Learn Java for Android Development [electronic resource] /
Friesen, Jeff.author.
Android development is hot, and many programmers are interested in joining the fun. However, because this technology is based on Java, you should first obtain a solid grasp of the Java language and its foundational APIs to improve your chances of succeeding as an Android app developer. After all, you will be busy learning the architecture of an Android app, the various Android-specific APIs, and Android-specific tools. If you do not already know Java fundamentals, you will probably end up with a massive headache from also having to quickly cram those fundamentals into your knowledge base.  Learn Java for Android Development, Second Edition teaches programmers of any skill level the essential Java language and foundational Java API skills that must be learned to improve the programmer's chances of succeeding as an Android app developer. Each of the book's 14 chapters provides an exercise section that gives you the opportunity to reinforce your understanding of the chapter's material. Answers to the book's more than 500 exercises are provided in an appendix. A second appendix provides a significant game-oriented Java application, which you can convert into an Android app. Once you complete this book, you should be ready to dive into beginning Android app development.  Maybe, start that journey with Apress' Beginning Android.
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Contents at a Glance""; ""Table of Contents""; ""About the Author""; ""About the Technical Reviewers""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Book Organization""; ""First Edition vs. Second Edition""; ""What Comes Next?""; ""Chapter 1 Getting Started With Java""; ""What Is Java?""; ""Java Is a Language""; ""Java Is a Platform""; ""Java SE, Java EE, Java ME, and Android""; ""Installing and Exploring the JDK""; ""Installing and Exploring the Eclipse IDE""; ""Overview of Java APIs""
""Language-Support and Other Language-Oriented APIs""""Collections-Oriented APIs""; ""Additional Utility APIs""; ""Classic I/O APIs""; ""Networking APIs""; ""New I/O APIs""; ""Database APIs""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2 Learning Language Fundamentals""; ""Learning Comments""; ""Single-Line Comments""; ""Multiline Comments""; ""Javadoc Comments""; ""Learning Identifiers""; ""Learning Types""; ""Primitive Types""; ""User-Defined Types""; ""Array Types""; ""Learning Variables""; ""Learning Expressions""; ""Simple Expressions""; ""Compound Expressions""; ""Additive Operators""
""Array Index Operator""""Assignment Operators""; ""Bitwise Operators""; ""Cast Operator""; ""Conditional Operators""; ""Equality Operators""; ""Logical Operators""; ""Member Access Operator""; ""Method Call Operator""; ""Multiplicative Operators""; ""Object Creation Operator""; ""Relational Operators""; ""Shift Operators""; ""Unary Minus/Plus Operators""; ""Precedence and Associativity""; ""Learning Statements""; ""Assignment Statements""; ""Decision Statements""; ""If Statement""; ""If-Else Statement""; ""Switch Statement""; ""Loop Statements""; ""For Statement""; ""While Statement""
""Do-While Statement""""Looping Over the Empty Statement""; ""Break and Labeled Break Statements""; ""Continue and Labeled Continue Statements""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3 Discovering Classes and Objects""; ""Declaring Classes and Instantiating Objects""; ""Declaring Classes""; ""Instantiating Objects with the New Operator and a Constructor""; ""Specifying Constructor Parameters and Local Variables""; ""Encapsulating State and Behaviors""; ""Representing State via Fields""; ""Declaring and Accessing Instance Fields""; ""Declaring and Accessing Class Fields""
""Declaring Read-Only Instance and Class Fields""""Reviewing Field-Access Rules""; ""Representing Behaviors via Methods""; ""Declaring and Invoking Instance Methods""; ""Chaining Together Instance Method Calls""; ""Declaring and Invoking Class Methods""; ""Passing Arguments to Methods""; ""Returning from a Method via the Return Statement""; ""Invoking Methods Recursively""; ""Overloading Methods""; ""Reviewing Method-Invocation Rules""; ""Hiding Information""; ""Initializing Classes and Objects""; ""Class Initializers""; ""Instance Initializers""; ""Initialization Order""
""Collecting Garbage""
Includes index.
"Get the Java skills you will need to start developing Android apps".
Android development is hot, and many programmers are interested in joining the fun. However, because this technology is based on Java, you should first obtain a solid grasp of the Java language and its foundational APIs to improve your chances of succeeding as an Android app developer. After all, you will be busy learning the architecture of an Android app, the various Android-specific APIs, and Android-specific tools. If you do not already know Java fundamentals, you will probably end up with a massive headache from also having to quickly cram those fundamentals into your knowledge base.  Learn Java for Android Development, Second Edition teaches programmers of any skill level the essential Java language and foundational Java API skills that must be learned to improve the programmer's chances of succeeding as an Android app developer. Each of the book's 14 chapters provides an exercise section that gives you the opportunity to reinforce your understanding of the chapter's material. Answers to the book's more than 500 exercises are provided in an appendix. A second appendix provides a significant game-oriented Java application, which you can convert into an Android app. Once you complete this book, you should be ready to dive into beginning Android app development.  Maybe, start that journey with Apress' Beginning Android.
Android (Electronic resource)
Mobile computing.
Programming languages (Electronic computers).
Mobile Computing.
Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.