Google has been working with Udacity for some time now, offering courses and programs for Android developers. Even if you’re not an expert developer yet, there is always a way to learn and get better with your craft. Google aims to train more app developers to improve their skills as part of the Android community. That is why programs like free developer classes for Android Wear, Android Development Immersive training course, and the Android Design for Developers are available for the devs.

The latest program developers can benefit from is entitled “Google Cast and Android TV Development“. It’s a new online course that will teach you on how to use the Google Cast feature to your advantage. Casting allows users to stream apps from any mobile device and then right onto a compatible TV. Chromecast has been a success and Google Casting is certainly something that can still be used in many areas.

Google once again teamed up with Udacity to launch the course. Developers can expect to learn more about Google Cast and Android TV. This includes skills on how to extend an app to work with both the Android TV and Google Cast. According to Google, the course includes sample code, code snippets, and practical advice every developer can learn and benefit from. There is no need to rewrite an existing app, just a few tweaks in the code and your app is ready for casting.

You’ll learn more about the Cast Companion Library that makes Android app casting easier and the Leanback library that will bring a cinematic UI to your app for its big screen launch. More samples and guides for Google Cast will also be provided.

Developers Google Cast Udacity 2

The Google Cast and Android TV Development class is just one part of Google’s series on Ubiquitous Computing that teaches how to optimize apps across platforms like Android Auto and Android Auto. You can take that larger program or choose to learn from this one online course.

Here is a syllabus of the course:

Introduction.
Overview of the course structure and goals, and introduction to the sample app.

Living Room
PART 1: GOOGLE CAST FOR CHROMECAST AND TV
PART 2: GOING DEEPER WITH ANDROID TV
PART 3: GAMING WITH ANDROID TV

Overview of Android TV platform, and Google Cast for Chromecast and TV.

Your instructors will be Timothy Jordan, Wayne Piekarski, Joshua Gordon, and course developer James Williams. If you’re a true blue Android dev, you should be familiar with these guys.

Course is FREE so go ahead and sign-up on Udacity if you want to extend your apps to the big screen.

SOURCE: Android Developers Blog

5 COMMENTS

  1. In android application development, orientation is the deciding factors for presenting the layout in a row wise or a column wise fashion. Set orientations are used for setting the values and values can either is horizontal or vertical.

  2. So it is true that “Fascism may not exist in everywhere, but could come from anywhere” … and now Fascism is coming from GOOGLE under his new CEO Mr. Sundar Pichai’;

    But Shouldn’t GOOGLE’s new CEO Mr. Sundar Pichai understand that “Protecting human lives and their basic rights of living supersedes teaching, doing business or doing research”? Before this decade long fascism criminal case coming along with Udacity cofounder Sebastian Thrun clarified and those fascists on side of Sebastian Thrun brought to justice, GOOGLE under his new CEO Mr. Sundar Pichai had made a wrong choice to keep their partnership with Udacity and its cofounder Sebastian Thrun and to keep advocating Sebastian Thrun in name of GOOGLE___Would GOOGLE’s new CEO Mr. Sundar Pichai dare say no?

    GOOGLE is now associated with fascism crimes via Udacity and its cofounder Sebastian Thrun; But, Would GOOGLE’s new CEO Mr. Sundar Pichai help us deal with those fascism crimes coming along with Udacity cofounder Mr. Sebastian Thrun, as well? Cause it’s GOOGLE relevant now 🙁

    Wouldn’t anybody from GOOGLE deserve to know the truth of this decade long fascism criminal case coming along with Udacity cofounder Mr. Sebastian Thrun, as well?___What’s going on here, Mr. Sundar Pichai of the GOOGLE new CEO?

    Would GOOGLE under its new CEO Mr. Sundar Pichai like to be labelled as ‘fascism supporters”? … What is GOOGLE’s new CEO Mr. Sundar Pichai thinking he is doing?… Really Hard To Understand (RHTU) …

  3. And for those who still want to join this ‘thuggish’ group in support of fascism crimes, particularly, Mr. Isaac Stein of a PRETENTIOUS ‘Presidential Search Committee’ Chair and Mr. Steven A. Denning, Chair of Stanford University Board of Trustees, I can reaffirm you that such fascism crimes coming along with Gabriele Scheler / Sebastian Thrun / ZZZ/YYY/VVV and now even Angela Merkel would not be tolerated anywhere in human society, and that you have chosen unwisely in alliance with Gabriele Scheler/Sebastian Thrun’s side, and that you can play up Gabriele Scheler/Sebastian Thrun and retaliate on victims as much as you like at this moment, but your fame and credibility as moral majorities will be destructed, and when this decade long criminal case clarified eventually, you all will be despised as supporters to fascism crimes;

  4. In terms of morality, this criminal suspect Gabriele Scheler and her fascism collateral Sebastian Thrun along with cowardice hidden judicial officers ZZZ/YYY/VVV and now even Angela Merkel are birds of a feather; and I bet no self-respected bird wants to be a bird of their feather___But Would GOOGLE under its new CEO Mr. Sundar Pichai?

    It is a tough task to challenge such fascism crimes; As a victim of a series of retaliatory fascism crimes centered on Udacity cofounder Sebastian Thrun, what I posted on the web are no more than facts, facts those fascists I challenged dare never officially deny, either publicly or in private; I bet such of their fascism crimes would not be tolerated anywhere in human society; If anyone disagree, especially those in my public challenge, please give us a candid answer right here on this board, which part in my statements is not base upon facts? Whats going on here?

    ___Equal opportunity and freedom of speech, please:)

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