You're reading from Android Programming for Beginners Learn all the Java and Android skills you need to start making powerful mobile applications

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785883262

Length 698 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Android

Concepts

Android Development

Authors (2):

Paresh Mayani

John Horton

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Table of Contents (32) Chapters

Preface

1. The First App FREE CHAPTER

2. Java – First Contact

3. Exploring Android Studio

4. Designing Layouts

5. Real-World Layouts

6. The Life and Times of an Android App

7. Coding in Java Part 1 – Variables, Decisions, and Loops

8. Coding in Java Part 2 – Methods

9. Object-Oriented Programming

10. Everything's a Class

11. Widget Mania

12. Having a Dialogue with the User

13. Handling and Displaying Arrays of Data

14. Handling and Displaying Notes in Note To Self

15. Android Intent and Persistence

16. UI Animations

17. Sound FX and Supporting Different Versions of Android

18. Design Patterns, Fragments, and the Real World

19. Using Multiple Fragments

20. Paging and Swiping

21. Navigation Drawer and Where It's Snap

22. Capturing Images

23. Using SQLite Databases in Our Apps

24. Adding a Database to Where It's Snap

25. Integrating Google Maps and GPS Locations

26. Upgrading SQLite – Adding Locations and Maps

27. Going Local – Hola!

28. Threads, Touches, Drawing, and a Simple Game

29. Publishing Apps

30. Before You Go

Index

What you need for this book

Android Studio running on any of the major operating systems can use the code in this book. Android Studio is a free software and full setup instructions for Windows are in the opening chapter.

Android Studio is the recommended development tool, and at the time of publication, the minimum system requirements were as follows:

Windows

Microsoft® Windows® 8/7/Vista/2003 (32 or 64 bit)
2 GB RAM minimum; however, 4 GB RAM is recommended
400 MB hard disk space
At least 1 GB for Android SDK, emulator system images, and caches
1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution
Java Development Kit (JDK) 7
Optional for accelerated emulator: Intel^® processor with support for Intel^® VT-x, Intel^® EM64T (Intel^® 64), and Execute Disable (XD) Bit functionality

Mac OS X

Mac^® OS X^® 10.8.5 or a higher version, up to 10.9 (Mavericks)
2 GB RAM minimum; however, 4 GB RAM is recommended
400 MB hard disk space
At least 1 GB for the Android SDK, emulator system images, and caches
1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6
Java Development Kit (JDK) 7
Optional for accelerated emulator: Intel^® processor with support for Intel^® VT-x, Intel^® EM64T (Intel^® 64), and Execute Disable (XD) Bit functionality

On a Mac OS, run Android Studio with Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 for optimized font rendering. You can then configure your project to use Java Development Kit (JDK) 6 or JDK 7.

Linux

A GNOME or KDE desktop
GNU C Library (glibc) 2.15 or later
2 GB RAM minimum; however, 4 GB RAM is recommended
400 MB hard disk space
At least 1 GB for the Android SDK, emulator system images, and caches
1280 x 800 minimum screen resolution
Oracle® Java Development Kit (JDK) 7

Tested on Ubuntu^® 14.04, Trusty Tahr (64-bit distribution capable of running 32-bit applications).

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