CPET 565/CPET 499 Mobile Computing Systems

Assignment 8: Lab Activity 4

Using Android Data and Storage APIs and UML Modeling

References

[ 1] Android Wireless Wireless Application Development,2 nd Edition, by Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder, published by Addison-Wesley, http://androidbook.blogspot.com/p/book-code-downloads.html

[ 2] Practical UML: A Hands-On Instruction for Developer, by Randy Miller, http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/31863

[ 3] Introduction to OMG’s Unified Modeling Language (UML), http://www.omg.org/gettingstarted/what_is_uml.htm

[ 4] Android Developer, http://developer.android.com/develop/index.html

[ 5] Android Training, http://developer.android.com/training/index.html

[ 6] Android API Guides, http://developer.android.com/guide/components/index.html

[ 7] Android Package Index, http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html

[ 8] Google on Android, https://developers.google.com/android/

Assigned date: 11/7/2012

Assignment 8– Lab Activity 4 Due date: 11/14/2012, before 3:30 PM

Lab Activity 4. Programming Exercise – Using Android Data Storage and Database APIs

· Study references [2] and [3]

· Download and unzip the code example of the reference book [1]

· Start Eclipse to create an Android Project from Existing Code

o Click File => New => Project to open New Project (Wizard dialog box)

o Chose Android => Android Project from Existing Code, click Next

o Browse “Ch10-Data and Storage/FileStreamOfConsciousness” folder, click Finish to the setup for the Chat & Send To Log application project: com.androidbook.filesoc.FileStreamOfConsciousnessActicity

o If Project Explorer view is not visible: Click Window => Show View => Project Explorer

o Click to expand the view of com.androidbook.filesoc.FileStreamOfConsciousnessActicity, and then right click to open them with Text Editor, and copy the info of your Lab4 Report for study and illustration purposes:

§ AndroidManifest.xml

§ res/values/stringx.xml

§ res/layout/chat.xml

§ res/layout/showfile.xml

§ src/com.androidbook.filesoc/FileStreamOfConsciousnessActivity.java

§ src/com.androidbook.filesoc/ViewLogActivity

· Set up the desired run configuration through

o Run => Run Configurations

· Run this Chat and Send To Log application using either a simulator or an actual Android-based Phone

· Study all XML files, and Java codes

· Prepare the following UML diagrams (using Microsoft Visio) for this application

o Use case diagram

o Class Diagram

o Package and object diagram

o Sequence diagram

o State chart/diagrams

o Activity diagram

Lab Activity 4: Hand-In Items – due Nov 14, 2012

Submit one lab report for each Lab Activity (name it cpet565-499-Lab4.docx) which includes the following section: (see the following guideline for your reference, http://www.etcs.ipfw.edu/~lin/InfoForAllCourses/laboratoryreport.htm)

** Objective

** Computer Equipment and Software Used
** Procedure
** Data (Screen shots, UML diagrams, results; and a brief summary for each UML diagram)

** Conclusion