Fundamentals for Mobile App Development: Introduction to mobile app development ecosystems – Android architecture and Flutter framework overview – Setting up development environments (Android Studio, VS Code) – Kotlin essentials for Android development – Kotlin syntax, null safety, and functional programming concepts – Dart essentials for Flutter development – Dart syntax and Flutter-specific language features – Creating a basic app structure
– Android: Activities, Fragments, and Lifecycle – Flutter: Widgets, State management, and Widget lifecycle – User Interface design principles – Android: XML layouts, ViewGroups, and common UI components – Flutter: Widgets, Layouts, and Material/Cupertino design systems – Navigation and app structure – Android: Intents, Navigation component – Flutter: Navigator, Routes
Data Management and Device Integration: Local data persistence – Android: Shared Preferences, Room database – Flutter: SQLite – Networking and API integration – Android: Retrofit, Moshi – Flutter: http package, JSON serialization – Firebase integration and cloud services – Setting up Firebase for Android and Flutter projects – Firebase Authentication – Cloud Firestore for real-time database – Firebase Cloud Storage – Firebase Cloud Messaging for push notifications – State management – Android: ViewModel, LiveData – Flutter: Provider, Riverpod, or BLoC – Background processing – Android: WorkManager, Services – Flutter: Isolates, background execution – Accessing device features – Camera, location, and sensors integration in both platforms – Notifications and push services – Android: Notification API – Flutter: flutter_local_notifications, Firebase Cloud Messaging
Advanced Topics and App Publishing: Advanced UI and Animations – Android: MotionLayout, Transitions – Flutter: Animation Controller, custom animations – Custom Views/Widgets – Android: Custom Views – Flutter: Custom Widgets, Custom Painter – Testing and Debugging – Android: JUnit, Espresso – Flutter: Unit tests, Widget tests, Integration tests – Performance optimization – Profiling and optimizing apps in both platforms – App architecture patterns – MVVM, Repository pattern, Clean Architecture – Dependency Injection – Android: Hilt – Flutter: get_it, injectable – Preparing for app store submission – App signing, versioning, and distribution for both platforms