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Android Programming for Beginners

By : John Horton, Paresh Mayani
Book Image

Android Programming for Beginners

By: John Horton, Paresh Mayani

Overview of this book

Android is the most popular OS in the world. There are millions of devices accessing tens of thousands of applications. It is many people's entry point into the world of technology; it is an operating system for everyone. Despite this, the entry-fee to actually make Android applications is usually a computer science degree, or five years’ worth of Java experience. Android Programming for Beginners will be your companion to create Android applications from scratch—whether you’re looking to start your programming career, make an application for work, be reintroduced to mobile development, or are just looking to program for fun. We will introduce you to all the fundamental concepts of programming in an Android context, from the Java basics to working with the Android API. All examples are created from within Android Studio, the official Android development environment that helps supercharge your application development process. After this crash-course, we’ll dive deeper into Android programming and you’ll learn how to create applications with a professional-standard UI through fragments, make location-aware apps with Google Maps integration, and store your user’s data with SQLite. In addition, you’ll see how to make your apps multilingual, capture images from a device’s camera, and work with graphics, sound, and animations too. By the end of this book, you’ll be ready to start building your own custom applications in Android and Java.
Table of Contents (37 chapters)
Android Programming for Beginners
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Publishing the app


Log in to your developer account at https://play.google.com/apps/publish/. From the left-hand side of your developer console, make sure that the All applications tab is selected, as shown:

On the top right-hand side corner, click on the Add new application button, as shown in the next screenshot:

Now, we have a bit of form filling to do, and you will need all the images from the Preparing to publish section that is near the start of the chapter.

In the ADD NEW APPLICATION window shown next, choose a default language and type the title of your application:

Now, click on the Upload APK button and then the Upload your first APK button and browse to the APK file that you built and signed in the Building the publishable APK file section. Wait for the file to finish uploading:

Now, from the inner left-hand side menu, click on Store Listing:

We are faced with a fair bit of form filling here. If, however, you have all your images to hand, you can get through this in about 10 minutes...