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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

Chapter 26. Advanced UI with Navigation Drawer and Fragment

In this chapter, we will see what is (arguably) the most advanced UI. The NavigationView, or navigation drawer because of the way it slides out its content, can be created simply by choosing it as a template when you create a new project. We will do just that, and then we will examine the auto-generated code and learn how to interact with it. We will then use everything we know about Fragment to populate each of the "drawers" with different behaviors and views. Then, in the next chapter, we will learn about databases to add some new functionality to each Fragment.

In this chapter, the following topics will be covered:

  • Introducing NavigationView

  • Getting started with the simple database app

  • Implementing a NavigationView using the project template

  • Adding multiple Fragments and layouts to NavigationView

Let's take a look at this extremely cool UI pattern.