Android Application Development for Dummies (2nd ed.) [Burton & Felker 2012-10-23].pdf

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Android
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Application Development For Dummies
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, 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Part I: The Nuts and Bolts of Android
Part II: Building and Publishing Your First Android Application
Part III: Creating a Feature-Rich Application
Part IV: Tablets
Part V: The Part of Tens
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: The Nuts and Bolts of Android
Chapter 1: Developing Spectacular Android Applications
Why Develop for Android?
Market share
Time to market
Open platform
Cross-compatibility
Mashup capability
Android Development Basics
Java: Your Android programming language
Activities
Intents
Cursorless controls
Views
Asynchronous calls
Background services
Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean Features
Fragments
Loaders
Android support library
Action bar
Holo
Widgets, notifications, performance
Hardware Tools
Touchscreen
GPS
Accelerometer
SD card
Software Tools
Internet
Audio and video support
Contacts
Security
Google APIs
Chapter 2: Prepping Your Development Headquarters
Developing the Android Developer Inside You
Assembling Your Toolkit
Linux 2.6 kernel
Android framework
Application framework
Open Handset Alliance libraries
Java knowledge
Tuning Up Your Hardware
Operating system
Computer hardware
Installing and Configuring Your Support Tools
Getting the Java Development Kit
Acquiring the Android SDK
Downloading the Android SDK
Following and setting your tools path
Getting the Total Eclipse
Installing Eclipse
Configuring Eclipse
Navigating the Android SDK
Targeting Android Platforms
Using SDK Tools for Everyday Development
Saying hello to the emulator
Getting physical with a real Android device
Debugging your work
Trying out the API and SDK samples
Giving the API demos a spin
Part II: Building and Publishing Your First Android Application
Chapter 3: Your First Android Project
Starting a New Project in Eclipse
Deconstructing Your Project
Responding to error messages
Understanding the Build Target and Min SDK Version settings
Setting Up an Emulator
Creating Launch Configurations
Running the Hello Android App
Running the app in the emulator
Checking deployment status
Understanding Project Structure
Navigating the app’s folders
Viewing the application’s manifest file
Viewing the project.properties file
Closing Your Project
Chapter 4: Designing the User Interface
Creating the Silent Mode Toggle Application
Laying Out the Application
Using the XML layout file
Using the Android SDK layout tools
Using the visual designer
Developing the User Interface
Viewing XML layout attributes
Working with views
Adding an Image to Your Application
Placing an image onscreen
Adding the image to the layout
Creating a Launcher Icon for the Application
Designing a custom launcher icon
Adding a custom launcher icon
Adding a Toggle Button View
Previewing the Application in the Visual Designer
Chapter 5: Coding Your Application
Understanding Activities
Working with methods, stacks, and states
Tracking an activity’s life cycle
Creating Your First Activity
Starting with onCreate
Telling Android to display the user interface
Handling user input
Writing your first event handler
Working with the Android Framework Classes
Getting good service
Toggling Silent mode with AudioManager
Installing Your Application
Running your app in an emulator
Installing on a physical Android device
Uh-Oh! (Responding to Errors)
Using the Dalvik Debug Monitor Server
Using the Eclipse debugger

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