Versioning of the app is a critical course of the app release, as it maintains information on app upgrades and maintenance strategy. When users install the app, it provides information on details of the version and what this particular version has to offer. This also applies for users who install updates of an app that is installed on their devices. Services through which you will publish your app will also need to display the version to users. The publishing service may also check the app version to determine compatibility and perform the upgrade/downgrade action accordingly. Since the Android System does not use app version information to enforce restrictions on upgrading, downgrading, or the compatibility of third party apps, the developer has to configure this setting. Using the minSDKVersion setting, you can allow an app to specify the minimum system API...
Expert Android Programming
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.
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Expert Android Programming
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Understanding the Gradle System
Exploring Android Studio Developer Tools
Leap into the Android Support Library
Google Play Services
Material Design
SOLID Android Development and Its Design Principles
Understanding MVC, MVP, MVVM and Clean Arch Patterns
Decision Making
Performance Matters
Building Restaurant finder
Backend Service
App Quality Service
Grow Up
Testing
Preparing for Google Play
Understanding App Store Analytics for Optimization
Customer Reviews