CSCI 479: Computer Science Design Project Department of Computer Science

Exercises

1. Create a screen with three clickable buttons equally spaced horizontally. If you can put them at the bottom of the screen, it would be great. But the vertical location is not critical for now.

   Click on the left button will lead to another HTML page, e.g., CSCI 479 Home Page, click on the other two buttons will lead a message of your choice, e.g., Job well done!

   Here is a sample page that resembles the look.

   It is recommended to follow the tutorial from Android Developer's website (see the link below inthe resources section.), which includes the steps of installing Android SDK inside Eclipse if not done yet.

   You can choose and edit a launch image through http://ipiccy.com/.

   Here is an example launch image for a mobile phone.

   You may find the following resources useful.

   • HTML5 Button Tags
   • Building Your First (Android) App
     There are a few minor discrepencies in this tutorial because of version differences.
2. Create a program that can read and write a local file. Here are some pointers that may help.
• Writing and Reading Files from Chris Risner's 31 Days of Android
• Android File class reference
• An Android basic training lesson on saving files.
• Using internal storage
• Using external storage