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Android Cookbook: Problems and Solutions for Android Developers / Edition 2

Android Cookbook: Problems and Solutions for Android Developers / Edition 2

by Ian Darwin Ian Darwin
ISBN-10:
1449374433
ISBN-13:
9781449374433
Pub. Date:
06/02/2017
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
ISBN-10:
1449374433
ISBN-13:
9781449374433
Pub. Date:
06/02/2017
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Android Cookbook: Problems and Solutions for Android Developers / Edition 2

Android Cookbook: Problems and Solutions for Android Developers / Edition 2

by Ian Darwin Ian Darwin
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Overview

Jump in and build working Android apps with the help of more than 230 tested recipes. The second edition of this acclaimed cookbook includes recipes for working with user interfaces, multitouch gestures, location awareness, web services, and specific device features such as the phone, camera, and accelerometer. You also get useful info on packaging your app for the Google Play Market.

Ideal for developers familiar with Java, Android basics, and the Java SE API, this book features recipes contributed by more than three dozen Android developers. Each recipe provides a clear solution and sample code you can use in your project right away. Among numerous topics, this cookbook helps you:

  • Get started with the tooling you need for developing and testing Android apps
  • Create layouts with Android's UI controls, graphical services, and pop-up mechanisms
  • Build location-aware services on Google Maps and OpenStreetMap
  • Control aspects of Android's music, video, and other multimedia capabilities
  • Work with accelerometers and other Android sensors
  • Use various gaming and animation frameworks
  • Store and retrieve persistent data in files and embedded databases
  • Access RESTful web services with JSON and other formats
  • Test and troubleshoot individual components and your entire application


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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781449374433
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 06/02/2017
Pages: 734
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Ian F. Darwin has worked in the computer industry for three decades. He wrote the freeware file(1) command used on Linux and BSD and is the author of Checking C Programs with Lint, Java Cookbook, and over seventy articles and courses on C and Unix. In addition to programming and consulting, Ian teaches Unix, C, and Java for Learning Tree International, one of the world's largest technical training companies.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Getting Started
  • Chapter 2: Designing a Successful Application
  • Chapter 3: Testing
  • Chapter 4: Inter-/Intra-Process Communication
  • Chapter 5: Content Providers
  • Chapter 6: Graphics
  • Chapter 7: Graphical User Interface
  • Chapter 8: GUI Alerts: Menus, Dialogs, Toasts, and Notifications
  • Chapter 9: GUI: ListView
  • Chapter 10: Multimedia
  • Chapter 11: Data Persistence
  • Chapter 12: Telephone Applications
  • Chapter 13: Networked Applications
  • Chapter 14: Gaming and Animation
  • Chapter 15: Social Networking
  • Chapter 16: Location and Map Applications
  • Chapter 17: Accelerometer
  • Chapter 18: Bluetooth
  • Chapter 19: System and Device Control
  • Chapter 20: Other Programming Languages and Frameworks
  • Chapter 21: Strings and Internationalization
  • Chapter 22: Packaging, Deploying, and Distributing/Selling Your App
  • Colophon

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