Master advanced Android development with Google Maps API, web services, push notifications, wearable support, and Material Design animations.
Master advanced Android development with Google Maps API, web services, push notifications, wearable support, and Material Design animations.
This advanced Android development course builds on previous knowledge, focusing on practical implementation of professional features. You'll learn to consume REST APIs with Retrofit and GSON to serialize/deserialize JSON data from services like Instagram. The course covers integrating Google Maps API to enable location sharing and custom markers in your applications. You'll master push notifications using Firebase Cloud Messaging and create your own server with Node.js to deliver notifications to users. The curriculum extends to developing for wearables, TVs, and cars with Android Wear, teaching you specialized designs and smartphone-wearable connections. Finally, you'll enhance user experience with Material Design animations and transitions, adding distinctive style to your applications before publishing them on Google Play Store.
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What you'll learn
Integrate REST APIs using Retrofit and GSON for data persistence
Implement Google Maps functionality with custom markers and location services
Create push notifications with Firebase Cloud Messaging
Develop a Node.js server for delivering custom notifications
Build applications for wearable devices with Android Wear
Design specialized wearable interfaces and notifications
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There are 6 modules in this course
This advanced Android development course takes students beyond fundamentals to implement professional features in mobile applications. Students learn to consume REST APIs using Retrofit and GSON for data persistence, working specifically with Instagram's API for practical experience. The curriculum covers Google Maps integration, enabling location sharing and custom markers within applications. A significant portion focuses on implementing push notifications through Firebase Cloud Messaging, including setting up a Node.js server on Heroku that communicates with Firebase and Google Cloud to deliver targeted notifications. The course expands development skills to wearable devices, teaching specific design principles for Android Wear, smartphone-wearable connections, and specialized notifications with multiple actions. The final module covers Material Design transitions and animations to enhance user experience with professional visual effects. Throughout the course, students work on practical projects that prepare them to publish their applications to Google Play Store.
Bienvenida
Module 1 · 21 Minutes to complete
Web Services
Module 2 · 7 Hours to complete
API Google Maps
Module 3 · 2 Hours to complete
Push Notifications
Module 4 · 7 Hours to complete
Wereables Android Wear
Module 5 · 4 Hours to complete
Transiciones Material Design
Module 6 · 57 Minutes to complete
Fee Structure
Instructor
Android Development Expert and Technology Entrepreneur
Anahí Salgado serves as an instructor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where she combines her expertise in computer engineering with entrepreneurial leadership. Her academic credentials include a Computer Engineering degree from UNAM, complemented by her Android Certified Application Developer certification (2014). As a pioneer in Android app development since 2009, she has successfully transitioned from programmer to trainer and speaker. Through her Coursera courses in Android development, including "Desarrollo de aplicaciones avanzadas con Android," "Fundamentos de Android," and "Programando con Java para aplicaciones Android," she helps students master mobile application development. Her entrepreneurial ventures include founding ConceptoApps (2013), a creative technology company, and establishing the Android para Todos community (2015). As a prominent female representative in Mexico's ICT sector, she advocates for women in technology while contributing to the advancement of mobile development education
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