leomindez / associate-android-developer-certification

All the info and materials about the certification that I've collected so far

Associate Android Developer Certification

All the info and material about the certification that I've collected so far

General information

• Announcement on Google I/O 2016
• Associate Android Developer certification Specs

Certification topics

Diagram version

Testing and Debugging

• Write and execute a local JVM unit test

  • Getting Started with Testing
  • Bulding Effective Unit Tests
  • Play List Android Testing Patterns
  • Android Testing Codelab
  • Android Testing Samples
  • Android Testing Blueprint
  • Intro to testing part 1, @riggaroo
  • Intro to testing part 2, @riggaroo
  • Intro to testing part 3, @riggaroo

• Write and execute a device UI test

  • Automating User Interface Tests
  • Espresso
  • UI Automator
  • Advanced Espresso Google I/O 2016
  • Advanced Android Espresso (Big Android BBQ 2016)
  • Espresso cheat sheet
  • Espresso Serie Caster

• Given a problem description, replicate the failure

  • Experts App Clinic:Best Practices when building apps for billions

• Use the system log to output debug information

• Debug and fix an application crash (uncaught exception)

• Debug and fix an activity lifecycle issue

• Debug and fix an issue binding data to views

Application User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX)

• Mock up the main screens and navigation flow of the application
• Describe interactions between UI, background task, and data persistence
• Construct a layout using XML or Java code
• Create a custom view class and add it to a layout
• Implement a custom application theme
• Apply a custom style to a group of common widgets
• Define a RecyclerView item list
• Bind local data to a RecyclerView list
• Implement menu-based or drawer navigation
• Localize the application's UI text into one other language
• Apply content descriptions to views for accessibility
• Add accessibility hooks to a custom view

Fundamental Application Components

• Describe an application's key functional and nonfunctional requirements
• Create an Activity that displays a layout resource
• Fetch local data from disk using a Loader on a background thread
• Propagate data changes through a Loader to the UI
• Schedule a time-sensitive task using alarms
• Schedule a background task using JobScheduler
• Execute a background task inside of a Service
• Implement non-standard task stack navigation (deep links)
• Integrate code from an external support library

Persistent Data Storage

• Define a database schema; include tables, fields, and indices
• Create an application-private database file
• Construct database queries returning single results
• Construct database queries returning multiple results
• Insert new items into a database
• Update or delete existing items in a database
• Expose a database to other applications via Content Provider
  • How to Use a Content Provider
• Read and parse raw resources or asset files
• Create persistent preference data from user input
• Toggle application logic based on preference values

Enhanced System Integration

• Create an app widget that displays on the device home screen
• Implement a task to update the app widget periodically
• Create and display a notification to the user