Resources Corporate Training Government Higher Education
Explore our course

Course description

  • What is this course about?

    Android App Development for Beginners course ensures that you imbibe the basics of app creation in Android, and publish the apps in Google Play Store. The course covers all the concepts of Android basics, will take you through Android architecture, and provides hands-on training with 2 popular basic apps developed within the course.

  • What are the course objectives?

    • Gain thorough understanding of Android studio installation along with Android architecture
    • Build and  publish your own Android app in Google Play Store
    • Gain the expertise required to develop applications based on Location and Sensors APIs
    • Gain the knowledge & hands-on experience in using video, audio and photo capabilities in your app with Android’s robust APIs for playing and recording media

  • Who should do this course?

    Anyone who is keen on creating their own Android apps should go for this course. This course is ideal for every individual who wants to learn android app development basics and build a successful career in mobile app development.
    • Web developers looking to explore the basics of android app development
    • Aspirants and students willing to start their career in app development
    • Entrepreneurs or to be entrepreneurs willing to build an android app prototype by yourself

  • Why should I learn Android app development?

    Android is one of the biggest platforms for programmers today with its market share being more than 82% (Source: Gartner research). The demand for skilled app developers is high due to the paradigm shift of user behavior towards mobile. Additionally, all the new age companies consider mobile app as the primary platform for their businesses. Whether you are a student or an IT professional, this course is the best way to learn android app development if you want to get into the exciting career in mobile app development.

  • What are the pre-requisites for this course?

    You need to know the basics of Java/Programming to take up this course.

  • What are the apps that you develop within the course?

    Calculator: You will build a simple calculator app using which you can perform all the basic calculator functionalities like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

    Stop Watch: Stop watch app is one of the popular apps on Android which is being used by millions of people with Android. You will build this app within this course which is simple and easy to use as a practical timer for any task that involves timing situation.

  • What projects will you be working on?

    Media Player App:
    You will be working on an app based project – Media player app in which you have to connect with the music content in the device to read & select the audio to play. You should be able to pause the music as well and continue with new selection. Source code has been provided in the LMS for your convenience in completing and validating your project.

Course preview

  • Android Applications Development— Beginners
    • Lesson 00 - Introduction to the Course 01:16
      • 0.1 Introduction 01:16
    • Lesson 01 - Introduction to Android Development 43:39
      • 1.1 Introduction 00:34
      • 1.2 Installing Android SDK and Android studio 02:16
      • 1.3 Android Architecture 07:48
      • 1.4 Key Features of Android 6. Marshmallow 17:30
      • 1.5 Creating Android Project 03:28
      • 1.6 Hello World App 11:32
      • 1.7 Quiz
      • 1.8 Summary 00:31
    • Lesson 02 - Android Activity and Intents 49:45
      • 2.1 Introduction 00:28
      • 2.2 Activity Lifecycles 07:00
      • 2.3 Gradle Overview 03:04
      • 2.4 Intents 16:19
      • 2.5 Supporting Different Devices 05:40
      • 2.6 Action Bar 04:03
      • 2.7 Debugging 03:36
      • 2.8 Saving Data 09:00
      • 2.9 Quiz
      • 2.10 Summary 00:35
    • Lesson 03 - Layouts and Controls 54:04
      • 3.1 Introduction 00:28
      • 3.2 Android Layouts 14:00
      • 3.3 Menus 06:42
      • 3.4 Input Controls 04:23
      • 3.5 Settings 04:17
      • 3.6 Dialogs 03:36
      • 3.7 Toasts 02:17
      • 3.8 Styles 07:00
      • 3.9 Material Design 03:45
      • 3.10 Widgets and Notifications 02:40
      • 3.11 Drag and Drop 04:26
      • 3.12 Quiz
      • 3.13 Summary 00:30
    • Lesson 04 - List Views and SQLite 37:22
      • 4.1 Introduction 00:24
      • 4.2 List Views 07:40
      • 4.3 Loaders 09:46
      • 4.4 Methods to manage SQLite Database 09:46
      • 4.5 Quiz
      • 4.6 Summary 09:46
    • Lesson 05 - Services 26:02
      • 5.1 Introduction 00:19
      • 5.2 Android Application Threading Model 06:45
      • 5.3 Broadcast Intents Converted 03:35
      • 5.4 Bound Services 03:28
      • 5.5 Creating a Bound Service 01:45
      • 5.6 Android IntentService 01:58
      • 5.7 Managing a Lifecycle of Bound Service 01:03
      • 5.8 Communicating with Remote Service 04:32
      • 5.9 AlarmManager in Android 02:09
      • 5.10 Quiz
      • 5.11 Summary 00:28
    • Lesson 06 - Content Providers 15:57
      • 6.1 Introduction 00:29
      • 6.2 Content Provider Basics 05:47
      • 6.3 Creating Content Providers 00:54
      • 6.4 Calendar Provider 03:30
      • 6.5 Contacts Provider 04:53
      • 6.6 Quiz
      • 6.7 Summary 00:24
    • Lesson 07 - UI and Fragments 14:19
      • 7.1 Introduction 00:23
      • 7.2 Fragments 03:59
      • 7.3 Dynamic UI with Fragments 03:51
      • 7.4 Loaders 02:21
      • 7.5 Task and Back stack 03:17
      • 7.6 Quiz
      • 7.7 Summary 00:28
    • Lesson 08 - Location and Sensors 19:02
      • 8.1 Introduction 00:30
      • 8.2 Getting a Current Location 02:41
      • 8.3 Using Maps with Location 02:40
      • 8.4 Location Strategies 01:50
      • 8.5 Sensors Overview 06:16
      • 8.6 Motion Sensors 02:55
      • 8.7 Position Sensors 00:58
      • 8.8 Environment Sensors 00:42
      • 8.9 Quiz
      • 8.10 Summary 00:30
    • Lesson 09 - Multimedia Audio and video & camera 30:41
      • 9.1 Introduction 00:26
      • 9.2 Media Playback 11:18
      • 9.3 Media Router 07:35
      • 9.4 Media Route Provider 04:29
      • 9.5 Camera 06:28
      • 9.6 Quiz
      • 9.7 Summary 00:25
    • Lesson 10 - Introduction to Google Play 15:55
      • 10.1 Introduction 00:20
      • 10.2 Goolge Play Services 08:18
      • 10.3 Norms to Upload Application 02:20
      • 10.4 Checklist 04:34
      • 10.5 Quiz
      • 10.6 Summary 00:23
    • App 17:16
      • App 1:Simple Calculator 09:36
      • App 2:StopWatch 07:40
  • Free Course
    Java Essentials
    • Lesson 01 - Introduction 30:10
      • 1.1 Introduction 00:18
      • 1.2 Lesson Objectives 00:23
      • 1.3 Java Definition 00:26
      • 1.4 Java Virtual Machine (JVM) 00:34
      • 1.5 Working of Java 01:00
      • 1.6 Running a Basic Java Program 00:55
      • 1.7 Running a Basic Java Program (contd.) 01:14
      • 1.8 Running a Basic Java Program in NetBeans IDE 00:11
      • 1.9 BASIC JAVA SYNTAX 00:12
      • 1.10 Data Types in Java 00:26
      • 1.11 Variables in Java 01:31
      • 1.12 Naming Conventions of Variables 01:21
      • 1.13 Type Casting 01:04
      • 1.14 Operators 00:29
      • 1.15 Mathematical Operators 00:28
      • 1.16 Unary Operators 00:15
      • 1.17 Relational Operators 00:18
      • 1.18 Logical or Conditional Operators 00:19
      • 1.19 Bitwise Operators 00:33
      • 1.20 Static Versus Non Static Variables 00:54
      • 1.21 Static Versus Non Static Variables (contd.) 00:17
      • 1.22 Statements and Blocks of Code 01:21
      • 1.23 Flow Control 00:47
      • 1.24 If Statement 00:41
      • 1.25 Variants of if Statement 01:06
      • 1.26 Nested If Statement 00:40
      • 1.27 Switch Statement 00:36
      • 1.28 Switch Statement (contd.) 00:34
      • 1.29 Loop Statements 01:19
      • 1.30 Loop Statements (contd.) 00:49
      • 1.31 Break and Continue Statements 00:43
      • 1.32 Basic Java Constructs 01:09
      • 1.33 Arrays 01:16
      • 1.34 Arrays (contd.) 01:07
      • 1.35 JAVA CLASSES AND METHODS 00:09
      • 1.36 Classes 00:46
      • 1.37 Objects 01:20
      • 1.38 Methods 01:01
      • 1.39 Access Modifiers 00:48
      • 1.40 Summary 00:41
      • 1.41 Thank You 00:09
    • Lesson 02 - Java Constructors 21:11
      • 2.1 Java Constructors 00:21
      • 2.2 Objectives 00:41
      • 2.3 Features of Java 01:07
      • 2.4 Classes Objects and Constructors 01:18
      • 2.5 Constructors 00:34
      • 2.6 Constructor Overloading 01:08
      • 2.7 Constructor Overloading (contd.) 00:28
      • 2.8 PACKAGES 00:08
      • 2.9 Definition of Packages 01:12
      • 2.10 Advantages of Packages 00:29
      • 2.11 Naming Conventions of Packages 00:28
      • 2.12 Inheritance 00:08
      • 2.13 Definition of Inheritance 01:06
      • 2.14 Multilevel Inheritance 01:15
      • 2.15 Hierarchical Inheritance 00:23
      • 2.16 Method Overriding 00:54
      • 2.17 Method Overriding(contd.) 00:34
      • 2.18 Method Overriding(contd.) 00:15
      • 2.19 ABSTRACT CLASSES 00:09
      • 2.20 Definition of Abstract Classes 00:40
      • 2.21 Usage of Abstract Classes 00:36
      • 2.22 INTERFACES 00:08
      • 2.23 Features of Interfaces 01:02
      • 2.24 Syntax for Creating Interfaces 00:23
      • 2.25 Implementing an Interface 00:22
      • 2.26 Implementing an Interface(contd.) 00:13
      • 2.27 INPUT AND OUTPUT 00:14
      • 2.28 Features of Input and Output 00:48
      • 2.29 System.in.read() Method 00:19
      • 2.30 Reading Input from the Console 00:30
      • 2.31 Stream Objects 00:21
      • 2.32 String Tokenizer Class 00:43
      • 2.33 Scanner Class 00:31
      • 2.34 Writing Output to the Console 00:28
      • 2.35 Summary 01:02
      • 2.36 Thank You 00:13
    • Lesson 03 - Essential Classes and Exceptions in Java 28:04
      • 3.1 Essential Classes and Exceptions in Java 00:18
      • 3.2 Objectives 00:30
      • 3.3 The Enums in Java 00:59
      • 3.4 Program Using Enum 00:43
      • 3.5 ArrayList 00:40
      • 3.6 ArrayList Constructors 00:38
      • 3.7 Methods of ArrayList 01:02
      • 3.8 ArrayList Insertion 00:47
      • 3.9 ArrayList Insertion (contd.) 00:37
      • 3.10 Iterator 00:38
      • 3.11 Iterator (contd.) 00:33
      • 3.12 ListIterator 00:46
      • 3.13 ListIterator (contd.) 01:00
      • 3.14 Displaying Items Using ListIterator 00:31
      • 3.15 For-Each Loop 00:34
      • 3.16 For-Each Loop (contd.) 00:22
      • 3.17 Enumeration 00:30
      • 3.18 Enumeration (contd.) 00:25
      • 3.19 HASHMAPS 00:15
      • 3.20 Features of Hashmaps 00:55
      • 3.21 Hashmap Constructors 01:36
      • 3.22 Hashmap Methods 00:58
      • 3.23 Hashmap Insertion 00:40
      • 3.24 HASHTABLE CLASS 00:16
      • 3.25 Hashtable Class an Constructors 01:24
      • 3.26 Hashtable Methods 00:40
      • 3.27 Hashtable Methods 00:47
      • 3.28 Hashtable Insertion and Display 00:29
      • 3.29 Hashtable Insertion and Display (contd.) 00:21
      • 3.30 EXCEPTIONS 00:21
      • 3.31 Exception Handling 01:06
      • 3.32 Exception Classes 00:26
      • 3.33 User-Defined Exceptions 01:04
      • 3.34 Types of Exceptions 00:43
      • 3.35 Exception Handling Mechanisms 00:53
      • 3.36 Try-Catch Block 00:15
      • 3.37 Multiple Catch Blocks 00:40
      • 3.38 Throw Statement 00:32
      • 3.39 Throw Statement (contd.) 00:25
      • 3.40 User-Defined Exceptions 00:10
      • 3.41 Advantages of Using Exceptions 00:25
      • 3.42 Error Handling and finally block 00:27
      • 3.43 Summary 00:40
      • 3.44 Thank You 00:03
  • Free Course
    • {{childObj.title}}
      • {{childObj.childSection.chapter_name}}
        • {{lesson.title}}
      • {{lesson.title}}

    View More

    View Less

Exam & certification

  • Is there any certification exam for Android?

    No, there is no certification exam that is accredited for Android app development. Your published apps which depict your app development skills serves the purpose of real certificate.

Reviews

Ganesh Kamath
Ganesh Kamath Associate Director

The trainer is excellent, he is very passionate about android, and always goes above and beyond to teach the concepts.

Mohamad Aditya Sumardi
Mohamad Aditya Sumardi Senior Android Developer at Alodokter.com

It's the best course for beginner developer in android.

Shubham Khunteta
Shubham Khunteta Software Engineer @Samsung

I had an interest to publish Apps and had no idea about the app development. A colleague at work recommended this course as it was for beginners and I found the course to be informative, and it was set at a very comfortable pace. You can revisit the topics as well, and the course has a practical approach to help develop apps.

Read more Read less
Rishabh Kumar
Rishabh Kumar Product Analyst @Housing.com

I wanted to learn about Android Programming, and it was good that content is designed at a very introductory level. The basic fundamental concepts were explained in detail, it helped a lot as I had no previous knowledge in this field. I am now confident in this topic and highly recommend it to anyone who is new to Andriod App Development.

Read more Read less
Dewesh Agrawal
Dewesh Agrawal Software Engineer @WalmartLabs India

All the factors involving the development of an app were covered in the course, so when I tried to create an app – these tidbits helped a lot. The course sheds light on the fundamentals and has a good practical approach towards the development of Android apps. As a new bee in this field, I have come a long way in development of apps. Thanks to Simplilearn’s course – highly recommend it.

Read more Read less
Shashank Verma
Shashank Verma Student of Arts and Science

Simplilearn Courses are just so amazing! I have enrolled for the Android application development for beginners and the course has helped me build skills & learn new concepts in-depth. The Android course was offered free with the Java Essentials course. Talking about the customer support, Simplilearn a big thumbs up. Thanks a lot Simplilearn, things are now simpler for me.

Read more Read less
Sandeep Gautam
Sandeep Gautam Sr Software Engineer at Happay

I highly recommend this course to all who want to learn the basics of Android Programming, especially if you are new to this field. The apps developed during the course helps lay a strong foundation and gives confidence when you try to create an app on your own. The strong basics helped me to learn advanced concepts, and even though I was new to Java, the java essentials covered here was beneficial.

Read more Read less
Souvik Bagchi
Souvik Bagchi Associate City Manager @Housejoy

Although I was new to Android App Development, this course provided a solid foundation. I am really excited about the fact that, I developed an App in less than 6 hours! Keep up the good work Simplilearn!

Read more Read less
View More View Less

FAQs

  • What are the System Requirements?

    The below system requirements are to download Android SDK (Software development kit) and Android Studio so that you can gain maximum value from the course.

    Windows

    • Microsoft® Windows® 8/7/Vista (32 or 64-bit)

    • 2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB RAM recommended

    • 400 MB hard disk space

    • At least 1 GB for Android SDK, emulator system images, and caches

    • 1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution

    • Java Development Kit (JDK) 7

    • Optional for accelerated emulator: Intel® processor with support for Intel® VT-x, Intel® EM64T (Intel® 64), and Execute Disable (XD) Bit functionality

    Mac OS X

    • Mac® OS X® 10.8.5 or higher, up to 10.9 (Mavericks)

    • 2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB RAM recommended

    • 400 MB hard disk space

    • At least 1 GB for Android SDK, emulator system images, and caches

    • 1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution

    • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6

    • Java Development Kit (JDK) 7

    • Optional for accelerated emulator: Intel® processor with support for Intel® VT-x, Intel® EM64T (Intel® 64), and Execute Disable (XD) Bit functionality

    On Mac OS, run Android Studio with Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 for optimized font rendering. You can then configure your project to use Java Development Kit (JDK) 6 or JDK 7.

    Linux

    • GNOME or KDE desktop

    • GNU C Library (glibc) 2.15 or later

    • 2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB RAM recommended

    • 400 MB hard disk space

    • At least 1 GB for Android SDK, emulator system images, and caches

    • 1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution

    • Oracle® Java Development Kit (JDK) 7

  • How will I get hands-on experience along with the course?

    You will be creating apps within the course curriculum of Android App Development for Beginners and also learn how to upload the apps into Play Store that gives the hands-on experience required to explore the app ecosystem.

  • What are the modes of training offered for this course?

    Android App Development for Beginners course is currently being offered for online self-learning only so that you can complete the course at your convenience.

  • Can I cancel my enrolment? Do I get a refund?

    Yes, you can cancel your enrolment. We provide a complete refund after deducting the administration fee. To know more, please go through our refund policy.

  • Will I get a course completion certificate?

    Yes, we offer course completion certificate after you successfully complete the Android App Development for Beginners training program.

  • What are the payment options?

    Payments can be made using any of the following options and a receipt of the same will be issued to you automatically via email.
    • Visa Debit/credit Card
    • American Express and Diners Club Card
    • Master Card
    • PayPal

  • I want to know more about the training program. Whom do I contact?

    Please join our Live Chat for instant support, call us, or Request a Call Back to have your query resolved.

  • How will I get my course completion certificate from Simplilearn?

    Your course completion certificate will be auto generated in the LMS once you meet the below criteria: 

    1. Completion of at least 85% of the eLearning course 
    2. Submission of project as per course requirements
    3. Successfully meeting the project evaluation criteria set by our experts            

View More View Less

    Contact Us

    +1-844-532-7688

    (Toll Free)

    People Also Bought

    Full Stack Web Developer - MEAN Stack Full Stack Web Developer - MEAN StackMasters Program Includes: 7 Courses Explore
    Certified Android App Developer Certified Android App Developer Course Explore
    Java Certification Training Java Certification Training Course Explore
    Certified iOS App Developer Certified iOS App Developer Course Explore
    Angular Training Angular Training Course Explore
    Selenium 3.0 Training Selenium 3.0 Training Course Explore
    Choose your Location

    Let us know your convenient schedule

    Name *
    Email *
    Phone Number
    Date (MM/DD/YYYY)
    • Disclaimer
    • PMP, PMI, PMBOK, CAPM, PgMP, PfMP, ACP, PBA, RMP, SP, and OPM3 are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
    Help and Support