Course

Syllabus

Software Architecture in Mobile Apps – Introduction to different architectures MVC, MVP, MVVM, and Clean Architecture – SOLID principles and their relevance to Clean Architecture. Different layers in clean architecture. 

Dependency Inversion and Interfaces – Role of interfaces and abstraction in decoupling layers – creation of a simple Android app with layer separation. Domain Layer Design – Entities and Business Rules – Use Cases. Data Layer and Repositories – Mapping between Domain models and Data models.

Presentation Layer Design – Designing UI in Android using MVVM and Clean Architecture principles. Dependency Injection with Dagger/Hilt – Benefits of using DI in Clean Architecture. Handling Asynchronous Operations with Coroutines – Testing in Clean Architecture – End-to-End Testing. Failures and exceptions. 

Course Objectives

• To provide an overview of different layers of Mobile App architecture
• To Familiarize the concepts of testing different layers.
• To understand the features at different layers.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student should be able to

• CO1: understand different architectures for mobile app development.
• CO2: understand clean architecture principles.
• CO3: implement new features and testing.
• CO4: Apply basic techniques for exception and failure handling.

CO-PO Mapping

Textbook(s)

1. Boudjnah, Eran. “Clean Architecture for Android: Implement Expert-led Design Patterns to Build Scalable, Maintainable, and Testable Android Apps”  (English Edition). BPB Publications, 2022. 

References(s)

1. Martin, R. C. “Clean Architecture: A Craftsman’s Guide to Software Structure and Design Pearson Education 1. Inc.” 2018. 
2. Hombergs, Tom. Get Your Hands Dirty on Clean Architecture: A hands-on guide to creating clean web applications with code examples in Java. Packt Publishing Ltd, 2019.