Android Apps for Absolute Beginners [electronic resource] /
Jackson, Wallace.author.
Anybody can start building simple apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how! Android Apps for Absolute Beginners takes you through the process of getting your first Android applications up and running using plain English and practical examples. It cuts through the fog of jargon and mystery that surrounds Android application development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started.  Teaches Android application development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible start in Android development Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, allowing you to pick up the concepts without fuss Offers clear code descriptions and layout so that you can get your apps running as soon as possible.
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Target: The Programming Neophyte; The Weapon: Android, the Innovative Mobile Code Environment; How This Book Is Organized; The Formula for Success; Required Software, Materials, and Equipment; Chapter 1: Preliminary Information: Before We Get Started; Some History: What Is Android?; Advantage Android: How Can Android Benefit Me?; The Scope of This Book; Preparing for Liftoff: SDK Tools to Download; Summary
Chapter 2: What's Next? Our Road AheadYour Android Development IDE; Java, XML, and How Android Works; The Android Application Framework; Screen Layout Design; User Interface Design; Graphics and Animation Design; Interactivity; Content Providers; Intents and Intent Filters; The Future of Android; Summary; Chapter 3: SeHing Up Your Android Development Environment; Installing Java, Eclipse, and Android; Updating the Android SDK; Setting Up AVDs and Smartphone Connections; Developing on 64-Bit Computing Platforms; Summary; Chapter 4: Introducing the Android Software Development Platform
Understanding Java SE and the Dalvik Virtual MachineThe Directory Structure of an Android Project; Leveraging Android XML (Your Secret Weapon); Using Your Android Application Resources; Launching Your Application: The AndroidManifest.xml File; Creating Your First Android Application; Summary; Chapter 5: Android Framework Overview; The Foundation of OOP: The Object; An Overview of XML; The Anatomy of an Android Application: The APK File; Android Application Components; Android Intent Objects: Messaging for Components; Android Manifest XML: Declaring Your Components; Summary
Chapter 6: Screen Layout Design: Views and LayoutsAndroid View Hierarchies; Defining Screen Layouts: Using XML; Summary; Chapter 7: UI Design: Buttons, Menus, and Dialogs; Using Common UI Elements; Using Menus in Android; Adding Dialogs; Summary; Chapter 8: An Introduction to Graphics Resources in Android; Introducing the Drawables; Using Bitmap Images in Android; Creating Animation in Android; Using Transitions; Creating 9-Patch Custom Scalable Images; Playing Video in Your Android Apps; Summary; Chapter 9: Adding Interactivity: Handling UI Events; An Overview of UI Events in Android
Handling onClick EventsAndroid Touchscreen Events: onTouch; Touchscreen's Right-Click Equivalent: onLongClick; Keyboard Event Listeners: onKeyUp and onKeyDown; Context Menus in Android: onCreateContextMenu; Controlling the Focus in Android; Summary; Chapter 10: Understanding Content Providers; An Overview of Android Content Providers; Defining a Content Provider; Working with a Database; Summary; Chapter 11: Understanding Intents and Intent Filters; What Is an Intent?; Android Intent Messaging via Intent Objects; Intent Resolution: Implicit Intents & Explicit Intents
Using Intents with Activities
Includes index.
Anybody can start building simple apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how! Android Apps for Absolute Beginners takes you through the process of getting your first Android applications up and running using plain English and practical examples. It cuts through the fog of jargon and mystery that surrounds Android application development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started.  Teaches Android application development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible start in Android development Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, allowing you to pick up the concepts without fuss Offers clear code descriptions and layout so that you can get your apps running as soon as possible.
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