Associate Android Developer Certification

All the info and material about the certification that I've collected so far

General information

• Announcement on Google I/O 2016
• Associate Android Developer certification Specs

Certification topics

Diagram version

Testing and Debugging

• Write and execute a local JVM unit test

  • Getting Started with Testing
  • Bulding Effective Unit Tests
  • Play List Android Testing Patterns
  • Android Testing Codelab
  • Android Testing Samples
  • Android Testing Blueprint
  • Intro to testing part 1, @riggaroo
  • Intro to testing part 2, @riggaroo
  • Intro to testing part 3, @riggaroo

• Write and execute a device UI test

  • Automating User Interface Tests
  • Espresso
  • UI Automator
  • Advanced Espresso Google I/O 2016
  • Advanced Android Espresso (Big Android BBQ 2016)
  • Espresso cheat sheet
  • Espresso Serie Caster

• Given a problem description, replicate the failure

  • Experts App Clinic:Best Practices when building apps for billions

• Use the system log to output debug information

• Debug and fix an application crash (uncaught exception)

• Debug and fix an activity lifecycle issue

• Debug and fix an issue binding data to views

Application User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX)

• Mock up the main screens and navigation flow of the application
• Describe interactions between UI, background task, and data persistence
• Construct a layout using XML or Java code
• Create a custom view class and add it to a layout
• Implement a custom application theme
• Apply a custom style to a group of common widgets
• Define a RecyclerView item list
• Bind local data to a RecyclerView list
• Implement menu-based or drawer navigation
• Localize the application's UI text into one other language
• Apply content descriptions to views for accessibility
• Add accessibility hooks to a custom view

Fundamental Application Components

• Describe an application's key functional and nonfunctional requirements
• Create an Activity that displays a layout resource
• Fetch local data from disk using a Loader on a background thread
• Propagate data changes through a Loader to the UI
• Schedule a time-sensitive task using alarms
• Schedule a background task using JobScheduler
• Execute a background task inside of a Service
• Implement non-standard task stack navigation (deep links)
• Integrate code from an external support library

Persistent Data Storage

• Define a database schema; include tables, fields, and indices
• Create an application-private database file
• Construct database queries returning single results
• Construct database queries returning multiple results
• Insert new items into a database
• Update or delete existing items in a database
• Expose a database to other applications via Content Provider
  • How to Use a Content Provider
• Read and parse raw resources or asset files
• Create persistent preference data from user input
• Toggle application logic based on preference values

Enhanced System Integration

• Create an app widget that displays on the device home screen
• Implement a task to update the app widget periodically
• Create and display a notification to the user