Wei-Meng Lee

Beginning Android Programming with Android Studio

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Produktbeschreibung

A hands-on introduction to the latest release of the Android OS

As the fastest-growing mobile platform today, the Android OS is a powerful and flexible platform for mobile devices and the new Android 5 release boasts significant new features and enhancements for both smartphone and tablet applications. This full-color resource takes a hands-on approach to teaching you how to create Android applications for the latest OS and the newest devices, including both smartphones and tablets.
* Addresses how to display notifications, create rich user interfaces, and use activities and intents
* Reviews mastering views and menus and managing data
* Discusses working with SMS and messaging APIs
* Looks at packaging and publishing applications to the android market
* Shows you how to install and use Eclipse and the Android SDK

Beginning Android Programming starts with the basics and goes on to provide you with everything you need to know to begin to successfully develop your own Android applications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W118705590
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 184mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 758g
• ISBN-13: 9781118705599
• ISBN-10: 1118705599
• Artikelnr.: 37721936

Autorenporträt

J. F. DiMarzio began developing games in BASIC on the TRS-80 Color Computer II in 1984. Today he is a seasoned Android developer with two professional applications and one game on the Android Marketplace, and an industry track record with major organizations including the U.S. Department of Defense and the Walt Disney Company. An accomplished author, he has written 13 books over the past 14 years. Visit us at wrox.com where you have access to free code samples, Programmer to Programmer forums, and discussions on the latest happenings in the industry from around the world.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION xvii CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED WITH ANDROID PROGRAMMING 1
What Is Android? 2 Android Versions 2 Features of Android 3 Architecture of
Android 4 Android Devices in the Market 4 The Android Market 7 Obtaining
the Required Tools 8 Android Studio 8 Android SDK 14 Creating Android
Virtual Devices (AVDs) 15 The Android Developer Community 24 Launching Your
First Android Application 24 Summary 26 CHAPTER 2: USING ANDROID STUDIO FOR
ANDROID DEVELOPMENT 29 Exploring the IDE 30 Using Code Completion 38
Debugging Your Application 39 Setting Breakpoints 39 Navigating Paused Code
43 Publishing Your Application 44 Generating a Signed APK 44 Summary 45
CHAPTER 3: ACTIVITIES, FRAGMENTS, AND INTENTS 47 Understanding Activities
48 Applying Styles and Themes to an Activity 53 Hiding the Activity Title
54 Displaying a Dialog Window 56 Displaying a Progress Dialog 59 Linking
Activities Using Intents 61 Returning Results from an Intent 66 Passing
Data Using an Intent Object 70 Fragments 75 Adding Fragments Dynamically 81
Life Cycle of a Fragment 84 Interactions Between Fragments 88 Understanding
the Intent Object 92 Using Intent Filters 93 Displaying Notifi cations 94
Summary 98 CHAPTER 4: GETTING TO KNOW THE ANDROID USER INTERFACE 101
Understanding the Components of a Screen 102 Views and ViewGroups 103
FrameLayout 104 LinearLayout (Horizontal) and LinearLayout (Vertical) 104
TableLayout 114 RelativeLayout 116 FrameLayout 117 ScrollView 121 Adapting
to Display Orientation 124 Anchoring Views 125 Managing Changes to Screen
Orientation 127 Persisting State Information During Changes in
Configuration 131 Detecting Orientation Changes 132 Controlling the
Orientation of the Activity 132 Utilizing the Action Bar 133 Adding Action
Items to the Action Bar 136 Creating the User Interface Programmatically
142 Listening for UI Notifi cations 145 Summary 145 CHAPTER 5: DESIGNING
YOUR USER INTERFACE WITH VIEWS 147 Using Basic Views 148 TextView View 148
Button, ImageButton, EditText, CheckBox, ToggleButton, RadioButton, and
RadioGroup Views 149 ProgressBar View 158 AutoCompleteTextView View 164
Using Picker Views 167 TimePicker View 167 DatePicker View 172 Using List
Views to Display Long Lists 175 ListView View 175 Using the Spinner View
184 Understanding Specialized Fragments 186 Using a ListFragment 187 Using
a DialogFragment 191 Using a PreferenceFragment 194 Summary 199 CHAPTER 6:
DISPLAYING PICTURES AND MENUS WITH VIEWS 203 Using Image Views to Display
Pictures 203 ImageView View 204 ImageSwitcher 206 GridView 211 Using Menus
with Views 215 Creating the Helper Methods 215 Options Menu 217 Context
Menu 220 Using WebView 225 WebView 225 Summary 228 CHAPTER 7: DATA
PERSISTENCE 231 Saving and Loading User Preferences 232 Accessing
Preferences Using an Activity 232 Programmatically Retrieving and Modifying
the Preferences Values 242 Persisting Data to Files 246 Saving to Internal
Storage 246 Saving to External Storage (SD Card) 250 Choosing the Best
Storage Option 253 Creating and Using Databases 254 Creating the DBAdapter
Helper Class 254 Using the Database Programmatically 260 Summary 266
CHAPTER 8: CONTENT PROVIDERS 269 Sharing Data in Android 270 Using a
Content Provider 271 Predefined Query String Constants 278 Projections 279
Filtering 280 Sorting 280 Creating Your Own Content Providers 281 Using the
Content Provider 289 Summary 294 CHAPTER 9: MESSAGING 297 SMS Messaging 298
Sending SMS Messages Programmatically 298 Sending SMS Messages Using Intent
302 Receiving SMS Messages 302 Caveats and Warnings 318 Sending Email 319
Summary 322 CHAPTER 10: LOCATION-BASED SERVICES 325 Displaying Maps 326
Creating the Project 326 Obtaining the Maps API Key 326 Displaying the Map
327 Displaying the Zoom Control 329 Changing Views 332 Navigating to a
Specifi c Location 333 Getting the Location That Was Touched 335 Geocoding
and Reverse Geocoding 337 Getting Location Data 340 Monitoring a Location
348 Summary 348 CHAPTER 11: NETWORKING 351 Consuming Web Services Using
HTTP 352 Downloading Binary Data 354 Downloading Text Content 361 Accessing
Web Services Using the GET Method 364 Consuming JSON Services 370 Summary
377 CHAPTER 12: DEVELOPING ANDROID SERVICES 381 Creating Your Own Services
382 Performing Long-Running Tasks in a Service 386 Performing Repeated
Tasks in a Service 391 Executing Asynchronous Tasks on Separate Threads
Using IntentService 394 Establishing Communication Between a Service and an
Activity 397 Binding Activities to Services 401 Understanding Threading 406
Summary 411 APPENDIX: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES 415 INDEX 421