Featured Udacity named a 2016 CNBC Disruptor 50 company. Come learn with us!

Close Banner
Udacity
Advanced

Approx. 1 weeks

Assumes 6hrs/wk (work at your own pace)

Built by
Join thousands of students

Start Free Course

Start Free Course
Free
You get
Instructor videos
Learn by doing exercises
view course trailer
Watch Video

Course Summary

Reach your users while they're out and about by extending your Media or Messaging app to Android Auto! As you'll learn in this course, making your app available in the car is as easy as extending your existing code. This course explains how to get started and then covers Media and Messaging apps in detail.

This course is part of the Ubiquitous Computing series. Designed as standalone short courses, you can take any course on its own, or take them all!

Why Take This Course?

If you're already an Android developer, you're only a few extensions away from having your existing Media or Messaging app work on Android Auto as well. Take this course to learn how easy it is to bring your existing app to the car.

Prerequisites and Requirements

To get the most out of this course, you should have prior experience developing Android apps. If you lack this experience, please take Developing Android Apps prior to enrolling in this one. We also recommend taking Advanced Android App Development and Google Play services.

To follow along with course activities, you must have access to the latest release of Android Studio.

We share code through Github, so you must be familiar with using Github to access code. Take our course on Using Git and Github if you lack this background.

See the Technology Requirements for using Udacity.

Syllabus

Introduction

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

Auto

Part 1 - Messaging App

Part 2 - Media App

Extend and test your apps for Auto.

Instructors & Partners

instructor photo

Joshua Gordon

Instructor

Joshua Gordon is a Developer Advocate at Google. He's passionate about teaching and education. He's worked on diverse projects, from microscopes to giant lasers, and has taught a variety of computer science subjects. His hobbies include biking, running, and exploring the great outdoors.

instructor photo

Timothy Jordan

Instructor

Timothy Jordan leads Scalable Developer Advocacy for Ubiquitous Computing at Google, which includes Android Wear, Google Glass, Android TV, Google Cast, and Android Auto. His goal is to help developers be successful with Google platforms, particularly with services spanning multiple devices. He loves solving problems and believes in improving life through science and art.

instructor photo

Wayne Piekarski

Instructor

Wayne Piekarski is a Developer Advocate at Google, focusing on Android and ubiquitous computing. He's worked for 15 years in academia and industry in the areas of wearable computing, outdoor augmented reality, 3D user interfaces, and mobile devices. His position at Google involves getting developers excited about new mobile and wearable technologies, and ensuring developers have the right tools and information to support their work.

instructor photo

James Williams

Instructor

James Williams first fell in love with teaching while working as an instructor at a computer camp. He runs obstacle course/adventure races in his spare time and is the author of HTML5 Game Programming, which has been translated into Chinese and Korean. He holds degrees in Computer Science (BA, MS) and French (BA).

track icon

View more courses in
Android