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Android Studio 2 Essentials - Second Edition

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Published in Jun 2016
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ISBN-13 9781786467959
Pages 172 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Beln Cruz Zapata received her engineer's degree in computer science from the University of Murcia in Spain, specializing in software technologies, and intelligent and knowledge technologies. She earned an MSc in computer science and is now working on her PhD in the Software Engineering Research Group from the University of Murcia. During the 2013/2014 academic year, Beln collaborated with the Universit Mohammed V-Soussi, in Rabat, Morocco. Her research is focused on usability applied to mobile health (mHealth) applications. Beln is currently working as a mobile developer for Android and iOS in the San Francisco Bay area. She is also the author of the book: Testing and Securing Android Studio Applications, Packt Publishing. To follow her projects, you can visit her personal webpage at http://www.belencruz.com and you can follow her on Twitter: @belen_cz.
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Android Studio 2 Essentials Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface
1. Installing and Configuring Android Studio 2. Starting a Project 3. Navigating a Project 4. Using the Code Editor 5. Creating User Interfaces 6. Tools 7. Google Play Services 8. Debugging 9. Preparing for Release Getting Help Index

How Google Play services work

When Google previewed Google Play services at Google I/O 2012, it said that the platform "consists of a services component that runs on the device and a thin client library that you package with your app" (https://developers.google.com/events/io/2012/).

This means that Google Play services work thanks to two main components:

  • Google Play services client library: The Google Play services client library includes interfaces to each Google service used by your app. The library is included when you pack your app and it allows your users to authorize the app with access to these services using their credentials. The client library is upgraded from time to time by Google, adding new features and services. You may upgrade the library in your app through an update to your app, although this is not necessary if you are not including any of the new features.

  • Google Play services APK: The Google Play services APK runs as a background service in the Android operating system...

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Beln Cruz Zapata received her engineer's degree in computer science from the University of Murcia in Spain, specializing in software technologies, and intelligent and knowledge technologies. She earned an MSc in computer science and is now working on her PhD in the Software Engineering Research Group from the University of Murcia. During the 2013/2014 academic year, Beln collaborated with the Universit Mohammed V-Soussi, in Rabat, Morocco. Her research is focused on usability applied to mobile health (mHealth) applications. Beln is currently working as a mobile developer for Android and iOS in the San Francisco Bay area. She is also the author of the book: Testing and Securing Android Studio Applications, Packt Publishing. To follow her projects, you can visit her personal webpage at http://www.belencruz.com and you can follow her on Twitter: @belen_cz.
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