Android Certification Study

Application with all topics of the Associate Android Developer Certification

All information you need about the certification

https://developers.google.com/training/certification/associate-android-developer

All you need to study to get the certification

https://developers.google.com/training/certification/associate-android-developer/study-guide/

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TOPICS

We have 5 topics that google suggest to study and i created a application with everything that they show to us. I put a letter A, B, C, D and E to separete the topics, to be easy to study

• Android core (A)
• User interface (B)
• Data management (C)
• Debugging (D)
• Testing (E)

Android Core (A)

• Understand the architecture of the Android system
• Be able to describe the basic building blocks of an Android app
• Know how to build and run an Android app
• Display simple messages in a popup using a Toast or a Snackbar
• Be able to display a message outside your app's UI using Notifications
• Understand how to localize an app
• Be able to schedule a background task using JobScheduler

Reference: https://developers.google.com/training/certification/associate-android-developer/study-guide/android-core

User Interface (B)

• Understand the Android activity lifecycle
• Be able to create an Activity that displays a Layout
• Be able to construct a UI with ConstraintLayout
• Understand how to create a custom View class and add it to a Layout
• Know how to implement a custom app theme
• Be able to add accessibility hooks to a custom View
• Know how to apply content descriptions to views for accessibility
• Understand how to display items in a RecyclerView
• Be able to bind local data to a RecyclerView list using the Paging library
• Know how to implement menu-based navigation
• Understand how to implement drawer navigation

Reference: https://developers.google.com/training/certification/associate-android-developer/study-guide/user-interface

Data management (C)

• Understand how to define data using Room entities
• Be able to access Room database with data access object (DAO)
• Know how to observe and respond to changing data using LiveData
• Understand how to use a Repository to mediate data operations
• Be able to read and parse raw resources or asset files
• Be able to create persistent Preference data from user input
• Understand how to change the behavior of the app based on user preferences

Reference: https://developers.google.com/training/certification/associate-android-developer/study-guide/data-management

Debugging (D)

• Understand the basic debugging techniques available in Android Studio
• Know how to debug and fix issues with an app's functional behavior and usability
• Be able to use the System Log to output debug information
• Understand how to use breakpoints in Android Studio
• Know how to inspect variables using Android Studio

Reference: https://developers.google.com/training/certification/associate-android-developer/study-guide/debugging

Testing (D)

• Thoroughly understand the fundamentals of testing
• Be able to write useful local JUnit tests
• Understand the Espresso UI test framework
• Know how to write useful automated Android tests

Reference: https://developers.google.com/training/certification/associate-android-developer/study-guide/testing