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Learning Java by Building Android Games - Second Edition

By : John Horton
Book Image

Learning Java by Building Android Games - Second Edition

By: John Horton

Overview of this book

Android is one of the most popular mobile operating systems presently. It uses the most popular programming language, Java, as the primary language for building apps of all types. However, this book is unlike other Android books in that it doesn’t assume that you already have Java proficiency. This new and expanded second edition of Learning Java by Building Android Games shows you how to start building Android games from scratch. The difficulty level will grow steadily as you explore key Java topics, such as variables, loops, methods, object oriented programming, and design patterns, including code and examples that are written for Java 9 and Android P. At each stage, you will put what you’ve learned into practice by developing a game. You will build games such as Minesweeper, Retro Pong, Bullet Hell, and Classic Snake and Scrolling Shooter games. In the later chapters, you will create a time-trial, open-world platform game. By the end of the book, you will not only have grasped Java and Android but will also have developed six cool games for the Android platform.
Table of Contents (30 chapters)
Learning Java by Building Android Games Second Edition
Contributors
Preface
Index

Making the snake game Spanish, English and German


First, we need to add some folders to our project- one for each new language. The text is classed as a resource and consequently needs to go in the res folder. We have already seen the res folder as it is this folder that also contains the drawable folder where we put all our graphics. Follow these steps to add Spanish support to the project.

Note

While the source files for this project are provided in the Chapter 15 folder they are just for reference. You need to go through the processes described next to achieve multilingual functionality.

Adding Spanish support

Follow the next steps to add the Spanish language.

  1. Right-click on the res folder then select New | Android resource directory. In the Directory name field type values-es.

  2. Now we need to add a file in which we can place all our Spanish translations.

  3. Right click on res then select New | Android resource file and type strings.xml in the File name field. Type values-es in Directory name field...