EECS 1022 3.0 Section A
Programming for Mobile Computing
Summer 2020

For course announcements and other information, see the course page on Moodle!

The first lecture will be on May 13; see the course page on Moodle for the Zoom meeting ID information.

Labs will only start on the week of May 18, but you are expected to obtain the textbook (see below) and do the D0 app described in Chapter 0 "Doing" of the textbook on your own by May 18. Chapter 0 of the textbook is available for download on the book website.

Course Description

Object-Oriented Programming

• Primitive types
• Classes and objects
• Control structures
• Collections

• User interface elements and XML
• Layouts and Themes
• Activities and Intents
• Event Handlers

Prerequisites: EECS 1012 3.0
Course Credit Exclusions: EECS 1021 3.0, EECS 1020 3.0, CSE 1020 3.0, ITEC 1620 3.0

Learning Outcomes

• Understand software development within an object-oriented framework using a modern programming language and tool set.
• Use a set of computing skills such as reasoning about algorithms, tracing programs, test-driven development, and diagnosing faults.
• Explain and apply fundamental constructs in event-driven programs, including variables and expressions, control structures (conditionals/loops), and API usage.
• Write simple programs using a given software infrastructure, API, and tool chain.
• Gain exposure to a comprehensive mobile computing framework.
• Gain exposure to user interface design.

General Information

Instructor: Prof. Yves Lespérance
Instructor office: LAS 3052A
Instructor email: lesperan "at" eecs.yorku.ca
Lectures: Wednesday from 18:30 to 20:30
Office hours: Wednesday and Thursday from 16:30 to 17:30.
Labs:

• Lab 1: Tuesday from 18:00 to 21:00
• Lab 2: Tuesday from 18:00 to 21:00
• Lab 3: Tuesday from 18:00 to 21:00
• Lab 4: Thursday from 18:00 to 21:00
• Lab 5: Thursday from 18:00 to 21:00

Textbook

Roumani, H., Introduction to Computer Science with Android, Second Edition with the CS Trail, CompuScope Consulting, 2020, ISBN: 978-1-7751254-1-9.
book website.

The textbook is required. It is available on Amazon.ca (follow the link on the book website to order) and from the York University Bookstore (order early to avoid delays). The first edition is on reserve in Steacie Library.

This textbook contains the requirements of the lab apps (D1 through D5) and guides you through their development in its "Doing" chapters.

You are expected to do the Zero App in Chapter 0-Doing and to read Chapter 0-Learning on your own by May 18 at the latest. Chapter 0 is available for download on the book website.

Note that there have been recent changes in Chapter 0 of the Second Edition to use JUnit testing early instead of PSVM testing (which is no longer supported by the latest version of Android Studio). These changes are in Sectiions L0.2.b and L0.2.d. Make sure your version of the textbook contains the new version of Chapter 0, which can be downloaded from the book website.

There is a series of video clips on the textbook website (the "Walkthrough") that walks you through the entire app development process and applies this process to develop the D1 app. It is highly recommended that you watch these clips during the first week of the term.

Evaluation Scheme

Tentative Schedule

Labs

• Labs start on the week of May 18.
• You must attend the lab section in which you are officially enrolled (so do not enroll in a section that conflicts with your schedule). Neither the professor nor the TA can make lab transfers or facilitate switching lab sections. Such a switch may only be done through the Registrar's Enrollment Module (REM). Contact the EECS Undergraduate Office if you need help with this.
• All lab sections are held on Zoom. The Zoom meeting ID information will be posted on Moodle by May 19. Check your enrollment to determine the section and time of the lab section in which you are enrolled.
• Lab work may be completed individually or in teams of two (with the pair working together and receiving the same mark). There are 5 lab apps in total (D1 through D5) and you find them in the Doing Chapters 1 though 5 of the textbook. See below to find out the date in which each app is due.
• It is expected that you try to complete the development of the app of the week on your own before your lab session. To that end, use the hints in the book; collaborate with your partner; and post questions on the Moodle forum.
• If you get stuck and can't complete the app before your lab session, that's OK: the lab session is intended primarily as a learning environment. Attend your lab session and the TA will be happy to help.
• To get full marks, your lab app must be checked by the TA and its sourse files files must be uploaded on Moodle by the deadline.
• When your app is fully tested, upload its three source files (the activity and model java files plus the layout xml file) plus any resources (such as strings.xml) to the Moodle course site under the labDn assignment. Note that the sizes of these files are in the few KB range so that total upload will be less than 100KB. At the top of your Java files you must put identification information as follows:
  // Student Name: XXX
  // This lab was was done [individually OR with partner NAME and PPY]
  Both partners in a team must do this.
• You can get your app checked by the TA by demonstrating it to your TA live on Zoom during the lab session in the week when the app is due. You can use a virtual/emulated Android device or a real Android device when doing this. Instructions to follow for the demo will be announced on Moodle before each app is due.
• You can also make a short video demonstration (at most 5 minutes) and your TA will grade "offline" it in the week that follows. In this case, you must upload your video to a streaming service such as YouTube (or e.g. Vimeo) and provide the URL where the video can be viewed with your code by the deadline. Do not upload the video file itself on Moodle; if you do this, we won't grade it and you will get 0! Include the URL where the video can be viewed in the identification information at the top of your code.
• Re. uploading videos to YouTube (now owned by Google): YouTube provides a very straightforward mechanism for uploading video. You will require a gmail account to upload video, and all such video will be associated with your account. Browse to www.youtube.com and select Upload. You will then be prompted for the file to upload. Once uploaded, you will be provided with a URL that links to your video. You can annotate and delete videos uploaded to YouTube. I t does take some time to convert videos to the format used by YouTube. The TAs can provide advice on this.
• A word of caution: Any video you publish to the Internet could be visible to all users of the Internet. It is therefore prudent to ensure that the video that you are uploading is the one you intend to upload, and that you hold the copyright to the material that you post.
• The deadlines for submitting your apps on Moodle are as follows:
  • App D1 by May 29,
  • App D2 by June 12,
  • App D3 by July 3,
  • App D4 by July 17,
  • App D5 by August 7.

Policies

• Announcements and information about the course will be posted on the course's Moodle site. You are responsible for checking these regularly, especially the Course Announcements!
• You are encouraged to post questions to the course forum. Don't post solutions to lab questions!
• When emailing the instructor, put EECS1022 in the Subject line, and include your Passport York ID in the message.
• Missed test: If you miss a test (not the final exam) due to illness, you must upload a note in PDF format reporting your illness on the day of the test in Moodle under assignment Missed Test N within one week of the missed test (at this point in time, you are not required to provide a filled out Attending Physicial's Statement form; if this channges, you will be notified). If your explanation for missing the test is approved, the weight of the missed test will be moved onto the final exam and other test.
• Missed lab assignment submission deadline: If you miss the deadline for getting one of your lab assignment apps checked or uploaded due to illness, follow the same procedure as for missed tests, uploading your illness reporting note on Moodle under the Lab DN Late Submission assignment within one week of the missed lab deadline. You must also upload your app source files under the assignment in Moodle.
• Missed final exam: Students who miss the final exam and want to take a makeup final exam must properly complete a Deferred Standing Agreement form and submit it to the instructor by email together with your supporting documentation within one week of the originally scheduled exam.

Academic Honesty

During tests and exams, students are expected to work individually, and only access permitted resources. Communicating with others during the test, using aids that are not permitted, and impersonation are all examples of academically dishonest behaviour.

Student are expected to read the Senate Policy on Academic Honesty. See also the EECS Department Academic Honesty Guidelines.

Programming Environment

• You will need to have access to a computer with the Android Studio IDE installed.
• The best option is to download this free IDE and install it on your home computer (see Chapter 0-Doing of the textbook).
• Another option is to login to a WSC lab workstation remotely through your browser using the EECS remotelab service. This gives you access to the workstation desktop in a browser window and you can run any software available on the workstation, including Android Studio. See the next section for details on how to do this.

EECS Remote Lab

The EECS Remote Lab service allows you to connect to EECS lab workstations from within your web browser. The workstation's desktop is displayed within the browser window and you can run any software available on the workstation as if you were there.

If you don't already have one, you will need to generate an EECS account before using remotelab by visiting: https://webapp.eecs.yorku.ca/activ8. It takes about 40 minutes for the EECS account to get created, and then you can login to remotelab. You must be enrolled in EECS 1022 for this to work (if you just enrolled in the course, it will take one day for the enrollment data to be uploaded to EECS systems).

Once you have an EECS account, you can use the remotelab service. Go to https://remotelab.eecs.yorku.ca, login, and select Linux Remote Desktop (EDU), and then any of the WSC workstations listed. You will be logged in as "user" and can work as if in the lab.

This uses Apache Guacamole; see this link for documentation. To cut-and-paste between your desktop and the remote desktop, open the Guacamole menu by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Shift and paste into the clipboard there.

To run Android Studio on the lab workstation, select it under development apps. There are two predefined projects there that you can run. Also preinstalled are two virtual devices that you can run apps on, a Nexus 9 API 29 tablet and a Pixel 3a XL API 29 phone.

Notice on the Platforms Used

Several platforms will be used in this course (e.g., Moodle, Zoom, Echo360, etc.) through which students will interact with the course materials, the course director / TA, as well as with one another. Please review the syllabus to determine how the class meets (in whole or in part), and how office hours and presentations will be conducted.

Students shall note the following:

• Zoom is hosted on servers in the U.S. This includes recordings done through Zoom.
• If you have privacy concerns about your data, provide only your first name or a nickname when you join a session.
• The system is configured in a way that all participants are automatically notified when a session is being recorded. In other words, a session cannot be recorded without you knowing about it.

Technology requirements and FAQs for Moodle can be found here.

Resources

• Textbook website.
• API of the i2c library.
• Java API (the lab runs a version of Java SE 8).
• Android Platform API.