[Noisebridge-discuss] Reply if interested; I'm considering offering a weekly Beginners Android Development class

Josh Juran jjuran at gmail.com
Wed Dec 12 14:44:04 UTC 2012


On Dec 10, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Brian Cloutier wrote:

> The class would teach you how to write Activities (the screens of  
> an app)
> and build a UI that adapts well to many different devices. You'll  
> learn how
> to share data with other apps using Content Providers, (to import  
> contacts
> on a phone). We'll go over a ton of other APIs, and by the end  
> you'll have
> written your very own twitter client.

I'm obviously not a neophyte, but I'm hardly an expert and would love  
to fill in some gaps in my knowledge.

> I will assume you already know some Java. Maybe I could teach an  
> intro to
> Java course later but for now you should at least know the syntax and
> object model, I'll review intermediate topics like multithreading  
> when we
> come to them.

Let me know if you'd like to use Noisegate as a case study.  It makes  
an HTTP request inside an AsyncTask.

https://github.com/jjuran/noisegate-android

Josh





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