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Android Programming for Beginners - Second Edition

By : John Horton
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Android Programming for Beginners - Second Edition

By: John Horton

Overview of this book

Are you trying to start a career in programming, but haven't found the right way in? Do you have a great idea for an app, but don't know how to make it a reality? Or maybe you're just frustrated that in order to learn Android, you must know Java. If so, then this book is for you. This new and expanded second edition of Android Programming for Beginners will be your companion to create Android Pie applications from scratch. We will introduce you to all the fundamental concepts of programming in an Android context, from the basics of Java to working with the Android API. All examples use the up-to-date API classes, and 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 and store your user's data with SQLite. In addition, you'll see how to make your apps multilingual, draw to the screen with a finger, 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 (35 chapters)
Android Programming for Beginners - Second Edition
Contributors
Preface
Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

Leaving comments in our Java code


In programming it is always a clever idea to write messages known as code comments and sprinkle them liberally amongst your code. This is to remind us of what we were thinking at the time we wrote the code. To do this, you simply append a double forward slash and then type your comment, as follows:

// This is a comment and it could be useful

In addition, we can use comments to comment out a line of code. Suppose we have a line of code that we temporarily want to disable. Then we can do so by adding two forward slashes, as follows:

// The code below used to send a message
// Log.i("info","our message here");
// But now it doesn't do anything
// And I am getting ahead of where I should be

Note

Using comments to comment out code should only be a temporary measure. Once you have found the correct code to use, commented-out code should be cut to keep the code file clean and organized.

Let's look at two separate ways to send messages in Android, and then we can write...