Android App Development- Create a Spotify Clone

Android App Development: Create a Spotify Clone, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.05, with 58 lectures, based on 147 reviews, and has 1704 subscribers.

You will learn about Create an Android Music Streaming App Create a Fully Functioning Server to Stream any Media They Like Understand the CORRECT way to Play Music on Android (vital information) This course is ideal for individuals who are Those who have coded a little bit in any language should take this course or Complete beginners should take a Java course first (even a short one will help) It is particularly useful for Those who have coded a little bit in any language should take this course or Complete beginners should take a Java course first (even a short one will help).

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Summary

Title: Android App Development: Create a Spotify Clone

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.05

Number of Lectures: 58

Number of Published Lectures: 58

Number of Curriculum Items: 58

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 58

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Create an Android Music Streaming App

Create a Fully Functioning Server to Stream any Media They Like

Understand the CORRECT way to Play Music on Android (vital information)

Who Should Attend

Those who have coded a little bit in any language should take this course

Complete beginners should take a Java course first (even a short one will help)

Target Audiences

Those who have coded a little bit in any language should take this course

Complete beginners should take a Java course first (even a short one will help)

Music is one of the biggest app categories on Google Play. You have the potential to earn substantial revenue from any music app you create!

Learn the basic concepts, tools, and functions that you will need to build a fully functional Android music streaming app with the programming language, Java. Also learn how to set up your own server and upload music that your app will eventually play.

Things You’ll Learn

Android Studio Installation and Setup

Basic Streaming Functions on Android

How to Setup a Server (free or paid)

How to Automate Music File indexing on a Server Using PHP (no PHP experience necessary)

How to Make an Android App Communicate with a Server

How to Add Lock Screen Controls

How to Handle Audio Interruptions like Phone Calls

How to Create List Views and Custom List View Rows on Android

Dynamically Add More Data to Your App and Remote Database

Liking a Track Through Your Remote Database

Powerful Skills at Your Fingertips
By learning to create both Android apps as well as PHP and MYSQL backends you will become incredibly valuable to potential employers. Combining these 2 skills is the number one reason developers get hired for startups. Those startups need this information and are willing to pay for it!

BONUS–

Not only do you learn the ins and outs of streaming music on Android apps but this course includes a MASSIVE bonus. I teach you how to create and setup a fully functional server that does the following:

Automatically scan for new music uploads and add them to a MYSQL database (with no input required from you)

Produce PHP files that allow your app to access a backend

Content and Overview
No knowledge is needed of programming for this course but it helps. If you are a complete beginner then please take simple Java basics course FIRST.

You will be taken on a journey through:

How to choose between free or paid servers

How to code a simple streaming function on Anroid

How to add advanced audio features to your app

How to make your app talk to a server (aka – creating a backend)

How to report app usage statistics to your remote database

This course establishes a strong understanding of music app creation concepts and includes training on Android and Java. It also includes training on MYSQL, PHP and cPanel. Each chapter starts with an introduction and ends with a summary to help you learn even better.

Complete this course and you’ll have skills that are continuously in demand from most businesses.

Increase your value by joining now!

Credit: Promo music provided by Ben Sound

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction and Environment Setup

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Setup Android Studio and Simulators on a Mac

Lecture 3: Setup Android Studio and Simulators on a PC (Windows)

Chapter 2: Server Setup and Testing

Lecture 1: Introduction to Server Setup

Lecture 2: Should You Choose a Free or Paid Server?

Lecture 3: Option 1: Setting up a Free Server

Lecture 4: Option 2: Setting up a Paid Server (Much More Control)

Lecture 5: How to Upload Your Files to a Server

Lecture 6: Create Your Server Database Using cPanel

Lecture 7: Create a PHP Script to Add Uploaded Music to the Database – Part 1

Lecture 8: Create a PHP Script to Add Uploaded Music to the Database – Part 2

Lecture 9: How to Automate a PHP Script Using Cron

Chapter 3: A Really Simple Android Music Streaming Function

Lecture 1: Introduction to Simple Streaming

Lecture 2: Setting up our Project in Android Studio

Lecture 3: How to Create a Simple Streaming Function in Android

Lecture 4: Correct Threading Patterns for Android Streaming Audio

Lecture 5: Summary of Really Simple Android Music Streaming Function

Chapter 4: Basic Control of Media Players on Android

Lecture 1: Introduction to Basic Control of Media Players on Android

Lecture 2: Adding a Play Pause Button to our App

Lecture 3: Connecting up the Streaming Player and the Play Pause Button

Lecture 4: How to Toggle the Play Pause Button Icon

Lecture 5: Debugging an Android App

Lecture 6: Summary of Basic Control of Media Players on Android

Chapter 5: Background Audio Streaming on Android using Services

Lecture 1: Introduction to Background Audio Streaming on Android using Services

Lecture 2: What is an Android Service?

Lecture 3: Creating an Android Service to Play Music

Lecture 4: How to Communicate From a Service to an Activity on Android

Lecture 5: How to Communicate Between an Activity and a Service – Binding

Lecture 6: Summary of Background Audio Streaming on Android using Services

Chapter 6: Advanced Audio Streaming Features on Android

Lecture 1: Introduction to Advanced Audio Streaming Features on Android

Lecture 2: Moving a Service to Foreground – Part 1

Lecture 3: Moving a Service to Foreground – Part 2

Lecture 4: Moving a Service to Foreground – Part 3

Lecture 5: How to Request Audio Focus on Android

Lecture 6: How to Respond to Audio Interruptions on Android

Lecture 7: How to Handle Earphone Unplugging on Android

Lecture 8: Summary of Advanced Audio Streaming Features on Android

Chapter 7: Retrieving a List of Songs from a Remote Database

Lecture 1: Introduction to Retrieving a List of Songs from a Remote Database

Lecture 2: Creating the PHP Access Script to Return Database Results to our App

Lecture 3: How to Make a Web Call to a Database on Android

Lecture 4: Creating the Song Class to Hold Retrieved Music

Lecture 5: Parsing PHP Results into a List of Songs

Lecture 6: Summary of Retrieving a List of Songs from a Remote Database

Chapter 8: Displaying a List of Songs in a List View on Android

Lecture 1: Introduction to Displaying a List of Songs in a List View on Android

Lecture 2: What is a List View Exactly?

Lecture 3: Creating a List View (termed ListView) using Android Layouts

Lecture 4: How to Create Custom Rows for Android List Views

Lecture 5: How to Populate a List View and its Custom Row with Data

Lecture 6: Starting Music Playback When a List View Item is Tapped

Lecture 7: Summary of Displaying a List of Songs in a List View on Android

Chapter 9: Adding Extra Functionality to our Spotify App

Lecture 1: Introduction to Adding Extra Functionality to our Spotify App

Lecture 2: Creating a PHP Script to Increment Number of Plays in our Database

Lecture 3: Keeping Track of Each Time a Song is Played

Lecture 4: Creating a PHP Script to Like a Track in our Database

Lecture 5: How to Like a Playing Song

Lecture 6: Summary of Adding Extra Functionality to our Spotify App

Chapter 10: Summary and a Gift For You

Lecture 1: Summary of Everything You Have Learnt

Lecture 2: Final Thank You and a Free Gift

Instructors

Grant Klimaytys
Software Engineer and Investor

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 10 votes

2 stars: 6 votes

3 stars: 9 votes

4 stars: 34 votes

5 stars: 88 votes

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