Android: Using Backendless to save data in the cloud

Name: Android: Using Backendless to save data in the cloud
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Learn how to add a powerful cloud database to your Android application.

Created byProgramMe Programming

Last updated 8/2017

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What you'll learn

Design a fully fledged login screen with email verification and password reset
Create an online database from the Backendless.com website
Create new entries to the database, edit and delete existing entries from your Android application

Course content

10 sections • 61 lectures • 11h 19m total length

Who am I?0:26
In this video you meet the instructor of the course.
What is covered in this course?1:22
In this video the instructor looks at what will be covered in the course.

Setting the colours to be used in the application (Material Design)4:08
In this video I introduce students to www.materialpalette.com and choose the colour structure for our application.
Creating the Login Graphical User Interface19:23
In this video we will build the layout for the Login Activity. This activity will be used later to Login users to our application.
Building the Create Account Graphical User Interface11:40
In this video we will build the layout for our Create Account Activity. This activity will later help us to create new users for our application.
Coding the Create Account Activity Part 111:39
In this video we will learn how to check for an internet connection via WiFi or mobile data and also learn how to create a custom progress dialog from an external library.
Coding the Create Account Activity Part 211:37
In this video we learn how to use the Backendless API to create a new user in our online database.
Coding the Login Activity12:51
In this video we will learn how to authenticate and login a user already created in our online Backendless database.
Creating the Reset Password feature17:49
Users always forget passwords! In this video we will learn how to create a feature where the users are able to reset their passwords.
Creating a Loading screen when the application starts16:41
When a user already used your application and logged in successfully, we want to check for that when he/she uses the application again. In this video we will create a loading (Splash) screen that will check for a user currently logged in and decide to either give the user the Login screen or allow the user to enter the rest of the application without logging in again.

Creating a custom class to use in Backendless cloud - Contact class14:00
Classes saved to Backendless become tables, fields become columns and objects of your class become rows in your table. Learn how to set this up correctly.
Building the GUI for the ContactList Activity16:33
In this video we create the layout of the ContactList activity. This activity will later show all your contacts saved in the cloud database on our ListView.
Building the GUI for the CreateContact activity9:54
In this video we create the layout of the CreateContact activity. This activity will later be used to create a new contact per user.
Coding for the CreateContact activity15:32
In this video we see how to save data to the Backendless cloud database by creating new contacts.
Creating the Row Layout for the ListView4:14
In this video we will create the Layout for every Contact in the ListView.
Creating the ArrayAdapter class for the ListView of Contacts11:58
In this video we create the ArrayAdapter class that will help to set every contact in our Backendless cloud database to the ListView.
Retrieve contacts from Backendless and show them in the ListView12:41
In this video we see how to retrieve saved data and how to use the ArrayAdapter and layout file in order to show this saved data in the ListView.
The Logout button and handling click events in the ListView10:09
In this video we will learn how to log a user out of our application and return the user to the Login screen. We will also see how to handle click events in the ListView.

Building the layout for the ContactInfo activity17:56
In this video we will build the layout for the ContactInfo activity. This activity will allow us to call, mail, edit and delete an existing Contact on the Backendless online database.
Coding for the Call, Mail and Edit buttons in the ContactInfo activity10:25
In this video we will create coding in order to call the contact, mail the contact and open up the fields in order to change the details of the contact.
Create coding to change existing data online12:32
In this video we will see how to change existing data on the Backendless online database.
Create coding to delete an existing contact online14:17
In this video we will see how to delete data on the Backendless online database.
Recap4:30
In this video we go through the application again and see changes on Backendless website

Setting up your application to work with notifications7:50
In this video I will show you how to setup your project in Android Studio in order to receive notifications.
Sending your first Backendless notification17:02
In this video we register our device for a specific channel and then send out notifications to the channel
Creating a custom Backendless notification - Part 114:45
In this video we will start from scratch to set up your application to use notifications and build our own custom notification. We will overwrite the BackendlessBroadcastReceiver class's onMessage() method in order to achieve this.
Creating a custom Backendless notification - Part 218:14
In this video we will continue building our own custom notification. We will overwrite the BackendlessBroadcastReceiver class's onMessage() method in order to achieve this.
Creating a custom Backendless notification - Part 318:27
In this video we will finish building our own custom notification.

Setting up your project to work with Backendless and Google Maps9:27
In this video I show you how to set up your project again to work with Backendless. I also show you how to create a new Map activity.
A quick look at the Backendless console for Geo Location3:54
In this video we go to Backendless.com and look at the console for Geo Location.
Creating the layouts for the MainActivity and the MapActivity10:57
In this video we create the layouts we need for the MainActivity and the MapsActivity.
Coding the MainActivity15:59
In this video we set up all the methods for the buttons and take a quick look at Android 6 permissions.
Coding the MapsActivity - Part 119:48
In Part 1 of this video we set up the map to show our own location on the map and do updates after every 3 minutes has passed or 50 meters has been moved. In Part 2, we connect and send this location to Backendless.
Running the app at this stage0:53
Coding the MapsActivity - Part 218:50
In this video we see how we can use Backendless to keep track of our GeoPoint objects. We will see how we can create new GeoPoints, delete GeoPoints, replace GeoPoints and retrieve all GeoPoints in a specific category.
Coding the MapsActivity - Part 3 (completing the MapsActivity)6:53
In this video we complete the MapsActivity to have a complete working application.

Resources folder as mentioned in the videos0:02
Complete Android Studio Project folder for the Contacts Application0:04
Basic calls to Backendless - Users0:08
Classes in Backendless0:04
CRUD - Create, Read, Update, Delete in Backendless0:05
Custom Notification Project Folder0:02
This is the project folder for the Custom Notification project in the videos. The project was created in Android Studio 2.1.2.
My Family complete project folder (Map application)0:01
This is the complete Android Studio project folder for our My Family application (Map Application)

Requirements

A good Java foundation
Basic Android development skills
Internet connection
Android studio and updated Android SDK

Description

Building stand alone applications that only function and save their data on the device that they are installed on is becoming obsolete and not feasible. With the increased use of mobile devices, it is common for applications to offer ways to backup, sync and share data in the cloud.

A type of backend is usually needed where data can be saved and manipulated but this requires time, resources and skills to make it work. Fortunately, there are several platforms like Backendless and Parse that provide a backend that we as developers can integrate with our applications.

This course will introduce the popular Backendless SDK and show you how to integrate it with your Android applications in order to save application data in the cloud.

Content and Overview of the course

This course will mainly focus on the Backendless SDK, but in order to build our final application we will also do some basic Android coding. This course includes:

Creating activities and moving between activities using Intents
Creating aesthetically appealing buttons using only XML
Creating a fully fledged login screen using the Backendless SDK to do email verification and password reset.
Using the Backendless SDK to create data in your online database, edit and delete existing data.
Using Backendless SDK and GCM to send Notifications to your users
Using Backendless SDK to save location data online to use with google maps
Showing information in a custom ListView
Working with different icons and pictures
Using a library for a custom progress dialog

The Backendless SDK makes saving data in the cloud a walk in the park. In less than 6 hours, you will be building an application that will be able to save data in the cloud in an exciting and fun way!

I am excited to start working with you!

Who this course is for:

Android application developers interested in saving application data in the cloud in a very easy and exciting way

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Introduction2 lectures • 2min

Meet Backendless.com and adding the library to Android Studio2 lectures • 10min

Creating a Login feature for our Contacts application8 lectures • 1hr 46min

Writing and reading data to/from the Backendless cloud database8 lectures • 1hr 35min

Updating and Deleting data from the Backendless cloud database5 lectures • 1hr

Backendless Notifications5 lectures • 1hr 16min

Backendless Geo Location8 lectures • 1hr 27min

Resources for this course7 lectures • 1min

Extras8 lectures • 1min

Backendless 4 (Newest Release of Backendless)8 lectures • 4hr 4min

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