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Mastering Android Studio 3

By : Kyle Mew
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Mastering Android Studio 3

By: Kyle Mew

Overview of this book

Android Studio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) designed for developing Android apps. As with most development processes, Android keeps resources and logic nicely separated, and so this book covers the management of imagery and other resources, and the development and testing tools provided by the IDE. After introducing the software, the book moves straight into UI development using the sophisticated, WYSIWYG layout editor and XML code to design and test complex interfaces for a wide variety of screen configurations. With activity design covered, the book continues to guide the reader through application logic development, exploring the latest APIs provided by the SDK. Each topic will be demonstrated by working code samples that can be run on a device or emulator. One of Android Studio's greatest features is the large number of third-party plugins available for it, and throughout the book we will be exploring the most useful of these, along with samples and libraries that can be found on GitHub. The final module of the book deals with the final stages of development: building and distribution. The book concludes by taking the reader through the registration and publication processes required by Google. By the time you have finished the book, you will be able to build faster, smoother, and error-free Android applications, in less time and with fewer complications than you ever thought possible.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)

Summary

Not only in this chapter, but also in the previous three chapters, we saw how Android Studio makes the designing and testing of our graphical layouts over a wide range of devices and factors both simple and intuitive. Having been specifically designed for Android's eccentricities, Studio is also the first to integrate new design features, such as the constraint layout, which has revolutionized designing of visual activities.

The chapters done till now have covered all the fundamental design considerations catered for by the IDE and hopefully introduced the reader to the wealth of features that simplify and clarify this often complex process.

In the next chapter, we will begin the process of bringing these designs to life as we see how Android Studio facilitates the often complex processes of coding, testing, and debugging our applications. These essential processes...