Android Application Development All-in-One For DummiesYour 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.
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Apps for Tablets Watches and TV Sets 597 | 5 |
Getting Started with Android | 11 |
Installing the Software Tools | 21 |
Installing the Software Tools 21 Chapter 3 Creating an Android App | 45 |
Examining a Basic Android App | 69 |
Conjuring and Embellishing an Android App | 97 |
Examining a Basic Android App 69 Chapter 5 Conjuring and Embellishing an Android App 97 Chapter 6 Improving Your App 123 Book II Androi... | 149 |
Broadcast Receivers | 383 |
Content Providers | 411 |
Creating and Using a Content Provider | 424 |
Programming Cool Phone Features | 435 |
Menus Lists and Notifications 475 Chapter 3 An Android Potpourri | 509 |
An Android Social Media App | 541 |
Hungry Burds A Simple Android Game 563 Chapter 6 Going Native | 581 |
Apps for Tablets Watches and TV Sets | 597 |
Its Java | 181 |
What Java Does and When | 211 |
A brief Look at XML | 247 |
ObjectOriented Programming in Java 229 Chapter 5 A brief Look at XML 247 Book III The Building Blocks | 263 |
Intents and Intent Filters | 303 |
The general idea using a silly analogy | 310 |
Intents and Intent Filters 303 Chapter 3 Services | 343 |
Apps for Tablets | 599 |
Create an additional activity | 614 |
Developing for Android Wear | 623 |
Developing for Android TV | 641 |
Developing for Android Wear 623 Chapter 3 Developing for Android TV 641 Book VI The Job Isnt Done Until | 655 |
Publishing Your App to the Google Play Store 657 Chapter 2 Monetizing and Marketing Your App | 683 |