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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

Testing Mechanisms (Functionality , Performance , Security , and Compatibility)

Testing is an important part of the software development life cycle. A good strategy for software testing is the designing of software test cases into a series of steps that need to be well planned.

The strategy should include the steps to be taken, the effort, time, and resources that would be required. A proper plan needs to be laid down with test case designs, rules, stages, time estimation, complexity evaluation, milestones for verification, reporting, and progress reporting.

Software testing has goals that vary, depending on factors such as, type of project, magnitude of the project, and so on. But, some of the major goals that remain unified across any testing plan are mentioned here:

  1. Finding defects which may be created by the programmer while developing the software.
  2. To avoid any unwanted...