Android app development all-in-one for dummies / Barry Burd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burd, Barry, author.

Series:

--For dummies.

For Dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Android (Electronic resource).

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Application software--Design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (771 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Your all-encompassing guide to learning Android app development If you're an aspiring or beginning programmer interested in creating apps for the Android market--which grows in size and downloads every day--this is your comprehensive, one-stop guide. Android Application Development All-in-One For Dummies covers the information you absolutely need to get started developing apps for Android. Inside, you'll quickly get up to speed on Android programming concepts and put your new knowledge to use to manage data, program cool phone features, refine your applications, navigate confidently around the Android native development kit, and add important finishing touches to your apps. Covering the latest features and enhancements to the Android Software Developer's Kit, this friendly, hands-on guide walks you through Android programming basics, shares techniques for developing great Android applications, reviews Android hardware, and much more. All programming examples, including the sample application, are available for download from the book's website Information is carefully organized and presented in an easy-to-follow format 800+ pages of content make this an invaluable resource at an unbeatable price Written by an expert Java educator, Barry Burd, who authors the bestselling Java For Dummies Go from Android newbie to master programmer in no time with the help of Android Application Development All-in-One For Dummies

Contents:

Chapter 1 All about AndroidThe Consumer Perspective; The Developer Perspective; Java; XML; Linux; The Business Perspective; Chapter 2 Installing the Software Tools; Installing Oracle's Java Development Kit; Adding Apple's Java to the Stew; The Many Faces of Java (for Inquiring Readers Only); Setting Up the Software; Downloading the software; Installing the software; Launching the Android Studio IDE; In Windows; On a Mac; In Linux; Fattening Up the Android SDK; The more things stay the same, the more they change; Installing new versions (and older versions) of Android

Error message: The user data image is used by another emulatorError message: Unknown virtual device name; Error message: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATE; The emulator displays a "process isn't responding" dialog box; Changes to your app don't appear in the emulator; The emulator's screen is too big; Testing Apps on a Real Device; Chapter 4 Examining a Basic Android App; A Project's Files; The MainActivity.java file; The res branch; Other files in an Android project; What Did I Agree To?; What's in a name?; Your app's API levels

Chapter 5 Conjuring and Embellishing an Android AppDragging, Dropping, and Otherwise Tweaking an App; Creating the "look"; Coding the behavior; A Bit of Debugging; Try it!; More than one way to skin a Logcat; Chapter 6 Improving Your App; Improving the Layout; Creating a reusable layout; Reusing a layout; Starting Another Activity; Localizing Your App; Responding to Check Box Events; Displaying Images; Sending in Your Order; Book II Android Background Material; Chapter 1 Using Android Studio; Don't Read This Chapter; The Big Picture; The main window; Viewing modes; The Designer tool

The Things You Can Do

Notes:

"Making Everything Easier!"--Cover.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118973844

1118973844

9781118973851

1118973852