Android Studio 4.0 Development Essentials - Java Edition / Smyth, Neil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smyth, Neil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Application software--Development--Computer programs.

Application software.

Java (Computer program language).

Android (Electronic resource).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (795 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Packt Publishing, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Explore Android Studio 4.0 and update your skills to build modern applications in Java Key Features Set up your Android development and testing environments Create user interfaces with Android Studio Editor, XML, and Java Explore the essential elements of Android Jetpack Book Description Android rolls out frequent updates to meet the demands of the dynamic mobile market and to enable its developer community to lead advancements in application development. This book focuses on the updated features of Android Studio (the fully integrated development environment launched by Google) to build reliable Android applications using Java. The book starts by outlining the steps necessary to set up an Android development and testing environment. You'll then learn how to create user interfaces with the help of Android Studio Layout Editor, XML files, and by writing the code in Java. The book introduces you to Android architecture components and advanced topics such as intents, touchscreen handling, gesture recognition, multi-window support integration, and biometric authentication, and lets you explore key features of Android Studio 4.0, including the layout editor, direct reply notifications, and dynamic delivery. You'll also cover Android Jetpack in detail and create a sample app project using the ViewModel component. Finally, you'll upload your app to the Google Play Console and handle the build process with Gradle. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the skills necessary to develop applications using Android Studio 4.0 and Java. What you will learn Design impressive UI for Android application using Android Studio Editor and Java Understand how Android Jetpack can help you reduce the amount of code Explore unique ways to handle single-touch and multi-touch events Trigger local and remote notifications on the device Integrate biometric authentication into an Android app Create, test, and upload an Android app bundle on Google Play Store Who this book is for This book is for application developers and Java programmers who want to explore Android Studio 4.0 to create powerful Android applications. A basic understanding of Java and the Android SDK will be helpful.

Contents:

Intro

1. Introduction

1.1 Downloading the Code Samples

1.2 Feedback

1.3 Errata

2. Setting up an Android Studio Development Environment

2.1 System Requirements

2.2 Downloading the Android Studio Package

2.3 Installing Android Studio

2.3.1 Installation on Windows

2.3.2 Installation on macOS

2.3.3 Installation on Linux

2.4 The Android Studio Setup Wizard

2.5 Installing Additional Android SDK Packages

2.6 Making the Android SDK Tools Command-line Accessible

2.6.1 Windows 7

2.6.2 Windows 8.1

2.6.3 Windows 10

2.6.4 Linux

2.6.5 macOS

2.7 Android Studio Memory Management

2.8 Updating Android Studio and the SDK

2.9 Summary

3. Creating an Example Android App in Android Studio

3.1 About the Project

3.2 Creating a New Android Project

3.3 Creating an Activity

3.4 Defining the Project and SDK Settings

3.5 Modifying the Example Application

3.6 Modifying the User Interface

3.7 Reviewing the Layout and Resource Files

3.8 Adding Interaction

3.9 Summary

4. Creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio

4.1 About Android Virtual Devices

4.2 Creating a New AVD

4.3 Starting the Emulator

4.4 Running the Application in the AVD

4.5 Stopping a Running Application

4.6 Supporting Dark Theme

4.7 AVD Command-line Creation

4.8 Android Virtual Device Configuration Files

4.9 Moving and Renaming an Android Virtual Device

4.10 Summary

5. Using and Configuring the Android Studio AVD Emulator

5.1 The Emulator Environment

5.2 The Emulator Toolbar Options

5.3 Working in Zoom Mode

5.4 Resizing the Emulator Window

5.5 Extended Control Options

5.5.1 Location

5.5.2 Displays

5.5.3 Cellular

5.5.4 Camera

5.5.5 Battery

5.5.6 Phone

5.5.7 Directional Pad

5.5.8 Microphone

5.5.9 Fingerprint.

5.5.10 Virtual Sensors

5.5.11 Snapshots

5.5.12 Record and Playback

5.5.13 Google Play

5.5.14 Settings

5.5.15 Help

5.6 Working with Snapshots

5.7 Configuring Fingerprint Emulation

5.8 Summary

6. A Tour of the Android Studio User Interface

6.1 The Welcome Screen

6.2 The Main Window

6.3 The Tool Windows

6.4 Android Studio Keyboard Shortcuts

6.5 Switcher and Recent Files Navigation

6.6 Changing the Android Studio Theme

6.7 Summary

7. Testing Android Studio Apps on a Physical Android Device

7.1 An Overview of the Android Debug Bridge (ADB)

7.2 Enabling ADB on Android based Devices

7.2.1 macOS ADB Configuration

7.2.2 Windows ADB Configuration

7.2.3 Linux adb Configuration

7.3 Testing the adb Connection

7.4 Summary

8. The Basics of the Android Studio Code Editor

8.1 The Android Studio Editor

8.2 Splitting the Editor Window

8.3 Code Completion

8.4 Statement Completion

8.5 Parameter Information

8.6 Parameter Name Hints

8.7 Code Generation

8.8 Code Folding

8.9 Quick Documentation Lookup

8.10 Code Reformatting

8.11 Finding Sample Code

8.12 Live Templates

8.13 Summary

9. An Overview of the Android Architecture

9.1 The Android Software Stack

9.2 The Linux Kernel

9.3 Android Runtime - ART

9.4 Android Libraries

9.4.1 C/C++ Libraries

9.5 Application Framework

9.6 Applications

9.7 Summary

10. The Anatomy of an Android Application

10.1 Android Activities

10.2 Android Fragments

10.3 Android Intents

10.4 Broadcast Intents

10.5 Broadcast Receivers

10.6 Android Services

10.7 Content Providers

10.8 The Application Manifest

10.9 Application Resources

10.10 Application Context

10.11 Summary

11. An Overview of Android View Binding

11.1 Find View by ID

11.2 View Bindings.

11.3 Converting the AndroidSample Project

11.4 Enabling View Binding

11.5 Using View Bindings

11.6 Choosing an Option

11.7 Summary

12. Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles

12.1 Android Applications and Resource Management

12.2 Android Process States

12.2.1 Foreground Process

12.2.2 Visible Process

12.2.3 Service Process

12.2.4 Background Process

12.2.5 Empty Process

12.3 Inter-Process Dependencies

12.4 The Activity Lifecycle

12.5 The Activity Stack

12.6 Activity States

12.7 Configuration Changes

12.8 Handling State Change

12.9 Summary

13. Handling Android Activity State Changes

13.1 New vs. Old Lifecycle Techniques

13.2 The Activity and Fragment Classes

13.3 Dynamic State vs. Persistent State

13.4 The Android Lifecycle Methods

13.5 Lifetimes

13.6 Foldable Devices and Multi-Resume

13.7 Disabling Configuration Change Restarts

13.8 Lifecycle Method Limitations

13.9 Summary

14. Android Activity State Changes by Example

14.1 Creating the State Change Example Project

14.2 Designing the User Interface

14.3 Overriding the Activity Lifecycle Methods

14.4 Filtering the Logcat Panel

14.5 Running the Application

14.6 Experimenting with the Activity

14.7 Summary

15. Saving and Restoring the State of an Android Activity

15.1 Saving Dynamic State

15.2 Default Saving of User Interface State

15.3 The Bundle Class

15.4 Saving the State

15.5 Restoring the State

15.6 Testing the Application

15.7 Summary

16. Understanding Android Views, View Groups and Layouts

16.1 Designing for Different Android Devices

16.2 Views and View Groups

16.3 Android Layout Managers

16.4 The View Hierarchy

16.5 Creating User Interfaces

16.6 Summary

17. A Guide to the Android Studio Layout Editor Tool.

17.1 Basic vs. Empty Activity Templates

17.2 The Android Studio Layout Editor

17.3 Design Mode

17.4 The Palette

17.5 Design Mode and Layout Views

17.6 Code Mode

17.7 Split Mode

17.8 Setting Attributes

17.9 Converting Views

17.10 Displaying Sample Data

17.11 Creating a Custom Device Definition

17.12 Changing the Current Device

17.13 Layout Validation (Multi Preview)

17.14 Summary

18. A Guide to the Android ConstraintLayout

18.1 How ConstraintLayout Works

18.1.1 Constraints

18.1.2 Margins

18.1.3 Opposing Constraints

18.1.4 Constraint Bias

18.1.5 Chains

18.1.6 Chain Styles

18.2 Baseline Alignment

18.3 Working with Guidelines

18.4 Configuring Widget Dimensions

18.5 Working with Barriers

18.6 Ratios

18.7 ConstraintLayout Advantages

18.8 ConstraintLayout Availability

18.9 Summary

19. A Guide to using ConstraintLayout in Android Studio

19.1 Design and Layout Views

19.2 Autoconnect Mode

19.3 Inference Mode

19.4 Manipulating Constraints Manually

19.5 Adding Constraints in the Inspector

19.6 Viewing Constraints in the Attributes Window

19.7 Deleting Constraints

19.8 Adjusting Constraint Bias

19.9 Understanding ConstraintLayout Margins

19.10 The Importance of Opposing Constraints and Bias

19.11 Configuring Widget Dimensions

19.12 Adding Guidelines

19.13 Adding Barriers

19.14 Widget Group Alignment and Distribution

19.15 Converting other Layouts to ConstraintLayout

19.16 Summary

20. Working with ConstraintLayout Chains and Ratios in Android Studio

20.1 Creating a Chain

20.2 Changing the Chain Style

20.3 Spread Inside Chain Style

20.4 Packed Chain Style

20.5 Packed Chain Style with Bias

20.6 Weighted Chain

20.7 Working with Ratios

20.8 Summary.

21. An Android Studio Layout Editor ConstraintLayout Tutorial

21.1 An Android Studio Layout Editor Tool Example

21.2 Creating a New Activity

21.3 Preparing the Layout Editor Environment

21.4 Adding the Widgets to the User Interface

21.5 Adding the Constraints

21.6 Testing the Layout

21.7 Using the Layout Inspector

21.8 Summary

22. Manual XML Layout Design in Android Studio

22.1 Manually Creating an XML Layout

22.2 Manual XML vs. Visual Layout Design

22.3 Summary

23. Managing Constraints using Constraint Sets

23.1 Java Code vs. XML Layout Files

23.2 Creating Views

23.3 View Attributes

23.4 Constraint Sets

23.4.1 Establishing Connections

23.4.2 Applying Constraints to a Layout

23.4.3 Parent Constraint Connections

23.4.4 Sizing Constraints

23.4.5 Constraint Bias

23.4.6 Alignment Constraints

23.4.7 Copying and Applying Constraint Sets

23.4.8 ConstraintLayout Chains

23.4.9 Guidelines

23.4.10 Removing Constraints

23.4.11 Scaling

23.4.12 Rotation

23.5 Summary

24. An Android ConstraintSet Tutorial

24.1 Creating the Example Project in Android Studio

24.2 Adding Views to an Activity

24.3 Setting View Attributes

24.4 Creating View IDs

24.5 Configuring the Constraint Set

24.6 Adding the EditText View

24.7 Converting Density Independent Pixels (dp) to Pixels (px)

24.8 Summary

25. A Guide to using Apply Changes in Android Studio

25.1 Introducing Apply Changes

25.2 Understanding Apply Changes Options

25.3 Using Apply Changes

25.4 Configuring Apply Changes Fallback Settings

25.5 An Apply Changes Tutorial

25.6 Using Apply Code Changes

25.7 Using Apply Changes and Restart Activity

25.8 Using Run App

25.9 Summary

26. An Overview and Example of Android Event Handling

26.1 Understanding Android Events.

26.2 Using the android:onClick Resource.

Notes:

Online resource; Title from title page (viewed September 24, 2020)

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781800560048

1800560044

OCLC:

1202451391