This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This course is concerned with the design, implementation and testing of applications for the Android platform. Students will work at all stages of the development life-cycle from inception to testing, whilst considering usability and device capabilities for a mobile application capable of meeting a functional specification.
Total contact hours: 41
Private study hours: 109
Total study hours: 150
This module will be assessed 100% by coursework.
Beginning Android Application Development, Wei-Meng Lee, John Wiley & Sons, 2011, ISBN-10: 1118017110, ISBN-13: 978-1118017111
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successful completion of the module, students will:
1. Be familiar with the different User Interface elements that can be used to construct the application interface on a mobile platform
2. Be able to develop application functionality with an appropriate programming language and software development kit (SDK).
3. Be familiar with mobile application design approaches, and relevant software design patterns.
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