Development of Mobile Application

Type of course:	Elective (1 of 2)
Language of instruction:	Romanian
Erasmus Language of instruction:	English
Name of lecturer:	Ovidiu Domsa
Seminar tutor:	Arpad Incze
Form of education	Full-time

Form of instruction:	Class / Seminary
Number of teaching hours per semester:	56
Number of teaching hours per week:	4
Semester:	Autumn
Form of receiving a credit for a course:	Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated	6

Course aims:

Introductory graduate level course with focus on mobile computing.
Research in mobile computing straddles diverse areas such as operating systems, development platforms and programming languages.
Solve different problems using Java for Android and Swift for Apple devices.

Course Entry Requirements:

Basic programming languages in Java and C++

Course contents:

Lectures

Introduction to mobile device programming
Differences between standard programming and mobile device programming
Programming Android devices, interfaces
Programming Android devices, Java mobile specifications.
Programming Android devices, using data bases
Packaging and distribution of applications (Android Market)
Introducing iOS, MacOS
Swift language, basics
Swift language, services and interfaces
Swift language, data bases
Cross platforms for mobile devices, comparitions
Cross platforms for mobile devices, developing software
Cross platforms for mobile devices, examples
Projects

Laboratory

Presentation of development environments
Access device, orientation, interfaces
Android programming
Projects
Introducing iOS, MacOS
Swift programming
Projects
Cross platforms for mobile devices

Final Project

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification, projects

Learning outcomes:

Acquisition of basic and specific knowledge about the concept of mobile computing; the ability to identify the applicability of the studied in real problems; understanding the need of using mobile Java and Swift programming.

Develop the capacity of analysis and understanding the highly complex real problems and effectively address them from a mobile perspective.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Project presentation and laboratory assignment grades.