Android NOUGAT - Develop Hands-on Android Apps

Android N short for Android Nougat is the seventh major version and the 14th overall original version of the Android operating system. It was first released on March 9, 2016, as an alpha test version. The official release took place on August 22, 2016. Nexus smartphone devices from Google was the first to receive the update. The LG V20 was the first smartphone that was released with Nougat OS in the market. Nougat introduced many notable changes to the Android operating system space including the ability to split-screen and display multiple apps on-screen at once, support for quick inline replies to notifications, and an expanded power-saving mode to save power by restricting device functionality once the screen has been off for some time. Additionally, the OS platform also switched to an OpenJDK-based Java environment and got support for the Vulcan graphics rendering API.

Some important upgrades on Android Nougat are as below:

• Split Screen Mode

• Quick Switch

• Secret UI tuner

• Easy pull-down shade editing

• Power notification

• Easy notification editing

• Set a separate wallpaper for lock and home screen

• Display size

• Easter Egg

The major learning outcome has been outlined in the section above. Still, we provide the details here to explain this more clearly. Nougat was released containing many important aspects of Android development and the same are the main skills that the student will obtain through this course. It is expected that the students are already aware of core Android OS and the basics of what was released in the earlier versions. In a nutshell, users will learn the following skills from this Android Nougat Tutorial : –

• Multi-Window Support

• Detecting Multi-Window Mode

• Undesirable Activities

• Picture Mode

• Drag and Drop Demo

• Scoped Directory Access

• Direct Reply from Notifications

• Direct Boot

• Notifications Enhancements

• Multi-Window Support

• Install and Settings