Chapter 24. Design Patterns, Multiple Layouts, and Fragments

We have come a long way since the start when we were just setting up Android Studio. Back then, we went through everything step by step, but as we have proceeded we have tried to show not just how to add x to y, or feature a to app b, but to enable you to use what you have learned in your own way in order to bring your own ideas to life.

This chapter is more about your future apps than anything in the book so far. We will look at a few aspects of Java and Android that you can use as a framework or template for making ever more exciting and complex apps at the same time as keeping the code manageable. Furthermore, I will suggest areas of further study that are barely touched on in this book given its limited scope.

In this chapter, we will learn about the following:

• Patterns and the model-view-controller
• Android design guidelines
• Getting started with real-world designs and handling multiple different devices
• An introduction...