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Android Programming for Beginners - Second Edition

By : John Horton
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Android Programming for Beginners - Second Edition

By: John Horton

Overview of this book

Are you trying to start a career in programming, but haven't found the right way in? Do you have a great idea for an app, but don't know how to make it a reality? Or maybe you're just frustrated that in order to learn Android, you must know Java. If so, then this book is for you. This new and expanded second edition of Android Programming for Beginners will be your companion to create Android Pie applications from scratch. We will introduce you to all the fundamental concepts of programming in an Android context, from the basics of Java to working with the Android API. All examples use the up-to-date API classes, and 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 and store your user's data with SQLite. In addition, you'll see how to make your apps multilingual, draw to the screen with a finger, 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 (35 chapters)
Android Programming for Beginners - Second Edition
Contributors
Preface
Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

Summary


We have covered many topics in just a few dozen pages. We have not only built three different types of layout, including LinearLayout with nested layouts, ConstraintLayout with manually configured constraints, and TableLayout (albeit with fake data), but we have also wired all the layouts together with clickable buttons and text that trigger our Java code to switch between all these different layouts.

In the next chapter, we will stick with the topic of layouts. We will review the many attributes we have seen, and we will build our most aesthetically pleasing layout so far by incorporating multiple CardView layouts, complete with depth and shadow, into a smooth scrolling ScrollView layout.