Android Development: Statistics You Need to Know

Worldwide mobile app downloads to surpass 352 billion in 2021, with gross consumer spend across all the app stores to surpass $139 billion. A large chunk of that spend will go to Google Play which is expected to generate over $42 billion in 2021.

– Source: App Annie.

About Android Development

Thanks to its Open Source nature, Google’s Android operating system has penetrated every nook and cranny of the world. It’s the primary OS for thousands of smartphones and tablets combined! Android Developers are part of this growing story, earning instant recognition for their skills, wherever they go. This however, raises the question: How do developers avoid from sinking in a sea of talents, comprised of budding programmers? By certifying one’s competency and skills in Android Development, developers can gain a distinct edge in the market, starting with the internationally-renowned Android Certified Associate Developer (ACAD) course.

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Android Certified Associate Developer (ACAD) Course

Overview

Our ACAD workshop is a hands-on guide to designing and building mobile applications using Google’s Android open source platform. The course explains what Android is, the Android SDK, all essential features, as well as the advanced capabilities and APIs such as background services and notifications. It also encourages participants to learn by building a real-life working application, which can serve as a basis for future Android projects. By the end of the course, each participant will have a complete functional Android application incorporating most of the key features of the platform.

Prerequisites

All participants should know the fundamentals of object oriented programming using JAVA, and be familiar with basic Java SE 1.8++ (classes, control flow statements, instantiation, inheritance, initialization, assignment, method overloading & overriding, etc).

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Android Certified Associate Developer course, graduates will be able to:

1. Build their own applications for Android mobile phones.
2. Understand how Android applications work, Android application components, manifest, and Intent.
3. Design Android applications with compelling user interfaces by using and creating their own layouts using external resources.
4. Use Android Web APIs for accessing Web Services such as Twitter, etc., in background services.
5. Take advantage of Android APIs for data storage and retrieval via user preferences, files and local databases.
6. Utilize the powerful Android API on maps, speech, Medias and hardware to build complex applications.
7. Debug, test and deploy their own applications on Google Play Store.

Course Outline

Here are some of the key topics that will be covered in iTrain’s Android Certified Associate Developer course:

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iTrain-ed Students Speak Up! (Reviews)

“The hands-on training is very good.”  – Rosdy Bin Ab Aziz @ Achit, IT Executive TM Berhad

“Training module is very comprehensive & easy to understand.”  – Mohammad Azam bin Mohd Zubir, Executive, UEM Edgenta

“I would say it is a good course to start with android development.”  – Zulfadhli Mustafa Albakri, Msc Student, UPM

“Good place to learn basic Android programming & to be certified.”  – Ramzi Ramli, Web Developer, Swinburne Universiti Technology Sarawak

“Trainer got a lot of experience in this course.”  – Razlan bin Jalil, Analyst Programmer, Sabah Energy Corporation Sdn Bhd

“A good class for beginners.”  – Siti Munawwarah Mahmod, Junior IT Executive, MRT Corp

Interested in advancing your career with the above ACAD certification, or prepping your team with relevant competences? iTrain is the pioneer training centre in Malaysia for mobile development courses that has certified over 20,000 competent mobile developers across Asia and trained thousands of IT teams (see list of corporations above). We also offer the iOS Certified Associate Developer (ICAD) Certification for developers, among other in-demand digital technology certifications. Contact our iTrain course consultants at +603-2733 0337 or email info@itrain.com.my to find out more about our training courses that will help your good self or organisation stay ahead of the curve.

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