A for Android', 'B for basics': Google teaches Android development online

Too hooked on Android and can’t live without your smart gizmo? There is a way. Google understands what its users are up to and has taken a step forward. Associating with Udacity, the online education company, it is inviting the tech-savvy population to join its course on app making!

At the end, you will be taking home an Android Basics Nanodegree and voila, you are an Android developer going to make an app on your own. The course focuses on the fundamentals of Android programming.

The Google-Udacity link-up already conducts similar online courses. It was a few months ago that Google launched a course in Android development for intermediate learners.

Udacity operates courses through MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) system which admits students through the Web. The learner will get educated in Java, web APIs (Application Programming Interface) and SQLite database.

Becoming an Android developer is a lucrative business. Going by the stats in the US, a beginner can earn anything between $52,400 (approx. 35.61 lakh) and $1,36,000 (approx 92.42 lakh). The course charges $200 a month. The online tutorial period is 165 hours spread over 21 days. What more do you need?

Google is also ready to offer a scholarship if you are one among the first 50 to complete the basics course. So, why wait?