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Mobile OS Android Tutorials, Videos and Resources

GTU (Gujarat Technological University) has introduced subject Mobile Computing using Android in 5^th semester syllabus. An Android is developed by Google and now a day it becomes most popular mobile operating system because it is open source and free. Development with Android becomes easier because it has similar syntax to java and traditional C and C++. Android contains large set of C/C++ libraries to support various components of Android OS.

On this page you will get list of various websites which provides free android tutorials, learning materials and examples, android application downloads and many more resources. These resources will become very helpful for GTU MCA students to learn Android and make their own application in android.

Useful Websites to learn Android Quickly

www.developer.android.com : this site provides android SDK details and language references
www.stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android: This website contains forum on android topics where you can fire your questions and get immediate reply form android experts.
www.openhandsetalliance.com : This site is the provide large platform where all android developer and manufacturer companies meet together to share android resources.
www.ibuild.com : On this site you can develop android applications of your website and blog for android phone and android based tablet.
www.android.com/market : On this site you can buy and sell android applications.
www.mobil.tutsplus.com/category/tutorial/android: This site provides large collection of tutorials to develop android applications.
http://www.androidfreeware.net/ : This site provides large collection of android applications.
www.anddev.org: Android developer’s forum where you can get solution of your android related problems.
www.androidsoftwaredownload.com/: On this site you can download numbers of android based applications and games.
www.apps-for-android.googlecode.com : Here you can get source code of open source android applications.
http://divmob.com/ : Collection of android based applications.
http://androidsoftwaredownload.com/ : Android videos for android introductions and its versions.

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GTU MCA Android Practical Paper

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Practical Question Paper of Software Lab in Mobile Computing

(MCA Semester 5 Practical Examination December-2011)

Create an application that will store employee information like Employee ID, Name, Address and Designation. User can insert, update, delete and employee search record.
Create an application that will change wall paper time by time.
Create an application that will work like a calculator. It should be able to perform all arithmetic operation.

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GTU Mobile Computing Using

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Android Syllabus:

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1. Introduction to Android
• History of Mobile Software Development
• The Open Handset Alliance
• The Android Platform
• Android SDK
• Building a sample Android application

2. Android Application Design Essentials [19Hrs]
• Anatomy of an Android applications
• Android terminologies
• Application Context, Activities, Services, Intents
• Receiving and Broadcasting Intents
• Android Manifest File and its common settings
• Using Intent Filter, Permissions
• Managing Application resources in a hierarchy
• Working with different types of resources

3. Android User Interface Design Essentials [8Hrs]
• User Interface Screen elements
• Designing User Interfaces with Layouts
• Drawing and Working with Animation

4. Using Common Android APIs
• Using Android Data and Storage APIs
• Managing data using SQLite
• Sharing Data Between Applications with Content Providers
• Using Android Networking APIs
• Using Android Web APIs
• Using Android Telephony APIs

5. Deploying Android Application to the World
• Selling your Android application

Text Book:
1. Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder, “Android Wireless Application Development”, Pearson
Education, 2nd ed. (2011)

Reference Books:
1. Reto Meier, “Professional Android 2 Application Development”, Wiley India Pvt Ltd (2011)
2. Mark L Murphy, “Beginning Android”, Wiley India Pvt Ltd(2009)
3. Sayed Y Hashimi and Satya Komatineni, “Pro Android”, Wiley India Pvt Ltd(2009)
Chapter wise Coverage from Text Book:
Chapters: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 29
Note: In Practicals, Eclipse Mobile edition will be allowed to be used as an IDE

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