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Syllabi: 4623 ABET Syllabus, 4623 Long Form Syllabus, 5623 Long Form Syllabus
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Course Information

Instructor: Alexander Nelson
Lecture: MWF – 10:45-11:35
Office Hours: MWF 1:00-2:00 – Remote (Zoom) or In Person by request
Grader: Zachary Grider (zg009@uark.edu)
Grader Office Hours: T/TH 1:00-2:00 (Zoom) or in person by request

Schedule

Date	Notes	Info
08/23/21	Syllabus Day & Introduction to Mobile Programming
08/25/21	Lecture 2 – Dimensions of Mobile Computing	Readings – Meyers 1993, Satyanarayanan 1996
08/27/21	Lecture 3 – Condition of the Mobile User
08/30/21	Lecture 4 – MV* Design Patterns	Readings – MVC, MVP, Android Architecture Samples
09/01/21	Lecture 5 – Android Fundamentals (Part 1)	Assignment 1 Released!
09/03/21	Programming Activity – Simple Calculator	Code from class Code with button working
09/06/21	No Class – Labor Day
09/08/21	Finish Programming Activity – Model View Presenter Calculator	Code from class
09/10/21	Finish Android Fundamentals (Part 1)
09/13/21	Lecture 6 – Android Fundamentals (Part 2)
09/15/21	Continue Android Fundamentals (Part 2)	Assignment 1 Due!
09/17/21	Programming Activity – Multiple Activities (Email Client)	Code from class
09/20/21	Lecture 7 – Intents & Intent Filters
09/22/21	Lecture 8 – Tasks & Back Stack
09/24/21	Programming Activity – Broadcast Receivers (Email Client)	Final Project Report 1 Due! Code from class
09/27/21	Lecture 8 – Tasks & Back Stack Lecture 9 – Alarms & Alarm Manager
09/29/21	Assignment 2 Starter Code	Code from class
10/01/21	Assignment 2 Starter Code (Modify Recycler View, Select Item)	Code from class
10/04/21	Lecture 10 – Notifications
10/06/21	Lecture 11 – Location Services
10/08/21	Final Project Workday	Final Project Report 2 Due!
10/11/21	Assignment 2 Help	Code from class
10/13/21	Finish Lecture 11
10/15/21	Programming Activity – Maps!	Code from class Assignment 2 Due!
10/18/21	Lecture 12 – Maps and Fragments  Lecture 13 – Camera
10/20/21	Programming Activity – Camera	Code from Class
10/22/21	Final Project Workday	Final Project Report 3 Due!
10/25/21	No Class – Fall Break
10/27/21	Assignment 3 help	Code from class
10/29/21	Final Project Workday
11/01/21	Finish Lecture 13 Lecture 14 – Connecting to the Internet	Assignment 3 Due!
11/03/21	Finish Lecture 14 Lecture 15 – Web Services
11/05/21	Programming Activity – Starter Code – End Code	Final Project Report 4 Due!
11/08/21	Midterm Exam Review – Midterm Example Midterm Study Guide — Board 1 — Board 2
11/10/21	Midterm Exam
11/12/21	Final Project Workday
11/15/21	Midterm Post-Mortem Lecture 16 – Web Service Clients
11/17/21	Lecture 17 – Testing Android Applications
11/19/21	Programming Activity – Code from class	Final Project Report 5 Due! Last Day to drop w/ a “W”
11/22/21	Programming Activity – Code from class
11/24/21	No Class – Thanksgiving Break
11/26/21	No Class – Thanksgiving Break
11/29/21	Lecture 18 – Optimizing Android Applications Lecture 19 – Presenting Your Applications
12/01/21	JB Hunt Class Visit
12/03/21	Final Project Workday/Programming Activity
12/06/21	Final Project Workday/Programming Activity	Final Project Video Due!
12/08/21	Final Project Workday	Final Project Completed Report Due! (12/09 by midnight)
12/10/21	No Class – Dead Day

Projects

All dates are tentative and subject to change.

 

Date Assigned	Date Due	Project Link	Info
9/1/2021	9/15/2021	Assignment 1
9/24/2021	10/15/2021	Assignment 2
10/18/2021	10/29/2021	Assignment 3	Solution Code
11/23/2021	12/9/2021	Assignment 4	Starter 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