Android Mobile Application Development

CIT 51102/ 3 Cr.

This advanced programming course teaches students to create data-driven, location-aware mobile applications for the Android platform. Students will learn common mobile app design patterns and will integrate cloud computing services into their applications.

• Available Online: Yes
• Credit by Exam: No
• Laptop Required: Yes

Prerequisites/Co-requisites:

Graduate Status. Any programming course equivalent to 300-level programming. Any relational database course equivalent to 200-level database course.  

Software

• Android Studio

Outcomes

By the end of the semester, each student should be able to: 

• Develop applications consistent with the needs of mobile computing users 
• Demonstrate the unique interface characteristics of mobile computer platforms
• Produce a mobile application with multiple views formatted for a variety of devices
• Create location-aware mobile applications
• Develop a database-driven mobile application with an internal data source
• Integrate a mobile application with remote data sources, such as Google Maps
• Deploy applications to mobile devices for user testing
• Incorporate cloud-hosted backend functionality into a mobile application