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Mobile DevOps

You're reading from   Mobile DevOps Deliver continuous integration and deployment within your mobile applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788296243
Length 376 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rohin Tak Rohin Tak
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Jhalak Modi Jhalak Modi
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Code Repository Systems 3. Cross-Platform Mobile App Development with Xamarin 4. Writing Your First Android Application with Xamarin 5. Implementing Automatic Testing Using Xamarin 6. Configuring TeamCity for CI/CD with Xamarin 7. CI/CD for Android with Visual Studio Team Services 8. Deploying Applications on AWS 9. Monitoring and Optimizing Application 10. Debugging the Application 11. Case Studies 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Application fundamentals

There are many topics that can be covered while explaining Android application fundamentals. But for the scope of this book we'll try to understand the most important ones that we used in the development of our PhoneCallApp:

  • Android APIs: Android has different API levels for different versions of Android. These API levels basically state which version of Android libraries our code uses and which versions of the Android OS our app is compatible with.

There are different configurations to be specified while developing an Android application. These configurations include:

    • Target framework
    • Minimum Android version
    • Target Android version

You'll read about these configurations in more detail.

  • Resources: Resources encapsulate many features used in Android to make a better Android application. An Android application uses many resources, such...
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