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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Work effectively on target platform
   • Review requirements
   • Establish platform
   • Install required development tools and environment
   • Use available debugging tools and techniques
   • Deploy completed applications on target device and for public download
   • Test application using an emulator
2. Develop an application for a multi-touch device
   • Design and code application responding to events
   • Design and code application responding to taps, touches and gestures
   • Use a model view controller design approach
   • Develop making effective use of auto-rotation and auto-resizing facilities
3. Develop code using the features of the mobile device
   • List the available features of the mobile device
   • Write code requiring web connectivity and using web services
   • Write code that communicates with another device using a communication protocol
   • Write code using application programming interface (API) related to at least one other advanced device feature
4. Use available data persistence facilities
   • Write code to read and write to the devices file system
   • Use synchronisation techniques to synchronise data between the device and external data sources
   • Write code to make use of available database facilities on chosen device
5. Develop applications that are secure and stable
   • Determine and apply performance objectives
   • Ensure memory management, using tools and techniques effectively
   • Use tools and techniques to evaluate performance
   • Eliminate zombies using appropriate tools and techniques

Required Skills

Required skills

analytical skills to

analyse designs for small devices

evaluate appropriate mobiledevelopment environment

communication skills to provide advice and guidance to others

literacy skills to read and interpret technical and nontechnical information

numeracy skills to make basic calculations for specifying the layout of the mobileuser interface design

problemsolving skills to

address common problems in building and deploying mobile applications

perform basic programdebugging skills

research skills to find and evaluate relevant technologies in mobile applications development

technical skills to

create eXtensible markup language XML documents

design user interface

test and debug applications

use an integrated development environment IDE

Required knowledge

basic knowledge of

hardware and networking

objectoriented programming

user interface design

web design

detailed knowledge of

XML programming and web services

techniques for developing software applications

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	Evidence of the ability to design applications for small devices that allow multitouch user input and have advanced mobile features build and test these applications deploy these applications on mobile phones pocket personal computers PDAs and EDAs
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Assessment must ensure access to handheld devices and simulators IDE internet and web services server system with sufficient privileges to deploy applications specific tools and licences depending on particular platform appropriate learning and assessment support when required modified equipment for people with special needs
Method of assessment	A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit verbal or written questioning to assess candidates knowledge of mobile development environment evaluation of candidates mobile application including its distribution to target devices
Guidance information for assessment	Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended where appropriate Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and suitable to the communication skill level language literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed Indigenous people and other people from a nonEnglish speaking background may need additional support In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Platform may include:	Android BlackBerry iPhone Java ME .NET Compact Framework Symbian.
Development tools may include:	cross-platform deployment emulator availability frameworks: Flash Java Platform, Micro Edition and Java Platform Net compact platform Qtopia for embedded Linux-based mobile devices Sprout Core (open-source JavaScript framework) Standard Edition IDE: BlackBerry SDK Eclipse NetBeans Visual Studio XCode languages: C# C/C++ Java JavaScript Objective-C PHP WML server and client tools, libraries and tools: Core Data JavaScript SQL Lite SQL Server Compact Edition.
Communication protocol may include:	Bluetooth general packet radio service (GPRS)/3G radio frequency identification (RFID).
Device feature may include:	accelerometer address book animation audio camera compass map GPS video.

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