Learning Java by building android games : get ready for a fun-filled experience of learning Java by developing games for the Android platform / John Horton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horton, John, 1920- author.

Series:

Community experience distilled.

Community Experience Distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Android (Electronic resource).

Java (Computer program language).

Android (Electronic resource)--Programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Get ready for a fun-filled experience of learning Java by developing games for the Android platform

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

If you are completely new to either Java, Android, or game programming and are aiming to publish Android games, then this book is for you. This book also acts as a refresher for those who already have experience in Java on another platforms or other object-oriented languages.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Why Java, Android, and Games?; Is this book for me?; If you just want to learn pure Java; If Android is your focus; Where this book will take you; Why build games to learn to program?; Why Android and Java?; Android is the fastest evolving and growing OS ever; Android developers have great prospects; Android is open source; Java is here to stay; Java is not just for Android; Java is fast and easy to use; A summary of Java and Android

Setting up our development environmentInstalling the JDK; Android Studio; Installing Android Studio; Summary; Chapter 2: Getting Started with Android; Our first game project; Preparing Android Studio; Building the project; Exploring Android Studio; Using the Android Studio visual designer; Android UI types; TextView; Layout elements; ImageView widgets; ButtonView; Using the sample code; Making our game menu; Structuring our code for Android; Life cycle phases - what we need to know; Life cycle phases - what we need to do; Dividing our game into activities; Our first look at Java

Cleaning up our codeBuilding and installing our game; Emulators and devices; Creating an emulator; Running the emulator; Running our game on the emulator; Building our game; Installing the setup to a device; Future projects; Self-test questions; Summary; Chapter 3: Speaking Java - Your First Game; Java syntax; The compiler; Making code clear with comments; Storing data and using it with variables; Types of variables; Reference types; Declaration; Initialization; Expressing yourself in Java; Math game - asking a question; Creating the new game activity; Laying out the game screen UI

Coding a question in JavaLinking our game from the main menu; Decisions in Java; More operators; Decision 1 - If they come over the bridge, shoot them; Decision 2 - Else, do this; Switching to make decisions; Math game - getting and checking the answer; Self-test questions; Summary; Chapter 4: Discovering Loops and Methods; Looping with loops; While loops; Breaking out of a loop; The continue keyword; Do-while loops; For loops; Random numbers in Java; Methods; The structure of a method; Modifier; Return type; Name of a method; Parameters; Getting things done in the method body; Using methods

A working methodExploring method overloading; Enhancing our math game; Enhancing the UI; The new Java code; Amending GameActivity; The methods; The setQuestion method; The updateScoreAndLevel method; The isCorrect method; Calling our new methods; Finishing touches; Going full screen and locking orientation; Adding a custom image (instead of the Android icon); Self-test questions; Summary; Chapter 5: Gaming and Java Essentials; Java arrays - an array of variables; Arrays are objects; A simple example of an array; Getting dynamic with arrays; Dynamic array example

Entering the nth dimension with arrays

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 11, 2015).

ISBN:

9781784393847

1784393843

OCLC:

904154023