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Android Studio 2 Essentials - Second Edition

By : Belén Cruz Zapata
Book Image

Android Studio 2 Essentials - Second Edition

By: Belén Cruz Zapata

Overview of this book

Android Studio 2, the official IDE for Android application development, dramatically improves your workflow by letting you quickly see changes running on your device or emulator. It gives developers a unique platform by making app builds and deployment faster. This book will get you up and running with all the essential features of Android Studio 2 to optimize your development workflow. Starting off with the basic installation and configuration of Android Studio 2, this book will help you build a new project by showing you how to create a custom launcher icon and guiding you to choose your project. You will then gain an insight into the additional tools provided in Android Studio, namely the Software Development Kit (SDK) Manager, Android Virtual Device (AVD) Manager, and Javadoc. You’ll also see how to integrate Google Play Services in an Android project. Finally, you’ll become familiar with the Help section in Android Studio, which will enable you to search for support you might require in different scenarios.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Android Studio 2 Essentials Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Google Sign-In


Google Sign-In for Android lets the developer authenticate users using the same credentials they use on Google. Users will be able to sign in to your app using their Google credentials. Add the following dependency in your Gradle's build file to include the Google Sign-In package in your app:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:8.4.0'

These are the main Google Sign-In API classes that you need to know about:

  • SignInButton: This is the default Google Sign-In button. You need to add the default or a custom button to your app so the user can trigger the Sign-In flow. You can add the default button using this code in your layout file:

    <com.google.android.gms.common.SignInButton
     android:id="@+id/sign_in_button"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    This default button can be customized in size and color depending on the scope. For example, you can choose among these size values, which you can compare in the next screenshot...