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Android 9 Development Cookbook

You're reading from Android 9 Development Cookbook Over 100 recipes and solutions to solve the most common problems faced by Android developers

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788991216

Length 464 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Kotlin

Tools

Android

Concepts

Android Development

Author (1):

Rick Boyer

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Activities FREE CHAPTER

2. Layouts

3. Views, Widgets, and Styles

4. Menus and Action Mode

5. Fragments

6. Home Screen Widgets, Search, and the System UI

7. Data Storage

8. Alerts and Notifications

9. Using the Touchscreen and Sensors

10. Graphics and Animation

11. A First Look at OpenGL ES

12. Multimedia

13. Telephony, Networks, and the Web

14. Location and Using Geofencing

15. Getting Your App Ready for the Play Store

16. Getting Started with Kotlin

17. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Home Screen Widgets, Search, and the System UI

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Creating a shortcut on the Home screen
Creating a Home screen widget
Adding Search to the Action Bar
Showing your app full-screen
Lock screen shortcuts

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Authors (1)

Boyer

Boyer

Rick Boyer has been programming professionally for over 20 years. He has written apps on Windows, created websites, and coded for various mobile devices, including Windows CE, Windows Phone, and Android. Almost eight years ago, he took the plunge and started his own software consulting business, NightSky Development, focusing exclusively on Android development.

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