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Course Information

Instructor: Alexander Nelson
Lecture: MWF – 10:45-11:35
Office Hours: TTh – 9:00-10:00 & 2:00-3:00 JBHT 528

Schedule

 

Date	Notes	Info
8/21/2017	Introduction and Syllabus	Video 1 – Install
8/23/2017	Dimensions of Mobile Computing	Readings – Meyers 1993, Satyanarayanan 1996
8/25/2017	Condition of the Mobile User and Final Project Ideas
8/28/2017	MV* Design Patterns	Readings – MVC Krasner (1988), MVP Potel (1996),Google Samples – MVP and MVVM
8/30/2017	Continue MV* Design Patterns ConstraintLayout Demo (if time)	Video 2 – Simple Calculator Video 3 – Finding Errors
9/1/2017	Android Fundamentals (Part 1)
9/4/2017	Labor Day	No Class
9/6/2017	Continue Android Fundamentals (Part 1)
9/8/2017	Android Fundamentals (Part 2)	Report Templates – docx latex
9/11/2017	Continue Android Fundamentals (Part 2)
9/13/2017	No Class	Project 1 Due!
9/15/2017	Finish Android Fundamentals, Project 1 post mortem, Discuss Final Projects	Final Project Report 1 Due! Email to Instructor
9/18/2017	Android Intents (Part 1)
9/20/2017	Android Intents (Part 2)
9/22/2017	Tasks and Back Stack, Android Fundamentals Review, Discuss Project 2	Project 2 Released
9/25/2017	Alarms and AlarmManager
9/27/2017	Notifications	Video 4 – Alarm and Notifications, Example Code
9/29/2017	Location Services (Part 1)	Final Project Report 2 Due!
10/2/2017	Location Services (Part 2)	Video 5 – Connectivity and Saving to File, Example Code
10/4/2017	Review and Project Example
10/6/2017	Maps Demo	Project 2 Due!
10/9/2017	Maps (Part 1)
10/11/2017	Maps (Part 2)
10/13/2017	Sensors API Demo – Zip File	Final Project Report 3 Due!
10/16/2017	Fall Break	No Class
10/18/2017	Midterm Review
10/20/2017	Midterm (In Class)
10/23/2017	Hand Back and Go over Midterm	Project 3 Announced!
10/25/2017	Android Camera	Code Example
10/27/2017	Finish Android Camera	Final Project Report 4 Due!
10/30/2017	Network Operations
11/1/2017	Network Operations (Part 2)	Project 3 Due!
11/3/2017	Network Operations (Part 3)
11/6/2017	Push/Pull Messaging, JSON and XML, Project Checkpoints
11/8/2017	Firebase Message Example – Start Web Services	Radio Power Calculation Video
11/10/2017	Finish Web Services	Final Project Report 5 Due!
11/13/2017	Client Side Web Service — Example Code
11/15/2017	Client Side Web Service Continued
11/17/2017	Android App Testing & Verification
11/20/2017	Android App Testing & Verification	Presentation Schedule Sign-Up
11/22/2017	Thanksgiving Break	No Class
11/24/2017	Thanksgiving Break	No Class
11/27/2017	Profiling App Performance
11/29/2017	Profiling App Performance
12/1/2017	Presentation Review Session	Project 4 Due!
12/4/2017	Project Presentations	Project Presentations
12/6/2017	Review for Final Exam	Final Project Full Report Due!
12/11/2017	Final Exam	10:15 – 12:15

Projects

 

All dates are tentative and subject to change.

Date Assigned	Date Due	Project Link	Info
8/30/2017	9/13/2017	Assignment 1	Project 1 – Calculator
9/22/2017	10/6/2017 (10/9/2017 for 95%)	Assignment 2	Project 2 – To-Do List — Zip File
10/23/2017	11/1/2017	Assignment 3	Project 3 – Geo-Camera
11/8/2017	12/1/2017	Assignment 4	Project 4 – Internet Parse Project — Internet Project Example Code

 

Resources

 

Type	Links
Report Templates	docx, latex
Android Studio	Android Studio Website
Udacity	Android Basics Nanodegree by Google
Android Cliffnotes	CodePath Android Cliffnotes
Stack Overflow	Stack Overflow Android Tag
Reddit	Androiddev Subreddit
Mobile Game Engine	Unity for Android, YouTube Tutorial
Mobile Graphics	OpenGL ES, YouTube Tutorial
Course Feedback	Survey – Send anonymous feedback about the course to the instructor