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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

Generating Javadoc


Javadoc is a utility to document Java code in HTML format. The Javadoc documentation is generated from comments and tags added to Java classes or methods. The comments start with the /** string and end with */. Inside these comments, tags can be added. The following tags, in the same order as they should be added, are available in Javadoc:

  • @author: This indicates the author or authors of the code.

  • @version: This indicates the version of the class or method. Used for classes and interfaces.

  • @param: This describes a method parameter. Only used in methods and constructors.

  • @return: This describes the return object of a method. Only used in methods that do not return void.

  • @throws: This describes an exception that can be thrown by the method. Equivalent to @exception.

  • @see: This indicates a reference, which can be an URL, another element in the documentation, or just some text.

  • @serial: This indicates if a field is serializable.

  • @deprecated: This indicates that a method is...