Final Exam: Journeyman Developer

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

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  initialize the main activity of your Android app and implement inheritance in the Kotlin language
  

  Write functional tests for your Android app involving interactions with spinners, text fields, and buttons
  

  define the structure and positioning of different elements on one screen of your Android app using a ConstraintLayout
  

  recognize the different files and directories in an Android project and the purpose each of them serves
  

  Write the code for an Activity that integrates with the Firebase authentication service to confirm a user's identity
  

  recognize the purpose of Android activities and the files needed to define them
  

  create and setup an Android project in the Android Studio IDE
  

  Configure the launcher activity and define permissions for your Android application using its manifest file
  

  define the appearance of one screen of an Android app by using the visual UI editor in Android Studio
  

  Execute an instrumented test using Android Studio
  

  Verify the functionality of validators in your app by running tests against an Activity that uses them
  

  Deploy your app on a virtual device and verify the connectivity with the Firebase database
  

  identify the features and quirks of the Kotlin programming language
  

  Confirm that registered users of your app are able to sign in with the credentials they registered with
  

  Define the layout for the login screen of an Android app
  

  use the resources files for an Android application to define strings and colors that will be referenced from other files
  

  Integrate your app with the real-time database service of Firebase that is hosted on the cloud
  

  Define a functional test for your Android app involving interactions with various UI elements
  

  modify the appearance of one screen in your Android app by editing the XML layout file
  

  Apply final touches to the auto-generated code from an Espresso recording and execute the tests
  

  Run multiple tests that involve common setup tasks and verify the behavior of the app in an emulator
  

  Define a simple unit test that does not involve the use of UI elements of your Android app
  

  Code the startup tasks for an instrumented test on one of the Activities in your app
  

  Enable the Firebase authentication service for your Android app
  

  Run all the tests defined for your Android app from the command line
  

  install and configure a virtual device on which to deploy and test your Android app
  

  Execute a functional test against the main Activity of your app and verify the results
  

  Use Kotlin libraries in order to issue HTTP requests and parse JSON data
  

  Launch your app in a virtual device emulator and verify its behavior
  

  identify the different files and directories that make up a project in Android Studio
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  describe the Android operating system, its origins, and history
  

  Recognize requirements for an Android application that performs currency conversion using live foreign exchange data
  

  modify the layout of your Android app
  

  Define the actions to be performed for the selection of each individual item in a navigation pane
  

  Define the logic for an Activity that stores data input by a user in a Firebase real-time database
  

  Set up Firebase to authenticate your app's users and to store their data in a database
  

  Enable the logging out of a user from an app through the navigation menu
  

  Modularize your unit tests by separating the common setup tasks into a separate function
  

  Record your actions on an emulator in order to simplify the creation of UI tests for your Android app
  

  list the IDEs and languages that can be used for Android application development
  

  Create an APK file that can be used to load your app onto a physical Android device
  

  Run a unit test using the Android Studio UI and analyze the results
  

  Code the user registration Activity of your app to perform some simple data validation
  

  create a splash screen rendering text for an Android app
  

  create an Activity layout that displays a value supplied by a user in a different Activity in your app
  

  Design a registration screen for your Android app using text fields for names, dates, e-mails, and passwords
  

  eliminate hardcoded data in your layout definitions by creating references to strings in a separate resource file
  

  recognize how the Kotlin language handles null values and late variable initializations, and how the language applies to the Android OS
  

  add an image to the resources of an Android app
  

  download and install the official IDE for Android app development - Android Studio
  

  pass a message from one Activity to another in an Android app
  

  Define a screen that displays a vertically-scrollable list of information along with other details
  

  Design a screen containing an image, drop-downs, buttons, and numeric input fields
  

  define the header elements for a navigation menu in an Android app
  

  Code the logic for an app's splash screen that includes directing a user to the main screen of the app
  

  Configure a menu with several items in an Android app
  

  create a base Activity class that others can inherit in order to implement a common navigation pane
  

  combine a header and menu in order to design a navigation pane for an Android app
  

  define a property to hold live foreign exchange data that is accessible to all Activities in your Android app
  

  configure the Gradle build script of an Android project with the dependencies of your app