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Learning Java by Building Android Games - Third Edition

By : John Horton
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Book Image

Learning Java by Building Android Games - Third Edition

5 (1)
By: John Horton

Overview of this book

Android is one of the most popular mobile operating systems today. It uses the most popular programming language, Java, as one of the primary languages for building apps of all types. Unlike most other Android books, this book doesn’t assume that you have any prior knowledge of Java programming, instead helps you get started with building Android games as a beginner. This new, improved, and updated third edition of Learning Java by Building Android Games helps you to build Android games from scratch. Once you've got to grips with the fundamentals, the difficulty level increases steadily as you explore key Java topics, such as variables, loops, methods, object-oriented programming (OOP), and design patterns while working with up-to-date code and supporting examples. At each stage, you'll be able to test your understanding by implementing the concepts that you’ve learned to develop a game. Toward the end, you’ll build games such as Sub Hunter, Retro Pong, Bullet Hell, Classic Snake, and Scrolling Shooter. By the end of this Java book, you'll not only have a solid understanding of Java and Android basics but will also have developed five cool games for the Android platform.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)

Adding the alien's components

Remember that some of the alien's components are the same as some of the other components we have already coded. For example, all the aliens and their lasers have a StdGraphicsComponent. In addition, the alien's laser has the same components as the player's laser. The only difference is the specification (that we have already coded) and the need for an AlienLaserSpawner interface.

As all the specifications are completed, everything is in place, so we can just go ahead and code these remaining classes shown next.

AlienChaseMovementComponent

Create a new class called AlienChaseMovementComponent, and then add the following member and constructor methods:

class AlienChaseMovementComponent implements MovementComponent {
    private Random mShotRandom = new Random();
    // Gives this class the ability to tell the game engine
    // to spawn a laser
   ...