Vokal Engineering

#Android Apprenticeship Skills Checksheet, v2.2

##APPRENTICE NAME _________________________

##MENTOR NAME _____________________________

##APPRENTICE START DATE ___________________

Print out this skills sheet, and use it to guide your Vokal Android apprenticeship. Have your mentor sign off by placing their initials next to each item. Sign-offs can involve pair-programming, verbal Q&A, observation on a project, or any other means.

Note that you also must complete the Shared Skills Checksheet to officially complete your apprenticeship.

Bullet points are suggestions of material to cover in a sign-off, along with any relevant reading material or tutorials for particular items. Example assignments are available in the Labs.

####_____ Android SDK

• Core concepts (Activity, Service, ContentProvider, BroadcastReceiver, Intent, Fragment, Loader)
• Layout resources
• Resource qualifiers
• Making Network requests

####_____ Android Developer tools

• Android Studio
• Gradle
  • Flavors
  • Build Types
  • Signing files
  • Building from the command line
• adb
• Butterknife
• Retrofit
• Dagger

####_____ Android Object-Oriented Concepts

• Interfaces

Useful reading:

• Android

####_____ Android Asynchronous Networking

• Communicate with a server over HTTP
• Retrofit vs. standard AsyncTask structure
• Use of queues or threads to avoid blocking user interaction

####_____ Android Style and Documentation

• Read the Android code standards
• Search and use Android Documentation effectively

####_____ Android Test tools

• Basic unit testing with JUnit4
• UI testing with Espresso

####_____ Android Continuous Integration

• Creating and maintaining .yaml files for Drone
• Distribution of .apk files

###_____ Optional skill: ____________________________________

###_____ Optional skill: ____________________________________

I hereby certify that the above named apprentice has completed all skill requirements for the Vokal Android Apprenticeship program.

##Your Department:_________________________________

##Department Head Name:____________________________

##Department Head Signature:_______________________

##Completion Date:_________________________________