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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Define a platform
   • Determine the target platform for the hand-held device
   • Choose and evaluate a development environment, based on the target platform and hardware
   • Prepare and configure the application development environment
2. Design the user interface for a mobile application
   • Create views for different screen orientations and resolutions
   • Integrate the appropriate navigation techniques
   • Design the page layout and content
   • Integrate the appropriate user input techniques
3. Permit the personalisation of parameters
   • Write the code to allow users to configure application settings
   • Write the code to allow users to configure application output, such as text size, brightness, and sound effects
4. Build a user interface for a mobile application
   • Itemise the required functionality
   • Build a user interface, in the determined development environment to fulfil this functionality
5. Connect to the data sources
   • Bind controls to data sources
   • Persist data using extensible markup language (XML) serialisation
   • Access remote data using XML web services
6. Test and debug a mobile device application
   • Test the application for overall functionality, according to the requirements
   • Iterate the application design, or build, until the test results meet the requirements
7. Deploy a mobile device application
   • Create an application packaging for deployment
   • Deploy an application to target devices

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

identify the relevant mobile platform

determine, prepare and configure a development environment

design and build an application for the platform

test and debug the application, to ensure that it meets requirements

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

describe the considerations of mobile device hardware and networking, when programming

summarise the principles of object-oriented programming

describe user-interface design principles

describe extensible markup language (XML) programming and web services

explain the language integration for web design including:

hypertext markup language (HTML)

JavaScript

cascading style sheet (CSS)

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)

identify and describe contemporary mobile platforms including:

mobile phones

pocket and tablet personal computers

digital assistants.

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