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Expert Android Programming

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Expert Android Programming

Overview of this book

Android O brings a number of important changes for the users as well as the developers. If you want to create smart android applications which are fast, lightweight and also highly efficient then this is the book that will solve all your problems. You will create a complex enterprise grade app in this book. You will get a quick refresher of the latest android SDK and how to configure your development environment. Then you will move onto creating app layouts, component and module building, creating smart and efficient UIs. The most important part of a modern day app is how real time they are. With this book, you will create a smooth back-end for your app, ensure dynamic and real time communication between different app layers. As we move on, you will learn to leverage the different Android APIs and create an efficient SQLite data layer for your apps. You will implement effective testing techniques to make your app reliable and robust and finally you will learn to deploy it efficiently. The multiple stages of android development will also be simplified by giving you an industry standard set of best practices.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Building Restaurant finder

Adding Gradle to your app

You can Gradle build script dependency to your app in the following way:

Open the file from your app module.

Here, in the dependencies, add the Gradle identifier for a library that you want to import:

Let us consider the current Gradle library, for instance:

com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1

The components of this Gradle library could be distributed in sections to ease understanding. Here are a few pointers to make note of:

  • com.android.support is the package name of the project
  • appcompat-v7 is the project name
  • 23.1.1 is the version of the project

We have now completed the setup for Gradle in Android Studio. We will be using several libraries in our App. In the next section, we will see how to add new Gradle Libraries.