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IT-606 RGPV B.Tech

Android Programming (AP)

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for IT-606

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Introduction to Android 6 topics
  • Background of mobile technologies
  • Overview of the Android platform
  • Android as an open platform for mobile development
  • Open Handset Alliance and its role
  • Android internals – hardware and software layers on which Android runs
  • Motivations for using Android for mobile application development
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Developing for Android 7 topics
  • Creating the first Android application
  • Setting up the Android development environment
  • Android SDK (Software Development Kit) components
  • Using Eclipse as the IDE for Android development
  • Emulators and Android Virtual Devices (AVD) – concepts and usage
  • Creating and configuring custom Android emulators
  • Android project structure and framework
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 Android Activities and UI Design 12 topics
  • Concept of Intent and its usage
  • Activity lifecycle and the Android manifest file
  • Creating applications with multiple Activities
  • Expressions and flow‑control within Activities
  • Simple UI layouts and layout properties
  • Fundamental Android UI design principles
  • Different layout types (LinearLayout, RelativeLayout, etc.)
  • Creating custom layouts
  • Drawable resources and their management
  • Resolution and density independence (px, dip, dp, sp, sip)
  • XML definition of GUI elements such as PushButton, Text/Label, EditText, ToggleButton
  • Layout attributes: weightSum, padding, layout_weight
Unit 3 notes
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