Android Basics: User Interface

The learning goals are presented in the first video. It also gives some quiz questions to reforce the concepts, such as on the views, but it is quite simple, no need to use two quizzes to introduce the same concept. In summary, the learning objectives of the material are very clear. It is a good resource for learners to grasp the basic knowledge to start learning about mobile app development. It can be used as an introductory self-study material for learners. It also provides quizzes for self-assessment.

their free courses for android development are good. they teach you in java.

I have already gone through the courses in the Android basics series from Udacity and found the teaching style really good for me. I also like that you have projects to work on. I never enrolled in the Nanodegree itself, but I followed along and did all projects.

Udacity courses don't teach you architecture, that's not their goal. They teach you about android framework and it's components. They are worth the watch to learn about framework itself, and after that you can find tons of resources online about architecture.

One of the best introductory courses for Android that I have personally come across...

Udacity is the best one so far. Start with android basics and then there are four other courses from intermediate to advanced. And as a matter of fact, all the courses are FREEE!!. The content is top quality because they have engineers from Google delivering the content..

Though the Udacity's courses are pretty good and I still recommend it, it taught to do a lot of things by Google's way which was not always the best way/ practical.

I was searching for good android course online when i started with Android development and after 4 months i can say the time spend on Udacity Android courses was worth it. It is everything very good explained the learning pace is good you don’t need prior programming experience if you know something then you can have even better start.

I'm currently taking the beginners course for android development its 5 different classes (for the free version) you don't need to know anything to take it, they WILL go over the java stuff. But it teaches you important best practice information you need to know I would not skip it at all its very in depth as well. You cannot finish it in a day.

In terms of the course, its well structured, that's it! Its useful if and only if : your objective is to get a structured base to Android development OR if your objective is to be an amateur developer. If your goal is to be a pro, then skip the Udacity courses, take a project idea that you are excited about and work on it.

Poor introduction of the android front end development. The student learns only how to write 3 layout xml elements which are integrated for the design of the phone screen. It takes officially 2 weeks, but it would rather take 2 days!

I have learn android development through various Mooc's and videos like Thenewboston, Lynda, Pluralsight, Videotobrain, Coursera hosted by Prof. Adam Porter, he also good, when it comes to basics and finally Udacity. I find Udacity very convenient and they provide more interactive learning. Its best to learn from google experts