• 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 students' own work and the assumption that this work is original and has been carried out by them.

In assessment activities, the following irregular behaviours, among others, may have serious academic and disciplinary consequences: someone else being involved in carrying out the student's assessment test or activity, or the work being not entirely original; copying another's work or committing plagiarism; attempting to cheat to obtain better academic results; collaborating in, covering up or encouraging copying; or using unauthorized material, software or devices during assessment.

If students are caught engaging in any of these irregular behaviours, they may receive a fail mark (D/0) for the assessable activities set out in the course plan (including the final tests) or in the final mark for the course. This could be because they have used unauthorized materials, software or devices (e.g. social networking sites or internet search engines) during the tests, because they have copied text fragments from an external source (internet, notes, books, articles, other student's projects or activities, etc.) without correctly citing the source, or because they have engaged in any other irregular conduct.

In accordance with the UOC's academic regulations , irregular conduct during assessment, besides leading to a failing mark for the course, may be grounds for disciplinary proceedings and, where appropriate, the corresponding punishment, as established in the UOC's coexistence regulations.

In its assessment process, the UOC reserves the right to:

• Ask the student to provide proof of their identity, as established in the university's academic regulations.
• Request that students provide evidence of the authorship of their work, throughout the assessment process, both in continuous and final assessment, by means of an oral test or by whatever other synchronous or asynchronous means the UOC specifies. These means will check students' knowledge and competencies to verify authorship of their work, and under no circumstances will they constitute a second assessment. If it is not possible to guarantee the student's authorship, they will receive a D grade in the case of continuous assessment or a Fail in the case of final assessment.

  For this purpose, the UOC may require that students use a microphone, webcam or other devices during the assessment process, in which case it will be the student's responsibility to check that such devices are working correctly.

• View the assessment model