PTI90040 – Mobile Applications

Module
Mobile Applications
Mobile Applications
Module number
PTI90040
Version: 2
Faculty
Physikalische Technik / Informatik
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Summer semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. Rainer Wasinger
raw17hkw(at)fh-zwickau.de

Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Rainer Wasinger
raw17hkw(at)fh-zwickau.de

Course language(s)

English - 95.00%
in "Mobile Applications"

German - 5.00%
in "Mobile Applications"

ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Internship | 2.00 SCH Lecture with integrated exercise / seminar-lecture)

Self-study time

90.00 hours
45.00 hours Self-study - Mobile Applications
45.00 hours Vor-/Nachbereitung - Mobile Applications

Pre-examination(s)

Praktikumstestat
in "Mobile Applications"

Examination(s)

alternative Prüfungsleistung - Projektarbeit und Präsentation
Module examination | Weighting: 100% | wird in englischer Sprache abgenommen
in "Mobile Applications"

Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure
  • Analysis of regional and global smartphone markets.
  • Evolution of the smartphone, including the evolving hardware characteristics and sensor technologies.
  • Software development for Android:
    • Development language (Android, XML), app composition (manifest, UI, program code, build scripts) and Android Virtual Device (AVD) runtimes/emulators.
    • Activities and their life-cycle, intents, user interfaces, resources, data storage (SQL, shared preferences), permissions, fragments, style guides (e.g. Material Design), services, and sensors.
    • App security, distribution, and deployment.
  • Comparison to other development environments: XCode (Apple iOS) and Cross-Platform technologies.
Qualification objectives

Students know the individual characteristics of mobile operating systems and why these characteristics should be considered when designing and developing mobile applications. Students have the ability to apply theoretical and practical knowledge to develop robust mobile applications. Students are able to apply style guides to create UIs specific to the Android operating system, and they are able to test the usability of their created mobile applications.

Special admission requirements

keine

Recommended prerequisites

Programming skills

Continuation options
No information
Literature
  • Android Developer’s Website: https://developer.android.com.
  • Murphy: The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development, CommonsWare, 2019.
Notes
No information