Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems: Part 1
The University of Maryland and Coursera partnered to provide this introductory course on Android development. Students will develop an app from scratch, and in so doing, they will gain knowledge and experience in java, Android Studio and Activities. The entire course is 26 hours in length and split into 4 weeks of study.
Created by: Dr. Adam Porter
Produced in 2019
Quality Score
Overall Score : 88 / 100
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- 4.4 Rating
160 Reviews
Dr. Adam Porter
Since 1991 Dr. Porter has been a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland and the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Studies (UMIACS). Dr. Porter is an award--winning teacher and researcher. He is a winner of the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award and the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence in the College of Computer, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences. Dr. Porter's research focuses on techniques, tools and empirical studies for improving software development. He is a frequent speaker at scientific conferences, has served on the editorial boards of scientific journals, and has taught numerous courses in the US and abroad. His recent work on using mobile phone and tablet devices, in part to support education, has also been featured in radio shows, in television news stories and in a Fortune magazine article.
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Reviews
By José A P on 22-Jul-19
Great Course,I give it 4 stars because some project uses deprecated code from old APIs
By Daniel S d C L on 23-May-19
i Think it's a very good introduction to Android world, it is worh valued, only a bit old-fashioned, kind of 4-5 yeards
By Peter C on 26-Jan-19
Paid for this course a couple of years ago and finished it with no real problems but didn't use what I'd learned nor did I continue with the next course. I decided to retake this class to brush up so I could take Part 2. However, the course material hasn't been updated to keep pace with the changes to Android and Android Studio. Assignment projects don't import properly and deprecated classes are being used instead of their replacements. I managed to update my original final project (ModernArtUI) to current standards and have decided that I'm better off (and will learn more) by continuing by myself.
By Gouri B on 8-Jan-19
Very well presented, very hands on course. Only problem I faced was due to the examples being a bit dated, needed to tweak these to work in the latest Android Studio setup. (Did I miss out on downloading the latest examples?)
By Gerardo S on 9-Dec-18
Este curso tiene un gran balance entre tiempo de videos, material y detalle de las explicaciones. Una vez terminado si se fue honesto a uno mismo, se adquieren conocimientos básicos suficientes para que el desarrollo sobre android no sea un misterio.
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