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Android Programming for Beginners

By : John Horton, Paresh Mayani
Book Image

Android Programming for Beginners

By: John Horton, Paresh Mayani

Overview of this book

Android is the most popular OS in the world. There are millions of devices accessing tens of thousands of applications. It is many people's entry point into the world of technology; it is an operating system for everyone. Despite this, the entry-fee to actually make Android applications is usually a computer science degree, or five years’ worth of Java experience. Android Programming for Beginners will be your companion to create Android applications from scratch—whether you’re looking to start your programming career, make an application for work, be reintroduced to mobile development, or are just looking to program for fun. We will introduce you to all the fundamental concepts of programming in an Android context, from the Java basics to working with the Android API. All examples are created from within Android Studio, the official Android development environment that helps supercharge your application development process. After this crash-course, we’ll dive deeper into Android programming and you’ll learn how to create applications with a professional-standard UI through fragments, make location-aware apps with Google Maps integration, and store your user’s data with SQLite. In addition, you’ll see how to make your apps multilingual, capture images from a device’s camera, and work with graphics, sound, and animations too. By the end of this book, you’ll be ready to start building your own custom applications in Android and Java.
Table of Contents (37 chapters)
Android Programming for Beginners
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

The Android Studio guided tour


Android Studio remembers what you were doing just before you shut it down. So it is possible that when you start it up next, it will initially look a little different from how I show and describe it here. Start reading this guided tour, and it shouldn't take more than a couple of clicks to follow along and inspect all the different areas.

I rarely suggest that it is worth memorizing information, as repeated use and practice of concepts is a much better method to make important ideas take hold. However, on this occasion, it is worth remembering the names of the key Android Studio windows; this is so that you can easily follow along with where the action is when we are doing future tutorials. Of course, we have seen a few of these already (such as the editor and the Properties window), and if you can't remember them all, you can easily refer to this section later.

Tip

Tip of the day

Each time you start Android Studio, you will be presented with a "Tip of the day...