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Learning Android Application Development

By : Raimon Ràfols Montane, Laurence Dawson
Book Image

Learning Android Application Development

By: Raimon Ràfols Montane, Laurence Dawson

Overview of this book

The mobile app market is huge. But where do you start? And how you can deliver something that takes Google Play by storm? This guide is the perfect route into Android app development – while it’s easy for new apps to sink without a trace, we’ll give you the best chance of success with practical and actionable guidance that will unlock your creativity and help you put the principles of Android development into practice. From the fundamentals and getting your project started to publishing your app to a huge market of potential customers, follow this guide to become a confident, creative and reliable mobile developer. Get to grips with new components in Android 7 such as RecyclerView, and find out how to take advantage of automated testing, and, of course, much, much more. What are you waiting for? There’s never been a better time – or a better way – to get into Android app development.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Learning Android Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Preparation steps


There are a few minor details that we have to pay attention to before we publish the application.

Application signing

Android Studio has been signing all our debug builds with a debug dummy certificate. You will not be able to publish an application to Google Play signed with a debug certificate. You will need to generate a signed production build with your release certificate. Signing an application with your own certificate will help you identify yourself as the author of the application in Google Play.

In order to generate a signed build, go to the Build menu and select Generate Signed APK:

If you have not created a keystore before or you would like to use a new one, Android Studio will allow you to create a keystore or select a previously created one. Once an application is signed with a key and published to the store, it will have to be always signed with that key; otherwise, users with the previous version of the app will not be able to update it. So, once you create...