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Android Development Using C# and Visual Studio 2012

Mobile development has become increasingly important and popular. There are two platforms that own most of the current market share: Android and IOS. Microsoft has not been successful to date in the mobile market, and developers that are comfortable using Microsoft tools may feel left behind. It is possible, however, to create mobile applications for both Android and IOS using Microsoft Visual Studio and the Mono framework. This course will serve as an introduction on how to create applications for Android using Mono and C#. It will cover basic setup, UI development, options for working with data, interfacing with other Android features, like audio, camera and GPS, and publishing the application to Google Play. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.

Welcome

Introduction
Course Overview
Mono in Visual Studio 2012
Hello World
Deploying to a Device

User Interface

Views and Layouts
Table Layouts
Relative Layouts

Basic User Interface Widgets

Text View
Edit View
AutoComplete Edit
Button
Image Button
Spinner
Checkbox
Radio Buttons and Groups
Date and Time Pickers
Clocks
Images

Advanced User Interface

Tabs
Action Bars
Menus
Keyboards
Basic Lists
Simple List Adapters
Grids
Custom List Adapters
Expandable List Adapters
Using Expandable List Adapters
Localization

Activities / Intents and Services

Activities and Intents
Activity Life Cycle
Services
Content Providers
Broadcast Receivers
Alarms
Passing Data between Activities

Data

Options for Data
Creating a SqlLite Database
CRUD Operations
Using Data in Lists
Remote Data - WCF
Remote Data - JSON

File System

File Storage
Preferences

Media

Using the Camera
Embedding the Camera in an Application
Playing Audio
Recording Audio
Playing Video
Recording Video
Media Store

Using Other Applications

Email
Sending an SMS
Receiving an SMS
Making a Phone Call
Monitoring the Phone
Browser
Maps
YouTube
Displaying Contacts
Editing Contacts
Download Manager

Location Services

Retrieving Current Location
GPS in the Emulator
Geocoding
Google Maps

Drawing

The Canvas
Drawing Tools
Drawing a Bitmap
Drawing Shapes
Drawing Text
Responding to User Events
Surface View
Using Drawables
Handling Orientation Changes

Services

Creating a Background Service
Using Background Threads
Communicate with the UI from Background
Notifications

Networking

Bluetooth Activity
Bluetooth Service
Checking Network Availability
WiFi Manager

Writing for Tablets

Action Bar
Action Bar Tabs
Fragments

Publishing

Testing
Versioning the Final Build
Signing
Publishing

Conclusion

Resources
Course Wrap Up

Credits

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