1. Mobile and Social Computing
CFU: 6
24 hours (Lecture)
36 hours (Lab and practice)

2. Useful information Lecturer: Tutor: Gianluigi Folino
Phone : 0984/831731
Tutor:
Andrea Vinci

3. Timetable Monday 17:00-19:00, Lab 31A . Friday 10:30 -13:30, Lab 31A.
Office Hours
Tuesday 14: :30
41/c (DIMES) II floor
Or please send me an for an appointment

4. Course Objectives
Ability to design a context-aware mobile application and to implement it on Android platforms. The application should also interoperate with social networks.
The students will also gain knowledge of iOS and learn to use the most advanced tool for programming mobile application on iOS and Android.

5. Textbooks and Further References
Homepage of the course
Massimo Carli, Android 6: Guida per lo sviluppatore, Apogeo (in italian).

6. Program (1) Introduction to Pervasive Computing
Context and Context-Aware Computing
Location based systems
Tags
QR Code
RFID tags
NFC tags
Introduction to mobile devices
Introduction to Android operating system
A brief story of Android
Android fragmentation
Android architecture
Dalvik Virtual Machine
Market and Android distributions

7. Program (2) Introduction to GUI for Android View Layout Adapter
Main widgets: EditText, TextView and Button
Handling Data
Android components
Activity and lifecycle of an activity
Intents and interprocess communication
Services
Content providers
Broadcast receivers

8. Program (3) Android: location based services Location manager
Location provider
Maps
Android: Sensors and Hardware
Accelerometer and other sensors
Bluetooth
Wifi
Handling NFC tags
Introduction to social networks and android
iOS: Architecture and Introduction to iOS platform
Introduction to applications and programming using iOS

9. Tools and Installation
1) Download and install JDK, last version
2) Download and install Android Studio from here:
3) Post installation: Run Android Studio and update Android SDK.
More info on the next practice.

10. Methods and Criteria for Learning Assessment
Presentation and discussion of a project of a context-aware mobile application.
The project must be send by , at least a week before the date of the exam.
Oral examination.

11. Pervasive Computing (suggested reading)
Course on Pervasive Computing
Context Aware Computing
Location based systems
Tags

12. Android programming
Please refer to the slides downloadable from the website of the course “Programming with Android” by Luca Bedogni and Marco di Felice: