Index

A

• activities
  • about / Activities and Fragments
• Android TV
  • project, configuring / Project configuration
  • testing for / Testing for Android TV
  • declaring / Declaring a TV Activity
  • home screen banner, providing / Providing a home screen banner
  • declaring, as game / Declaring it as a game
  • Leanback support, declaring / Declaring Leanback support
  • touchscreen capability / Declaring touchscreen capability as not required
  • manifest, reviewing / Reviewing the manifest
  • controller instructions, showing / Showing controller instructions
  • overscan / Dealing with overscan
• Android TV, controller instructions
  • about / Showing controller instructions
  • URL / Showing controller instructions
  • overscan / Dealing with overscan
  • controller-based navigation / Controller-based navigation
  • controllers / Dialogs and controllers
  • dialogs / Dialogs and controllers
• animated sprites
  • creating / Animated sprites
• AnimationDrawable
  • about / AnimationDrawable
  • animated sprites, creating / Animated sprites
  • view animation / Animating views
  • XML, versus code / XML versus code
  • interpolators / Interpolators
• app
  • URL / Setting up the developer console
• Audacity
  • URL / Obtaining music

B

• backgrounds
  • working with / Working with backgrounds
  • XML drawables / The power of XML drawables
  • state list drawables / State list drawables
  • shape drawables / Shape drawables
• back key
  • handling / Handling the back key
• BaseCustomDialog
  • about / BaseCustomDialog
  • member variables / BaseCustomDialog
• BaseFragment
  • updating / Updating BaseFragment
• BaseGameUtils
  • URL / Setting up the code
• Bullet game object
  • about / The Bullet game object

C

• Calligraphy
  • URL / Custom fonts
• circular bodies
  • about / Circular bodies
  • visual feedback, adding / Adding visual feedback
  • advantages / Pros and cons
  • disadvantages / Pros and cons
• collision detection
  • about / Detecting collisions, Who can collide?
  • GameEngine, updating / Updating GameEngine
  • handling / Handling collisions
  • rectangular bodies / Rectangular bodies
  • advantages / Pros and cons
  • disadvantages / Pros and cons
  • circular bodies / Circular bodies
• collision detection, mixed
  • about / Mixed collision detection
  • visual feedback, adding / Adding visual feedback
  • shapes, options / Other options for shapes
  • optimizing / Optimization
  • spatial partitioning / Spatial partitioning and QuadTree
  • QuadTree / Spatial partitioning and QuadTree
  • collisions, duplicated / Duplicated collisions
• controller-based navigation / Controller-based navigation
• controls
  • selecting / Selecting control modes
• custom dialogs
  • about / Custom dialogs
  • features / Custom dialogs
  • BaseCustomDialog / BaseCustomDialog
  • quit dialog / Quit dialog
  • pause dialog / Pause dialog
  • GameOverDialog / Game Over dialog
  • other dialogs / Other dialogs
• custom fonts
  • about / Custom fonts

D

• DrawThread
  • about / Improving DrawThread
• Draw thread / DrawThread

E

• emitters
  • about / Emitters
  • asteroid trail / Asteroid trails
  • spaceship engine / The spaceship's engine
• enemies
  • spawning / Spawning enemies – the GameController
• events / Events

F

• fragments
  • about / Activities and Fragments
• fragment_game.xml / The GameFragment
• frames-per-second (fps) counter
  • adding / Adding a frames-per-second (fps) counter

G

• GameController
  • about / Spawning enemies – the GameController
  • procedural/random / Procedural/random
  • deterministic/static / Deterministic/static
  • hybrid approach / Hybrid approach
  • approach / Our approach
  • asteroids / The asteroids
  • transformation matrix / More on the transformation matrix
• game developers, best practices
  • about / Good practices for game developers
  • object pools / Object pools
  • enhanced loop syntax in lists, avoiding / Avoiding enhanced loop syntax in lists
  • objects, precreating / Precreating objects
  • variables, accessing directly / Accessing variables directly
  • floating point / Being careful with floating points
  • interfaces, avoiding / Performance myths – avoid interfaces
• GameEngine / GameEngine and GameObjects
  • about / Composite GameObjects and GameEngine
• GameEvents
  • about / GameEvents
• GameFragment
  • about / The GameFragment
  • score, adding / Adding a score
  • lives, adding / Adding lives
• Game Objects / Game architecture
• GameObjects / GameEngine and GameObjects
  • about / Composite GameObjects and GameEngine
• GameOverDialog
  • about / Game Over dialog
• gamepads
  • detecting / Detecting gamepads
• games
  • building with Androik SDK, advantages / Pros of building games with the Android SDK
  • building with Androik SDK, disadvantages / Cons of building games with the Android SDK
  • starting / Starting a game
  • stopping / Stopping a game
  • object, managing / Managing game objects
  • implementing / Putting everything together
  • about / Moving forward with the example
  • back key, handling / Handling the back key
  • lifecycle, honoring / Honoring the lifecycle
  • status bar / Using as much screen as we can
  • navigation bar / Using as much screen as we can
  • Before Android 4.4 / Before Android 4.4 – almost fullscreen
  • immersive mode / Android 4.4 and beyond – immersive mode
  • fullscreen, merging / Putting fullscreen together
• games, architecture
  • about / Game architecture
  • GameEngine / GameEngine and GameObjects
  • GameObjects / GameEngine and GameObjects
  • update thread / UpdateThread
  • draw thread / DrawThread
  • user input / User input
• GameView
  • using / Using GameView
  • interface / The GameView interface
  • StandardGameView / StandardGameView
  • SurfaceGameView / SurfaceGameView
  • updating / Updating GameEngine
  • game layout, updating / Updating the game layout
• gifts / Gifts
  • URL / Gifts
• Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) / Setting up the developer console
• GPGS
  • developer console, setting up / Setting up the developer console
  • code, setting up / Setting up the code
  • achievements / Achievements
  • architecture / Architecture
  • achievements, unlocking / Unlocking achievements
  • features / Other features of Google Play services
  • events / Events
  • quests / Quests
  • gifts / Gifts
  • saved games / Saved games
  • multiplayer games / Multiplayer games

H

• home screen banner
  • providing / Providing a home screen banner

I

• IconFinder
  • URL / State list drawables
• initializers
  • about / General concepts, Initializers
• InputController base class
  • about / The InputController base class
  • Player object / The Player object
  • Bullet game object / The Bullet game object
• interpolation
  • about / Interpolators

K

• KeyEvents
  • handling / Handling KeyEvents

L

• layers
  • about / Layers
• leaderboards
  • about / Leaderboards
• Leanback support
  • declaring / Declaring Leanback support
• Leonids particle system library
  • URL / General concepts

M

• MainMenuFragment
  • updating / Updating MainMenuFragment
• MediaPlayer / MediaPlayer
• member variables, BaseCustomDialog
  • mParent / BaseCustomDialog
  • mRootLayout / BaseCustomDialog
  • mRootView / BaseCustomDialog
  • mIsShowing / BaseCustomDialog
• modifiers
  • about / General concepts, Modifiers
• MotionEvents
  • handling / Handling MotionEvents
• multiplayer games
  • URL / Multiplayer games
• multiple screen sizes
  • designing / Designing for multiple screen sizes
• music
  • playing / Playing music
  • obtaining / Obtaining music
  • MediaPlayer / MediaPlayer
  • life cycle / Music and Activity life cycle
  • and activity, life cycle / Music and Activity life cycle
  • enabling / Enabling and disabling music and sound FX
  • disabling / Enabling and disabling music and sound FX

N

• navigation bar / Using as much screen as we can

O

• occlusion culling
  • about / Occlusion culling
• one shot
  • about / One shot
  • asteroid explosion / Asteroid explosions
  • spaceship explosion / Spaceship explosions
• orientation
  • selecting / Choosing an orientation
  • aspect ratios / Dealing with aspect ratios
• overscan / Dealing with overscan

P

• parallax backgrounds
  • about / Parallax backgrounds
  • multiple backgrounds / Multiple backgrounds
• particle
  • about / General concepts
• particles
  • about / Particles
• ParticleSystem
  • about / ParticleSystem
• particle systems
  • about / General concepts
  • creating / Making good particle systems
• pause dialog
  • about / Pause dialog
• physical controllers
  • about / Physical controllers
  • MotionEvents, handling / Handling MotionEvents
  • KeyEvents, handling / Handling KeyEvents
  • gamepads, detecting / Detecting gamepads
• PlacingSpaceship state / Adding lives
• Player object
  • about / The Player object
  • spaceship, displaying / Displaying a spaceship
  • bullets, firing / Firing bullets
• Play Games UI
  • opening / Opening the Play Games UI
• priori / Detecting collisions
• project
  • setting up / Project setup
  • stub project, creating / Creating the stub project
  • cleaning up / Cleaning up
• property animation
  • about / Property animation
  • ViewPropertyAnimator / ViewPropertyAnimator
  • spaceship, moving around / Moving a spaceship around
  • main menu, animating / Animating the main menu

Q

• QuadTree
  • about / Spatial partitioning and QuadTree
• qualifying dimensions / Designing for multiple screen sizes
• qualifying resources
  • about / Designing for multiple screen sizes
  • smallest width / Designing for multiple screen sizes
  • available screen width / Designing for multiple screen sizes
  • available screen height / Designing for multiple screen sizes
• quests / Quests
• quit dialog
  • about / Quit dialog

R

• real-time games
  • URL / Multiplayer games
• rectangular bodies
  • about / Rectangular bodies
  • visual feedback, adding / Adding visual feedback

S

• <stroke> tag
  • Width attribute / Shape drawables
  • Color attribute / Shape drawables
  • DashGap/DashWith attribute / Shape drawables
• saved games
  • URL / Saved games
• sensors
  • about / Sensors and InputControllers
  • URL / Sensors and InputControllers
• shape attribute, values
  • rectangle / Shape drawables
  • oval / Shape drawables
  • line / Shape drawables
  • ring / Shape drawables
• shape drawables
  • about / Shape drawables
  • <shape> tag / Shape drawables
  • <solid> tag / Shape drawables
  • <gradient> tag / Shape drawables
  • <padding> tag / Shape drawables
  • <size> tag / Shape drawables
  • <stroke> tag / Shape drawables
  • <corners> tag / Shape drawables
  • shape, defining / Shape drawables
  • styles, defining / Shape drawables
• Sound FX
  • about / Sound FX, Enabling and disabling music and sound FX
  • creating / How to create sound FXs
  • GameEvents / GameEvents
  • SoundPool, using / Using SoundPool
• SoundManager
  • about / SoundManager
  • updating / Updating SoundManager
• SoundPool
  • using / Using SoundPool
• sounds
  • disabling / Disabling system sounds
• SpawningEnemies state / Adding lives
• sprites
  • about / Sprites
  • member variables / Sprites
  • drawBitmap method / Sprites
  • spaceship, updating / Updating the spaceship and bullets
  • bullet, updating / Updating the spaceship and bullets
• state list drawables
  • about / State list drawables
  • colors, defining / State lists colors
• status bar / Using as much screen as we can
• StoppingWave state / Adding lives

T

• tools
  • selecting / The right tool for the right game
  • 3D / Do you want to use 3D?
  • physics / Do you want to use physics?
  • Java / Do you want to use Java?

U

• Update thread / UpdateThread

V

• view animation
  • about / Animating views, XML versus code, View animation
  • dialogs, animating / Animating dialogs, Delaying the action in the dialogs to onDismissed
  • buttons, pulsating / Pulsating buttons
• ViewPropertyAnimator
  • about / ViewPropertyAnimator, Moving a spaceship around
• virtual joystick
  • about / Creating a virtual joystick
  • improvements / General considerations and improvements
• virtual keypad
  • about / The most basic virtual keypad
  • limitations / Limitations and problems
  • problems / Limitations and problems

W

• Waiting state / Adding lives

X

• XML
  • versus code / XML versus code
• XML drawables
  • about / The power of XML drawables

Y

• YASS (Yet Another Space Shooter) / The project – YASS (Yet Another Space Shooter)