Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "Until Android 4.4, all apps present under /system were treated equally."

A block of code is set as follows:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.example.rohit">

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

</manifest>

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

shell@android:/ $ cat default.prop
cat default.prop
#
# ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_PROPERTIES
#
ro.secure=1
ro.allow.mock.location=0
ro.debuggable=0
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "In Android devices, this option is usually found by navigating to Settings | Developer options."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.