• Description

• The subject within the syllabus as a whole

• Professional fields to which it applies

• Prior knowledge

• Information prior to enrolment

• Learning objectives and results

This course considers the following specific objectives:

• Being able to understand the mobile ecosystem and know the platforms, technologies and key players in the mobile industry.
• Being able to install and use an IDE (integrated development environment) for mobile app development (Android Studio).
• Being able to code using a programming language for developing native mobile apps (Kotlin).
• Being able to design the architecture of a mobile app (activities, fragments, intents).
• Being able to design the user interface of a mobile app (layouts, views).
• Being able to develop the front-end of a simple mobile app.
• Being able to debug and test mobile apps.
• Being able to design how events are managed within the mobile app.
• Being able to use database managers for mobile apps (Room, SQLite).
• Being able to use platform-independent technologies for storing and exchanging data (JSON, XML).
• Being able to use different strategies and frameworks for cross-platform mobile app development.
• Being able to use an external back-end provider (Firebase).
• Being able to connect the front-end of your mobile app to a back-end.
• Being able to develop a custom proprietary back-end.
• Being able to add notifications to a mobile app. 
• Being able to use external libraries and APIs for adding features to a mobile app (e.g. maps).

Moreover, this course covers the following competencies of the bachelor's degree:

• Adapt to new software development technologies and to future environments, updating professional skills.
• Design and build computer applications using development, integration and reuse techniques.
• Develop cross-platform applications.

• Content

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• Guidelines on assessment at the UOC

The assessment process is based on the student's personal work and presupposes authenticity of authorship and originality of the exercises completed.

Lack of authenticity of authorship or originality of assessment tests, copying or plagiarism, the fraudulent attempt to obtain a better academic result, collusion to copy or concealing or abetting copying, use of unauthorized material or devices during assessment, inter alia, are offences that may lead to serious academic or other sanctions.

Firstly, you will fail the course (D/0) if you commit any of these offences when completing activities defined as assessable in the course plan, including the final tests. Offences considered to be misconduct include, among others, the use of unauthorized material or devices during the tests, such as social media or internet search engines, or the copying of text from external sources (internet, class notes, books, articles, other students' essays or tests, etc.) without including the corresponding reference.

And secondly, the UOC's academic regulations state that any misconduct during assessment, in addition to leading to the student failing the course, may also lead to disciplinary procedures and sanctions.

The UOC reserves the right to request that students identify themselves and/or provide evidence of the authorship of their work, throughout the assessment process, and by the means the UOC specifies (synchronous or asynchronous). For this purpose, the UOC may require students to use a microphone, webcam or other devices during the assessment process, and to make sure that they are working correctly.

The checking of students' knowledge to verify authorship of their work will under no circumstances constitute a second assessment.

• View the assessment model