Android Application Development All-in-One For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, Jul 9, 2015 - Computers - 768 pages
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

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
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About the author (2015)

Barry Burd, PhD, is a professor of mathematics and computer science at Drew University. He leads training courses for professional programmers in business and industry, and has lectured at conferences around the world. He is the author of the bestselling Java For Dummies and other programming books.

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