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Syllabi: 4623 ABET Syllabus, 4623 Long Form Syllabus, 5623 Long Form Syllabus
Final Projects

Course Information

Instructor: Alexander Nelson
Lecture: MWF – 10:45-11:35
Office Hours: T/Th: 1:00-2:00
Grader: Diego Perez Bakovic (diperezb@uark.edu)
Grader Office Hours: MW – 1:00-3:00 or by appointment

Schedule

Date	Notes	Info
08/21/2023	Syllabus, Lecture 1 – Introduction to Mobile Computing	Day 1 Survey
08/23/2023	Lecture 2 – Dimensions of Mobile Computing
08/25/2023	Lecture 3 – Condition of the Mobile User Demo — Introduction to Android Studio	Readings – Meyers 1993, Satyanarayanan 1996
08/28/2023	No Class — Instructor Sick	Remote Lecture Homework 1 Released!
08/30/2023	Lecture 4 — Design Architectures (MV* Patterns)
09/01/2023	In Class Practice – Model-View-Presenter	Project Proposals Due! ZyBook Chapter 1 Due!
09/04/2023	No Class – Labor Day
09/06/2023	Lecture 5 — Android Fundamentals (Part 1)
09/08/2023	In Class Practice – Simple Calculator
09/11/2023	Finish Lecture 5
09/13/2023	Lecture 6 — Android Fundamentals (Part 2)
09/15/2023	In Class Practice – MVVM + Compose	Homework 1 Due! Report 1 Due!
09/18/2023	Finish Lecture 6 Lecture 7 — Intents and Intent Filters
09/20/2023	Finish Lecture 7 Lecture 8 — Tasks and the Back Stack
09/22/2023	Codelab: Room with a View	ZyBooks Chapters 2&5 Due!
09/25/2023	Codelab: Room with a View
09/27/2023	Career Fair Continue Codelab w/ Modifications
09/29/2023	More MVVM & Room	Report 2 Due!
10/02/2023	Lecture 9 — Alarms
10/04/2023	Lecture 10 — Notifications
10/06/2023	Alarm, BroadcastReceiver, Notification Practice
10/09/2023	No Class — Instructor Sick
10/11/2023	Lecture 11 — Location Services
10/13/2023	Assignment 2 help	Homework 2 Due!
10/16/2023	No Class – Fall Break	Report 3 Due!
10/18/2023	Midterm Review – Study Guide, Sample Midterm, Sample Midterm Key
10/20/2023	Midterm Exam
10/23/2023	Finish Lecture 11 Lecture 12 – Fragments and Maps
10/25/2023	Lecture 13 – Camera
10/27/2023	In Class Practice – Maps	Report 4 Due!
10/30/2023	In Class Practice – Camera
11/01/2023	Assignment 3 Help
11/03/2023	Lecture 14 – Connecting to the Internet
11/06/2023	Final Project Workday	Assignment 3 Due! (11/7)
11/08/2023	Lecture 15 – Web Services In Class Practice – Connecting to the Internet
11/10/2023	Lecture 16 – Android Web Service Client In Class Practice – Connecting to the Internet	Report 5 Due!
11/13/2023	Finish In Class Practice – Connecting to the Internet
11/15/2023	Final Project Workday
11/17/2023	In Class Practice – Connecting to Firestore
11/20/2023	Final Project Workday
11/22/2023	No Class – Thanksgiving Break	Report 6 Due! (Tuesday before break)
11/24/2023	No Class – Thanksgiving Break
11/27/2023	Giving a Video Demo Lecture 17 – Testing
11/29/2023	Assignment 4 Help/Final Project Workday
12/01/2023	Assignment 4 Help/Final Project Workday
12/04/2023	Lecture 18 – Improving Performance
12/06/2023	Final Exam Study/Final Project Workday	Final Project Video Due!
12/08/2023	No Class – Reading Day	Final Project Report Due! (12/07 at 11:59)

Projects

All dates are tentative and subject to change.

Date Assigned	Date Due	Project Link	Info
8/28/2023	9/15/2023	Assignment 1
9/25/2023	10/13/2023	Assignment 2
10/23/2023	11/7/2023	Assignment 3
11/22/2023	12/7/2023	Assignment 4

 

Resources

 

Type	Links
Report Templates	docx, latex
Discord Link	Invite Link
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
Potentially Useful APIs	Free APIs
Course Feedback	Survey – Send anonymous feedback about the course to the instructor