Android application development for dummies / by Michael Burton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Michael (Software engineer), author.

Series:

--For dummies.

For Dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Android (Electronic resource).

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Smartphones--Programming.

Smartphones.

Tablet computers--Programming.

Tablet computers.

Mobile computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Other Title:

Android app development for dummies

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The updated edition of the bestselling guide to Android app development If you have ambitions to build an Android app, this hands-on guide gives you everything you need to dig into the development process and turn your great idea into a reality! In this new edition of Android App Development For Dummies, you'll find easy-to-follow access to the latest programming techniques that take advantage of the new features of the Android operating system. Plus, two programs are provided: a simple program to get you started and an intermediate program that uses more advanced aspects of the Android platfo

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Part I: Getting Started with Your First Android Application; Part II: Building and Publishing Your First Android Application; Part III: Creating a Feature-Rich Application; Part IV: Android Is More than Phones; Part V: The Part of Tens; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Part I Getting Started with Your First Android Application; Chapter 1 Developing Spectacular Android Applications; Why Develop for Android?; Market share

Time to marketOpen platform; Device compatibility; Mashup capability; Android Development Basics; Java: Your Android programming language; Activities; Fragments; Intents; Cursorless controls; Views; Background operations; Background services; Android support library; Action bar; Widgets and notifications; Hardware Tools; Touchscreen; GPS; Accelerometer; SD card; Software Tools; Internet; Audio and video support; Contacts; Security; Google APIs; Chapter 2 Prepping Your Development Headquarters; Developing the Android Developer Inside You; Assembling Your Toolkit; Linux kernel

Android frameworkApplication framework; Java knowledge; Tuning Up Your Hardware; Operating system; Computer hardware; Installing and Configuring Your Support Tools; Installing Android Studio; Mac users; Windows users; Installing Java 7; Adding SDK Packages; Navigating the Android SDK; Specifying Android Platforms; Using SDK Tools for Everyday Development; Saying hello to the emulator; Getting physical with a real Android device [Windows]; Debugging your work; Trying out the API and SDK samples; Giving the API demos a spin; Part II Building and Publishing Your First Application

Chapter 3 Your First Android ProjectStarting a New Project in Android Studio; Responding to Errors; Setting Up an Emulator; Running the Hello Android App; Running the app in the emulator; Checking app logs; Understanding Project Structure; Navigating your app's folders; Viewing the application's manifest file; Viewing the build.gradle file; Understanding the Compile SDK, Minimum SDK, and Target SDK Versions; What's up next; Chapter 4 Creating the User Interface; Creating the Silent Mode Toggle Application; Laying Out the Application; Working with views; Using Android layouts

Adding an Image to Your ApplicationCreating a Launcher Icon for the Application; Designing a custom launcher icon; Adding a custom launcher icon; Previewing the Application in the Visual Designer; Chapter 5 Coding Your Application; Understanding Activities andthe Activity Lifecycle; The Activity lifecycle; Important lifecycle loops; Viewing activity methods; Following an activity's path; Recognizing configuration changes; Creating Your First Activity; Starting with onCreate; Telling Android to displaythe user interface; Handling user input; Writing your first click listener

Working with the AndroidFramework Classes

Notes:

"Making Everything Easier!"--Cover.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119017943

1119017947

9781119017936

1119017939