Android Fundamentals - Activities

Start developing Android apps and get a deeper knowledge of basic Android Components such as Activities in real quick time. In this course, Android Fundamentals: Activities, you'll be learning all about Activity and its related fundamental concepts. First, you'll get an introduction to Android Components and progressively cover the topic of Event Handling, Logcat, and also dive into the building block component of any Android apps. You'll be learning about Android Component Activity such as its lifecycle and its behavior on screen rotation. Finally you'll learn how to exchange data between activities. By the end of this course, you'll have a very strong foundation on the topic of android activities.

Course Overview 1m 10s

Introduction 5m 0s

Course Overview 3m 9s

Demo Instructions 1m 51s

Getting Familiar with Building Blocks of Android 18m 23s

Introduction to Activity and Android Components 2m 37s

Overview of Intent 1m 50s

Intent and It's Relationship with Activities 2m 31s

Getting Familiar with Service 4m 43s

Getting Familiar with BroadcastReceiver 5m 36s

Summary 1m 2s

Using Activities to Listen to Events 31m 57s

Introduction to Event Handling 3m 33s

Event Handling Inside Activity Demo: Initial Project Setup 7m 18s

Handling Event Inside Activity Using Event Listener Interface 9m 24s

Alternate Way to Handle an Event Inside Activity 5m 48s

Handling Event Using onClick Attribute 4m 53s

Summary 0m 58s

Sharing Data Between Activities Using Explicit Intent 27m 54s

Introduction to Explicit and Implicit Intent 5m 7s

Demo Explicit Intent: Initial Project Setup 3m 52s

Starting Another Activity Using Explicit Intent 3m 29s

Sending Data to Another Activity Using Bundle Directly 8m 27s

Sending Data to Another Activity Using Bundle Indirectly 4m 7s

Summary 2m 50s

Exploring Activity Lifecycle 33m 55s

Why AppCompatActivity? 7m 24s

Exploring Activity Lifecycle 11m 32s

Demo: Activity Lifecycle 7m 0s

Activity and Stack 4m 4s

Summary and Significance of Lifecycle Methods 3m 53s

Understanding Activity Lifecycle in Context of Screen Rotation 45m 36s

Behavior of Activity Lifecycle When the Screen Is Rotated 4m 11s

Consequences of Screen Rotation 2m 50s

Impact of Screen Rotation on Views 6m 7s

Solution One : Restoring Back the Activity State 4m 49s

Solution One Demo : Restoring Back the Activity State 10m 29s

Using Separate Layouts for Portrait and Landscape Modes 5m 27s

Solution Two : Handling Configuration Changes Yourself 8m 44s

Summary 2m 3s

What Next? 0m 53s