Mobile Applications Course (MA)

This repository contains the lecture materials, source code, and demos for the Mobile Applications course. It serves as a comprehensive reference for building mobile apps using Android (Kotlin/Compose), Flutter, and iOS (Swift).

📂 Repository Structure

The lectures/ directory is organized by week, covering the following topics:

Week	Topic	Key Concepts
01	Introduction	Native/React Native/Flutter setup, Hello World apps
02	UI & Layouts	Lists, RecyclerView, ConstraintLayout, Adaptive Design
03	Navigation & Data	Fragments, Navigation Drawer, File storage, DataStore
04	Local Storage	SQLite, Room, Realm, ObjectBox, SQLDelight
05	Async Programming	Coroutines, Flow, RxJava, RxSwift, LiveData
06	State Management	Provider, Riverpod, BLoC, Hooks, Ephemeral State
07	Auth & Networking	Biometrics, CameraX, JWT Auth (Go/Rust/Flutter), Retrofit
08	Background Work	WorkManager, Sensors (Accelerometer), Alarms, Background Fetch
09	Animations	Transitions, MotionLayout, Lottie, Flutter Animations
10	Advanced UI	Maps, Accessibility, Widgets, Canvas, Localization
11	Cloud Services	Firebase (Auth/Database), AdMob, Crashlytics
12	Architecture	Clean Architecture, Jetpack Compose, KMP (Kotlin Multiplatform)
13	AI & Machine Learning	On-device ML, Face Detection, LLM Inference
14	Testing & Server	Unit/UI Testing (Espresso, Robolectric), Game Servers (Phaser)

🛠 Setup & Requirements

To run the projects in this repository, you may need the following tools installed:

• Android Studio (for Android/Kotlin projects)
• Xcode (for iOS/Swift projects, requires macOS)
• Flutter SDK
• Node.js (for backend/server demos)
• Rust/Cargo (for Rust backend demos)
• Go (for Go backend demos)

🔐 Security & Maintenance

Legacy Code

• The archives.tar.gz file contains archived legacy projects (2016-2019) that are no longer maintained.

Dependency Management

• Please ensure you are using safe versions of dependencies.

🧹 Utility Scripts

• cleanup-builds.sh: Removes build/ and .gradle/ directories to free up space.
• cleanup-credentials.sh: Scans for and removes accidental credential commits (e.g., google-services.json).

📄 License

This project is for educational purposes.