Advanced Android Programming Notes Outline

Page 1: Overview of Android Development

 Introduction to Android

o History and evolution of Android

o Android architecture and components

o Key Android programming concepts (Activities, Services, Broadcast Receivers, Content

Providers)

 Basic App Structure Review

o Project structure (Manifest, Java/Kotlin files, resources)

o Android lifecycle (Activity and Fragment lifecycle)

o XML layouts vs. programmatically created views

Page 2: Advanced UI Design

 Custom Views and ViewGroups

o Creating custom views from scratch

o Extending existing views

o Custom ViewGroups for complex layouts

 Constraint Layout and Advanced Layouts

o Using Constraint Layout for responsive UI

o Nested layouts and optimizing layout performance

 Animations and Transitions

o Property animations (ObjectAnimator, AnimatorSet)

o Shared element transitions between Activities

o Motion Layout for complex animations

Page 3: Data Storage and Persistence

 Shared Preferences and Internal Storage

o Storing key-value pairs with Shared Preferences

o Reading and writing files to internal/external storage

 SQLite and Room Database

o Using SQLite for local database storage

 o Room persistence library and database migrations

o Writing custom SQL queries with Room

 Data Binding and LiveData

o Implementing Data Binding to simplify UI updates

o Using LiveData with ViewModel for reactive programming

Page 4: Networking and Web Services

 HTTP Communication

o Using HttpURLConnection and OkHttp

o Asynchronous networking with Retrofit

 RESTful APIs and JSON Parsing

o Consuming REST APIs with Retrofit and Gson/Moshi

o Handling responses and parsing JSON data

 WebSockets and Real-Time Communication

o Introduction to WebSockets

o Integrating WebSocket communication using OkHttp

Page 5: Background Processing

 AsyncTask and Handlers

o Basics of AsyncTask and using Handlers

o Limitations and alternatives

 Services and Intent Services

o Creating background services

o Foreground services for long-running tasks

 WorkManager for Scheduled Tasks

o Using WorkManager for background task scheduling

o Handling constraints like network availability, charging status

 Coroutines and RxJava for Asynchronous Programming

o Using Kotlin Coroutines for background processing

o Basics of Reactive Programming with RxJava

Page 6: Dependency Injection and Architecture

  Dependency Injection with Dagger and Hilt

o Setting up Dagger/Hilt for dependency injection

o Providing dependencies and using @Inject

 MVVM Architecture

o Implementing the Model-View-ViewModel pattern

o Using ViewModel with LiveData for reactive UIs

 Clean Architecture

o Separation of concerns in Android projects

o Domain layer, data layer, and presentation layer separation

Page 7: Advanced Jetpack Components

 Navigation Component

o Setting up navigation graphs

o Handling deep links and dynamic navigation

 Paging Library

o Loading large data sets with the Paging library

o Implementing paged lists with RecyclerView

 WorkManager and Lifecycle Components

o Managing background tasks with WorkManager

o Lifecycle-aware components (LiveData, LifecycleObservers)

Page 8: Security and Permissions

 Managing Permissions

o Requesting runtime permissions

o Using PermissionManager to handle permission results

 Secure Data Storage

o Storing sensitive information securely (encrypted SharedPreferences, SQLCipher)

o Using Android Keystore for cryptographic operations

 App Security Best Practices

o Secure communication (HTTPS, certificate pinning)

o Obfuscating code with ProGuard/R8

Page 9: Performance Optimization and Debugging

 Memory Management

o Avoiding memory leaks (using LeakCanary)

o Optimizing bitmap memory usage

 Profiling Tools

o Using Android Profiler (CPU, Memory, Network)

o Analyzing performance bottlenecks

 Improving App Startup Time

o Techniques to reduce app launch time

o Optimizing cold start and warm start scenarios

Page 10: Integrating Third-Party Libraries and Modern Practices

 Using Popular Libraries

o Image loading with Glide/Picasso

o Dependency injection with Koin

 Modularization

o Breaking the app into multiple modules for better maintainability

o Dynamic feature modules with Instant Apps

 Jetpack Compose

o Introduction to Jetpack Compose for modern UI development

o Basic components and state management

o Composable functions and their lifecycle