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Android Application Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Android Application Development Cookbook Over 100 recipes to help you solve the most common problems faced by Android Developers today

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Published in Mar 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785886195
Length 428 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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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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Kyle Mew has been programming since the early '80s and has written for several technology websites. Also, he has written three radio plays and four other books on Android development.
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Preface 1. Activities FREE CHAPTER 2. Layouts 3. Views, Widgets, and Styles 4. Menus 5. Exploring Fragments, AppWidgets, and the System UI 6. Working with Data 7. Alerts and Notifications 8. Using the Touchscreen and Sensors 9. Graphics and Animation 10. A First Look at OpenGL ES 11. Multimedia 12. Telephony, Networks, and the Web 13. Getting Location and Using Geofencing 14. Getting your app ready for the Play Store 15. The Backend as a Service Options Index

Chapter 8. Using the Touchscreen and Sensors

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Listening for click and long-press events
  • Recognizing tap and other common gestures
  • Pinch-to-zoom with multi-touch gestures
  • Swipe-to-Refresh
  • Listing available sensors – an introduction to the Android Sensor Framework
  • Reading sensor data – using the Android Sensor Framework events
  • Reading device orientation
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Kyle Mew has been programming since the early '80s and has written for several technology websites. Also, he has written three radio plays and four other books on Android development.
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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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