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You're reading from Android Studio 4.2 Development Essentials - Kotlin Edition Developing Android applications using Android Studio 4.2, Kotlin, and Android Jetpack

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803231549

Length 804 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Kotlin

Tools

Android

Concepts

Android Development

Author (1):

Neil Smyth

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Table of Contents (94) Chapters

1. Introduction

2. Setting up an Android Studio Development Environment FREE CHAPTER

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. An Overview of Android View Binding

19. Understanding Android Application and Activity Lifecycles

20. Handling Android Activity State Changes

21. Android Activity State Changes by Example

22. Saving and Restoring the State of an Android Activity

23. Understanding Android Views, View Groups and Layouts

24. A Guide to the Android Studio Layout Editor Tool

25. A Guide to the Android ConstraintLayout

26. A Guide to Using ConstraintLayout in Android Studio

27. Working with ConstraintLayout Chains and Ratios in Android Studio

28. An Android Studio Layout Editor ConstraintLayout Tutorial

29. Manual XML Layout Design in Android Studio

30. Managing Constraints using Constraint Sets

31. An Android ConstraintSet Tutorial

32. A Guide to using Apply Changes in Android Studio

33. An Overview and Example of Android Event Handling

34. Android Touch and Multi-touch Event Handling

35. Detecting Common Gestures Using the Android Gesture Detector Class

36. Implementing Custom Gesture and Pinch Recognition on Android

37. An Introduction to Android Fragments

38. Using Fragments in Android Studio - An Example

39. Modern Android App Architecture with Jetpack

40. An Android Jetpack ViewModel Tutorial

41. An Android Jetpack LiveData Tutorial

42. An Overview of Android Jetpack Data Binding

43. An Android Jetpack Data Binding Tutorial

44. An Android ViewModel Saved State Tutorial

45. Working with Android Lifecycle-Aware Components

46. An Android Jetpack Lifecycle Awareness Tutorial

47. An Overview of the Navigation Architecture Component

48. An Android Jetpack Navigation Component Tutorial

49. An Introduction to MotionLayout

50. An Android MotionLayout Editor Tutorial

51. A MotionLayout KeyCycle Tutorial

52. Working with the Floating Action Button and Snackbar

53. Creating a Tabbed Interface using the TabLayout Component

54. Working with the RecyclerView and CardView Widgets

55. An Android RecyclerView and CardView Tutorial

56. A Layout Editor Sample Data Tutorial

57. Working with the AppBar and Collapsing Toolbar Layouts

58. An Android Studio Primary/Detail Flow Tutorial

59. An Overview of Android Intents

60. Android Explicit Intents – A Worked Example

61. Android Implicit Intents – A Worked Example

62. Android Broadcast Intents and Broadcast Receivers

63. An Introduction to Kotlin Coroutines

64. An Android Kotlin Coroutines Tutorial

65. An Overview of Android Services

66. Implementing an Android Started Service – A Worked Example

67. Android Local Bound Services – A Worked Example

68. Android Remote Bound Services – A Worked Example

69. An Android Notifications Tutorial

70. An Android Direct Reply Notification Tutorial

71. Foldable Devices and Multi-Window Support

72. An Overview of Android SQLite Databases

73. The Android Room Persistence Library

74. An Android TableLayout and TableRow Tutorial

75. An Android Room Database and Repository Tutorial

76. Accessing Cloud Storage using the Android Storage Access Framework

77. An Android Storage Access Framework Example

78. Video Playback on Android using the VideoView and MediaController Classes

79. Android Picture-in-Picture Mode

80. An Android Picture-in-Picture Tutorial

81. Making Runtime Permission Requests in Android

82. Android Audio Recording and Playback using MediaPlayer and MediaRecorder

83. Printing with the Android Printing Framework

84. An Android HTML and Web Content Printing Example

85. A Guide to Android Custom Document Printing

86. An Introduction to Android App Links

87. An Android Studio App Links Tutorial

88. A Guide to the Android Studio Profiler

89. An Android Biometric Authentication Tutorial

90. Creating, Testing and Uploading an Android App Bundle

91. An Overview of Android Dynamic Feature Modules

92. An Android Studio Dynamic Feature Tutorial

93. An Overview of Gradle in Android Studio

Index

2.5 Installing Additional Android SDK Packages

The steps performed so far have installed Java, the Android Studio IDE and the current set of default Android SDK packages. Before proceeding, it is worth taking some time to verify which packages are installed and to install any missing or updated packages.

This task can be performed using the Android SDK Settings screen, which may be launched from within the Android Studio tool by selecting the Configure -> SDK Manager option from within the Android Studio welcome dialog. Once invoked, the Android SDK screen of the default settings dialog will appear as shown in Figure 2-4:

Figure 2-4

Immediately after installing Android Studio for the first time it is likely that only the latest released version of the Android SDK has been installed. To install older versions of the Android SDK simply select the checkboxes corresponding to the versions and click on the Apply button.

It is also possible that updates will be listed as being available for the latest SDK. To access detailed information about the packages that are available for update, enable the Show Package Details option located in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. This will display information similar to that shown in Figure 2-5:

Figure 2-5

The above figure highlights the availability of an update. To install the updates, enable the checkbox to the left of the item name and click on the Apply button.

In addition to the Android SDK packages, a number of tools are also installed for building Android applications. To view the currently installed packages and check for updates, remain within the SDK settings screen and select the SDK Tools tab as shown in Figure 2-6:

Figure 2-6

Within the Android SDK Tools screen, make sure that the following packages are listed as Installed in the Status column:

•Android SDK Build-tools

•Android Emulator

•Android SDK Platform-tools

•Google Play Services

•Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM installer)

•Google USB Driver (Windows only)

•Layout Inspector image server

In the event that any of the above packages are listed as Not Installed or requiring an update, simply select the checkboxes next to those packages and click on the Apply button to initiate the installation process.

Once the installation is complete, review the package list and make sure that the selected packages are now listed as Installed in the Status column. If any are listed as Not installed, make sure they are selected and click on the Apply button again.

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