What is Android – History of Embedded device programming- Open handset alliance and android – Introduction to android – downloading and installing eclipse – Downloading and installing the android SDK. Exploring the Android SDK – What is the Android SDK – Application life cycle – Application: Hello World – creating your first Android projects in eclipse – Examine the android – created files

Using intents and the phone dialler: what are intents - using the dialler – placing a call from your activity. Lists, Menus and other views: building the activities – using the menu, using the cell phone‘s GPS functionality: using the android location.

Based API – reading the GPS with the Android location - Based API. Application: Find a friend – Creating a SQLite database – creating a custom content provider - creating the find a friend Activity --Running Find a friend Activity. Android SDK tool reference – Emulator commands – debug bridge commands.

1. Developing Simple Applications for Android. 2. Creating Application with Multiple Activities. 3. Designing Application using simple menu List View.

4. Application using Gallery View. 5. Creating Activities for menu items and parsing XML files. 6. Application, creating and finding friend Activity. 7. Google maps in Android.