8

   Location and Sensing

   Knowing where the device is and what it senses: location APIs, sensors and the apps that respond to the world.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available

9. 9

   Active Transactions

   Data at the edges: what an active database is, how mobile active transactions work, and the challenges of running transactions on the move.

   4 topics · 4 lessons available