This event requires registration: http://skillsmatter.com/course/os-mobile-server/mark-murphys-introductory-android-application-development-training/mw-3254
“Beginning Android” author Mark Murphy’s two-day Android Introduction course will provide an intensive class to get you up to speed in coding the highest quality Android applications.
Delivered by Kevin McDonaugh expert Android developer, self-proclaimed “software magician” and co-founder of Novoda (a consultancy for Android software development), this course provides you with the firm basics of getting Android applications and user interfaces up and running, including complex aspects including dealing with background threads, screen rotations, and database access.
You will also learn how to confidently construct and build a simple GUI, complete with a database and user preference file that contains multiple activities. The course structure is 50% hands on exercises and by the end of the course you will be able to successfully get android applications up and running.