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Product type Paperback

Published in May 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781951442002

Length 812 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Android

Concepts

Android Development

Author (1):

Neil Smyth

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Table of Contents (93) Chapters

1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER

2. Setting up an Android Studio Development Environment

3. Creating an Example Android App in Android Studio

4. Creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio

5. Using and Configuring the Android Studio AVD Emulator

6. A Tour of the Android Studio User Interface

7. Testing Android Studio Apps on a Physical Android Device

8. The Basics of the Android Studio Code Editor

9. An Overview of the Android Architecture

10. The Anatomy of an Android Application

11. An Introduction to Kotlin

12. Kotlin Data Types,Variables and Nullability

13. Kotlin Operators and Expressions

14. Kotlin Flow Control

15. An Overview of Kotlin Functions and Lambdas

16. The Basics of Object Oriented Programming in Kotlin

17. An Introduction to Kotlin Inheritance and Subclassing

18. Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles

19. Handling Android Activity State Changes

20. Android Activity State Changes by Example

21. Saving and Restoring the State of an Android Activity

22. Understanding Android Views, View Groups and Layouts

23. A Guide to the Android Studio Layout Editor Tool

24. A Guide to the Android ConstraintLayout

25. A Guide to using ConstraintLayout in Android Studio

26. Working with ConstraintLayout Chains and Ratios in Android Studio

27. An Android Studio Layout Editor ConstraintLayout Tutorial

28. Manual XML Layout Design in Android Studio

29. Managing Constraints using Constraint Sets

30. An Android ConstraintSet Tutorial

31. A Guide to using Apply Changes in Android Studio

32. An Overview and Example of Android Event Handling

33. Android Touch and Multi-touch Event Handling

34. Detecting Common Gestures using the Android Gesture Detector Class

35. Implementing Custom Gesture and Pinch Recognition on Android

36. An Introduction to Android Fragments

37. Using Fragments in Android Studio - An Example

38. Modern Android App Architecture with Jetpack

39. An Android Jetpack ViewModel Tutorial

40. An Android Jetpack LiveData Tutorial

41. An Overview of Android Jetpack Data Binding

42. An Android Jetpack Data Binding Tutorial

43. Working with Android Lifecycle-Aware Components

44. An Android Jetpack Lifecycle Awareness Tutorial

45. An Overview of the Navigation Architecture Component

46. An Android Jetpack Navigation Component Tutorial

47. Creating and Managing Overflow Menus on Android

48. Animating User Interfaces with the Android Transitions Framework

49. An Android Transition Tutorial using beginDelayedTransition

50. Implementing Android Scene Transitions – A Tutorial

51. Working with the Floating Action Button and Snackbar

52. Creating a Tabbed Interface using the TabLayout Component

53. Working with the RecyclerView and CardView Widgets

54. An Android RecyclerView and CardView Tutorial

55. A Layout Editor Sample Data Tutorial

56. Working with the AppBar and Collapsing Toolbar Layouts

57. An Android Studio Master/Detail Flow Tutorial

58. An Overview of Android Intents

59. Android Explicit Intents – A Worked Example

60. Android Implicit Intents – A Worked Example

61. Android Broadcast Intents and Broadcast Receivers

62. A Basic Overview of Threads and AsyncTasks

63. An Overview of Android Started and Bound Services

64. Implementing an Android Started Service – A Worked Example

65. Android Local Bound Services – A Worked Example

66. Android Remote Bound Services – A Worked Example

67. An Android Notifications Tutorial

68. An Android Direct Reply Notification Tutorial

69. Foldable Devices and Multi-Window Support

70. An Overview of Android SQLite Databases

71. The Android Room Persistence Library

72. An Android TableLayout and TableRow Tutorial

73. An Android Room Database and Repository Tutorial

74. Accessing Cloud Storage using the Android Storage Access Framework

75. An Android Storage Access Framework Example

76. Implementing Video Playback on Android using the VideoView and MediaController Classes

77. Android Picture-in-Picture Mode

78. An Android Picture-in-Picture Tutorial

79. Making Runtime Permission Requests in Android

80. Android Audio Recording and Playback using MediaPlayer and MediaRecorder

81. Working with the Google Maps Android API in Android Studio

82. Printing with the Android Printing Framework

83. An Android HTML and Web Content Printing Example

84. A Guide to Android Custom Document Printing

85. An Introduction to Android App Links

86. An Android Studio App Links Tutorial

87. A Guide to the Android Studio Profiler

88. An Android Biometric Authentication Tutorial

89. Creating, Testing and Uploading an Android App Bundle

90. An Overview of Android Dynamic Feature Modules

91. An Android Studio Dynamic Feature Tutorial

92. An Overview of Gradle in Android Studio

Index

11.5 Experimenting with Kotlin

When learning a new programming language, it is often useful to be able to enter and execute snippets of code. One of the best ways to do this with Kotlin is to use the online playground (Figure 11-1) located at https://try.kotl.in. In addition to providing an environment in which Kotlin code may be quickly entered and executed, the online playground also includes a set of examples demonstrating key Kotlin features in action.

The panel on the left-hand side (marked A in Figure 11-1) contains a list of coding examples together with any examples you create. Code is typed into the main panel (B) and executed by clicking the Run button (C). Any output from the code execution appears in the console panel (D). Arguments may be passed through to the main function by entering them into the field marked E.

Figure 11-1

Try out some Kotlin code by opening a browser window, navigating to the online playground and entering the following into the main...

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