Simon Fraser University
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Course Outlines

Fall 2025 - CMPT 362 D100

Mobile Applications Programming and Design (3)

Class Number: 5508

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 3 – Nov 16, 2025: Thu, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

    Nov 17 – Dec 2, 2025: Thu, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CMPT 225 with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Teaches students how to design and implement smartphone applications. Topics include development environment, phone emulator, key programming paradigms, UI design including views, fragments, and activities, data persistence, threads, services, embedded sensors, and location based services (e.g., Google Maps). Concepts are reinforced through programming assignments and group projects. Students with credit for IAT 359 may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

Teaches students how to design and implement smartphone applications. Topics include development environment, phone emulator, key programming paradigms, UI design including views, fragments, and activities, data persistence, threads, services, embedded sensors, and location based services (e.g., Google Maps). Concepts are reinforced through programming assignments and group projects. Students with credit for IAT 359 may not take this course for further credit.

Topics

  • Android Studio IDE
  • Android programming paradigms
  • Views, Activities, and Fragments
  • Activity/Fragment life cycle
  • Model-View-View-Model (MVVM) architecture
  • Data persistence including SQLite
  • Content providers
  • Threads and Coroutines
  • Data access object
  • Phone sensors and activity recognition
  • Location-based services (e.g., Google Maps)
  • Background services
  • Broadcast receivers

Materials

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Department Undergraduate Notes:

The following are default policies in the School of Computing Science. Please check your course syllabus whether the instructor has chosen a different policy for your class, otherwise the following policies apply.
 
  • Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to get a C- or higher.
  • All student requests for accommodations for their religious practices must be made in writing by the end of the first week of classes, or no later than one week after a student adds a course. After considering a request, an instructor may provide a concession or may decline to do so. Students requiring accommodations as a result of a disability can contact the Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca).

Registrar Notes:

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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.