Codesign Hardware-Software

Getting started with Android

Advanced Android topics

• Location awareness

• Network fundamentals (connect, manage incoming data)

• Data storage & storage options: shared prefs, phone memory, SQL, network/cloud.

• Cloud API

• Users (personalize, authenticate)

• Sensorsoverview and tutorial:

  • Motion: accelerometer, gyroscope, gravity meter, linear accelerometer.

  • Environment: light, pressure, temperature meters.

  • Position: orientation, geomagnetic field and proximity meters.

• OpenGL graphics

• Phone to MySQL Server communication

• Phone to PC through WiFi and Network Service Discovery (NSD)

• and much more...

• 2D/3D OpenGL graphics tutorial

• Database storage tutorial

• Android game development

• Using the sensors on the emulator

• Real-time audio processing

• Real-time video image processing as pixel array or using OpenCV

  • API Guides

    • User interface (layouts, user input, swiping, drag and drop, themes etc.)

    • Animation and graphics (using canvas, drawables, hardware acceleration)

    • Media and camera (audio-video capture and playback)

    • Location and sensors (position, maps, motion, environment sensors)

    • Connectivity (Cloud, Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi, USB)

    • Data storage (storage, backup, app install location)

    • Speech recognition (Speech Input API, A simple tutorial)

  • Best practices - design for performance, responsiveness, seamlessness, security

  • Free online sounds and sound effects - small & free to use in your projects