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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

Sound demo app introducing Spinner widget


Of course, with all this talk of sound FX, we need some actual sound files. You can make you own with BFXR (explained next) or use the ones supplied. The sound effects for this app are in the download bundle and can be found in the assets folder of the Chapter 23/Sound Demo folder. However, you might want to make your own.

Making sound FX

There is an open source app called BFXR that allows us to make our own sound FX. Here is a very fast guide to making your own sound FX using BFXR. Grab a free copy from www.bfxr.net.

Note

Note that the sound effects for the Sound demo app are supplied to you in the Chapter 23/assets folder. You don't have to create your own sound effects unless you want to, but it is still worth getting this free software and learning how to use it.

Follow the simple instructions on the website to set it up. Try out a few of these things to make cool sound FX:

Note

This is a seriously condensed tutorial. You can do so much with BFXR....