You're reading from Mastering Android Application Development Learn how to do more with the Android SDK with this advanced Android Application guide which shows you how to make even better Android apps that users will love

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781785884221

Length 298 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Android

Concepts

Android Development

Author (1):

Antonio Pachon

Preface

1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER

2. Designing our App

3. Creating and Accessing Content from the Cloud

4. Concurrency and Software Design Patterns

5. Lists and Grids

6. CardView and Material Design

7. Image Handling and Memory Management

8. Databases and Loaders

9. Push Notifications and Analytics

10. Location Services

11. Debugging and Testing on Android

12. Monetization, the Build Process, and Release

Index

Summary

In this chapter, we went through the important changes in the latest versions of Android, highlighting Android Marshmallow and Material Design.

We explained what we will do in the app that we'll be building through the course of this book and the tools that we'll need to create it.

In the next chapter, we will look at the existing design patterns in Android and start designing our app.