Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women(Autonomous):: Bhimavaram

Workshop Report

Android Hackshop (Android app Development)

(11-12 Apr i l 2015 & 18-19 Apr i l 2015 )

Funded by the TEQIP-I I

Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women(Autonomous):: Bhimavaram

SUMMARY

A 4-day workshop on “Android Hackshop - Android app Development" was held in two phases i.e from 11th to

12th April 2015 & 18th to 19th April 2015.The workshop was intended for developing the application development skills

on android platform. The perquisite for the participants for attending workshop is to have basic knowledge in java

programming. About 60 students and 3 faculty members from the department of Information Technology attended the

workshop.

The day 1 (11.04.2015) was started with Prof. P. Venkata Rama Raju HOD IT Department inaugurating the

workshop. Mr.T. Vasu (Senior Systems Engineer) Infosys gave the introductory talk on mobile application trends and

career opportunities. The technical session was handled by Mr. Pavan Kumar Kusuma (Developer at Infosys). The topics

covered are installation of android applications and UI Layouts. Hands on training was given to all participants.

On day 2 (12.04.2015), topics like storing data using SQLite database were covered.

Between 13- 17 th April 2015, assignments given to the students and they were asked to submit all these

assignments on 18 th April 2015.

The phase-II of the workshop was started on 18th April 2015. The resource persons cleared the doubts raised by

the students regarding the assignments. The topics like menus and external database using parse.com were covered on

this day.

On 12.04.2015 left over topics in android training were covered and deployment of the app "SVECW smart

Campus" in google play store was covered.

The valedictory function was presided by the coordinator of this workshop Dr. D.V.Naga Raju. Associate professor,

Dept. of IT. The participation certificates were distributed to the student participants.

Resource Persons

1. Mr . Vasu Thiruveedula, Senior Systems Engineer,Infosys-Hyderabad.

Successfully completed 4 automations for Infosys clients(Walmart and Pwc) which drastically increased the operational productivity.

Part of design team for “Infosys Food Court” and “Infosys DC Tour” mobile apps. Winner (Ubrand) of Startup Weekend Hyderabad 2014 edition. Only the app from Indiawhich compet

ed with 3000+ startups from 250+ cities and got selected in Global Startup Battle top 14 finalists. Winner (Smart DC) of Infosys Global Hackathon ­ 2015 and selected for Infosys

Awards For Excellence(AFE).

Projects

Pwc(PricewaterhouseCoopers) Service Discovery and Delivery Walmart Customer Knowledge Platform Google Geo Factories (Google,2011)

2. Mr. Pavan Kumar Kusuma, Senior Systems Engineer, Infosys-Hyderabad.

Experienced in

Android application development, Android wearable development .NET Website development Java/ J2EE development

Achievements

Winner of Global startup weekend Hyderabad - 2014 Topped Hyderabad chapter of Hackathon conducted by GSB and stood in 14th place across the

Globe Winner of Infosys Global Hackathon at Hyderabad development center - 2015 Cracked the Hackathon with smart solution – Cash less transaction

Applications on Google play store

Color locker – Amazing lock screen for your smart phone Smart wallet – One place to store your cards information GRE Word power – An app to enhance your vocabulary on the go

Schedule

Day-1

1. 11.04.2015: 9 AM

Inauguration: Prof. P. Venkata Rama Raju, HOD IT, Department of Information Technology

Key Note: Mr. T. Vasu: He briefed about the trends and career opportunities in the area of mobile

development.

2. 11.04.2015: 10 AM - 1 PM: Session by Mr . Pavan Kumar

Android Overview

SDK Intro

Installation

3. 11.04.2015: 2.00 PM- 5 PM : Session by Mr. Vasu T

Creating the first project

The manifest file

Layout resource

Running the app on Emulator/smart phone

Main Building Blocks

Activities

Activity lifecycle

Intents

Services

Content Providers

Day-2(12.04.2015)

1. 12.04.2015: 10 AM -12 1 PM: Session by Mr . Pavan Kumar

Linear Layout Relative Layout Table Layout Grid Layout XML UI Common UI components Handling user events

2. 12.04.2015: 2.00 PM- 5 PM : Session by Mr. Vasu T

Introduction to SQLite & Integration with the application

SQLite Programming SQLiteOpenHelper SQLiteDatabse Cursor Reading and updating Contacts

Day-3(18.04.2015)

1. 18.04.2015: 9 AM-1 PM: Session by Mr . Pavan Kumar

Adapters and Widgtes

ArrayAdapters

BaseAdapters

ListView and ListActivity

Custom listview

GridView using adapters

Gallery using adapters

2. 18.04.2015: 2.00 PM- 5 PM : Session by Mr. Vasu T Notifications

Broadcast Receivers

Services and notifications

Toast

Alarms

Day-4(19.04.2015)

1. 19.04.2015: 10 AM -12 1 PM: Session by Mr . Pavan Kumar

Custom Components

2. 19.04.2015: 2.00 PM- 5 PM : Session by Mr. Vasu T

Deployment of the app developed during the workshop

3. 19.04.2015: 2.00 PM- 5 PM : Valedictory function & certificates distribution

Tea & Snacks: 11 AM & 3 PM every day