The aim of the course is to provide the skills to design and implement mobile applications that are supported by existing general-purpose cloud services and/or by custom-specific backend service deployed in a public cloud.
Introduction: positioning applications for mobile devices
Sensors and orientation
Android Framework: core components
An introduction to Android OS
2D graphics
Application case studies
Intents and broadcast receivers
Async programming
Storage
Hybrid and C/C++ Native applications
Android service
Cloud computing
Services, Broadcast Receivers, Concurrent programming
Intent, Pending Intent, Permissions, and notifications
iOS basic concepts
The exam consists of designing and implementing a mobile app and passing a written test