IC03 Native Android Application Design & Development Teacher's Guide Aim

There are four formative units in this formative activity.

1. 
   JDK installation
   
2. 
   SDK installation
   
3. 
   Setting up Android Studio
   
4. 
   Publishing your first application
   

Android Studio is already functional out of the box, however, you will need an Internet connection to download the latest APIs.

Obviously, if you want to publish an application in Google Play, you will also need an Internet connection, a Google account and a Google Play account on behalf of your School. There is an unique fee of 25 dolars.

Finally, at the end of some formative units, there are some links to remote content that you might as well download.

The main objectives of this Formative Activity are:

• 
  To learn how to download and install Oracle JDK
  
• 
  To learn how to download and install Oracle Android SDK
  
• 
  To learn how to download, install and setup Android Studio
  
• 
  To learn how to create your first Android application, to digitally sign it and to upload it to Google Play.
  

You, as the teacher should provide every installer for all three common platforms, Windows, Linux and Mac pobably in a local server, just in case the Internet connection gets too slow.

You might also write the script of the videos and provide them to your students, or at least a word bank, according to their English language level.

3. Methodology
­Working in pairs is recommended. And at least one of the students should have an Android smartphone. Occasionally, groups can be made up of three members.

4. Assessment

It is an open issue, I would account units one and two for up to 20% each and units three and four for up to 30% each.

1. 
   Which are the three steps mentioned in this video?
   

2. 
   Before you download JKD, you have to accept the Oracle Binary Code. How do you do it?
   

3. 
   How long will the download take according to the video?
   

4. 
   How do you proceed with step number two, installation, and how long does it take according to the video?
   

It takes about fifteen minutes.

5. 
   How can you change the destination path of JDK in your machine?
   

6. 
   How do you modify the Path System variable?
   

7. 
   How can you check that the installation has been successful?
   

1. 
   Where is the AVD Manager icon in the tool bar?
   

Fourth icon from the right.

2. 
   How do you create a new AVD?
   

By clicking the 'Create new AVD' button.

3. 
   What are templates according to the video?
   

Predefined virtual devices.

4. 
   What does 'target' mean in this context?
   

Operating System.

5. 
   How do you select the AVD you want to use?
   

6. 
   What is the final recommendation from the author of this video?
   

There are lots of them but first and foremost you should focus on Android Studio being the official Android development IDE.

1. 
   Based in Maven and Gradel instead of the old Ant build tool.
   

2. 
   With Live Preview, you will instantly see how your application looks like in different layouts (portrait vs landscape) and screen resolutions.
   

3. 
   A build in Google Cloud plugin.
   

4. 
   Support for JUnit, specifically tailored to test Android applications.
   

5. 
   Smarter Code Completion.
   

6. 
   Out-of-the-box Version Control Integration.